CONDOLE in a Sentence

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For CONDOLE, below is one of 18 sentences:
In the seventh week, there came a telegram from Colonel Hampton himself, and then a letter, a kind, dignified letter of condolence.

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 Meanings and Examples of CONDOLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
condole
 v.  grieve; express sympathy; speak sympathetically to one in pain, grief, or misfortune
Classic Sentence:
1  The applause was not studied and stiff, sympathetic and condoling; it was enthusiasm and admiration.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVII.
2  In the seventh week, there came a telegram from Colonel Hampton himself, and then a letter, a kind, dignified letter of condolence.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
3  She had taken an important and melancholy pleasure in talking to the condolence callers.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
4  But Judy, though she must have been apprised of Miss Bart's return, had not even recognized it by the formal note of condolence which her friend's bereavement demanded.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 4
5  The child looked at her, with bold, dark eyes of scrutiny, sizing her up, and her condolence.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
6  With these expressions of condolence, the fat gentleman shook hands with both ladies, and drawing up a chair, inquired how they found themselves.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
7  No letter of condolence had been sent to Ireland.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
8  She wished me to look after the house, to see callers, and answer notes of condolence.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
9  Assistance is impossible; condolence insufferable.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 47
10  Mr. Worthing, I offer you my sincere condolence.
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In SECOND ACT
11  She told me we must part, and told me why; and we condoled with one another, in all sincerity.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10. I BECOME NEGLECTED, AND AM PROVIDED FOR
12  He cut the ladies and their well-meant condolences off shortly, rudely.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LX
Example Sentence:
1  My hamster died this morning, my friends condole with me and help bury him in the yard.
2  The FBI has seized a two-page, handwritten letter of condolence sent by Jacqueline Kennedy to the widow of Robert F. Kennedy shortly after he was assassinated in 1968.
3  They went over almost immediately today to sign the condolence book at the British embassy.
4  He apologized for his belated note of condolence to the widow of his friend and explained that he had just learned of her husband's untimely death.
5  Neil sent him a letter of condolence.
6  We would like to take this opportunity to convey our heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims.