They looked now to where he stood outside the door, receiving commiseration from a group of mourners. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Amsterdam by Ian McEwan] Reference
Greutz, of surprise and commiseration from the German, and of something that might have been fright or pain from Julia. From Wordnik.com. [The Good Comrade] Reference
When I saw this cartoon, though, I felt a certain commiseration. From Wordnik.com. [Living without the internet] Reference
Chris, her arm still around him, patted his shoulder in commiseration. From Wordnik.com. [MORE FROM GINNY BATES: ALLIE AND MARGIE] Reference
This industrial spirit was for a, time very successful and the old time farmer, the world looked upon with a certain commiseration. From Wordnik.com. [A Habitant Looks Over Canada] Reference
Once, they could dominate a conversation by recalling various disasters — the rest of us would grimly shake our heads in commiseration. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - For Red Sox fans, winning will take some getting used to] Reference
England the interest mixed with commiseration which is the lot of a poor relation of the great among kindly people. From Wordnik.com. [London Films] Reference
"Madame," said the prison warder, with that kind of commiseration which forebodes death, "your son is here; will you see him?". From Wordnik.com. [Mysteries of Paris, V3] Reference
Even in its anguish it had produced in beholders the profound commiseration which is more readily given when beauty is sorrowful. From Wordnik.com. [Taken Alive] Reference
But there was little commiseration over Hultgreen's death. From Wordnik.com. [Falling Out Of The Sky] Reference
May the tear of misery be dried by the hand of commiseration. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
'Wretched woman, I pity you,' said Frank, in a tone of commiseration. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
'This is a matter for commiseration, sir, not for anger,' Carl began. From Wordnik.com. [Cruel Barbara Allen From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.)] Reference
Red-face was loud in his commiseration and encouragements to proceed. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 3, 1914] Reference
People do discuss politics but it's more in the mood of commiseration. From Wordnik.com. [Lost In Translation] Reference
Nevertheless, there was in him that which excited my deepest commiseration. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Ice A Novel] Reference
When I told the others, I had to bear a great deal of comment and commiseration. From Wordnik.com. [Dwell Deep or Hilda Thorn's Life Story] Reference
A spirit of commiseration underlies a good many of the remarks made by the bucolic. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
He was silent for a moment, in obvious commiseration with his less fortunate fellows. From Wordnik.com. [By Proxy] Reference
Her father gazed at her in silence, with a look of intense commiseration on his face. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference
It wasn't commiseration we needed, but quiet in which to grasp what had happened to us. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference
"Begorrah an 'it's a purty state ye're in, sor," he said, eyeing me with much commiseration. From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
He had nothing to offer by way of commiseration, only let me know when it was time to feed him. From Wordnik.com. [Some Things You Never Forget] Reference
Husband, child, nurse, servants, were all under the blight of her enslaving self-commiseration. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
What painful commiseration did he not experience on penetrating into an ill-kept convent library!. From Wordnik.com. [A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance] Reference
He concluded, amid the tears and commiseration of a great majority of those who heard his address. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
He addresses the the jailer, who stands looking with an air of commiseration on the prostrate man. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
A look of friendly commiseration was on his face, and he took Chester's hand with a gentle pressure. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
There is general weeping, and great unavailing regret, and much commiseration for the widow: and then. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
But the following stories illustrate alike their commiseration, their caprice, and their grateful bounty. From Wordnik.com. [Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales] Reference
The aboriginal inhabitants of these countries I have regarded with the commiseration their history inspires. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
I said it softly, in a way that invited mild commiseration of the "I know, I'm sorry I have to do this" sort. From Wordnik.com. [We Pay Them to Be Rude to Us] Reference
But at last patience gave way and, at the risk of increasing her commiseration for my barbarous mental condition, I asked. From Wordnik.com. [Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch] Reference
I share my commiseration with the Wrights and their daughter, and I thank NEWSWEEK for helping to bring awareness to autism. From Wordnik.com. [THE RISE OF A RELIGION] Reference
Every heart bled for him; and the case of his son, Lord Macleod, who had espoused the same cause, excited universal commiseration. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
The show doesn't offer up many answers, but it does provide comic relief, commiseration and the occasional insight, just as Mary once did. From Wordnik.com. [How Would Ally Do It?] Reference
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