Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 25 Mar. Gregory said in a statement her office was conducting its own investigation into Otieno’s treatment and expressed condolences to Otieno’s family. 2023 The state agency that runs Central State declined to comment, but Henrico County Sheriff Alisa A.
2023 In a statement, CHP Commissioner Sean Duryee extended condolences to the family and said the agency's mission is to prioritize all Californians' safety. 2023 Various speakers took turns reading aloud the names of the victims and expressing condolences to the grieving families. 2023 In a statement, the condo association expressed condolences to Barucija’s family over her death. 2023 Following Donald Trump's indictment, Ivanka Trump took to Instagram Stories to offer her condolences. Wyatte Grantham-philips, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2023 Dozens of social media followers sent condolences and grieved the news. Recent Examples on the Web The sheriff's office extended its condolences to the climber's family and loved ones. Something in the eyes that offers condolences for everything from playing childhood games in a frozen tundropolis to four straight Super Bowl losses.Ĭondolences is the more common form of the word, and should be used when expressing your sympathy at someone’s loss. Tell someone you're from Buffalo, and you get the Look: If pity and condescension got it on, this is the baby they'd make. Some were simply to express condolences.Ĭondolences is sometimes used humorously, whereas condolence is not: Within mere hours of Ted Lambros's rejection for tenure at Harvard, communications began to pour in from every important university center of the United States. Instead of getting congratulatory notes, the couple got condolences. Indeed, for his family, Nate's birth was a lightning bolt: it came from the blue and was a shock to the system. The odds of getting Apert syndrome are about the same as getting killed by lightning: 1 in 100,000. It can also be used of anything perceived of as a misfortune: Terry Eagleton, Harper’s, November 2007 King George V and the Prince of Wales telegraphed their condolences. The prime minister of the day attended Hardy's funeral. While condolences is often used to share sorrow over a death: The plural condolences, on the other hand, is often used specifically for an expression of sympathy, and most often appears in the construction my condolences, which is used to communicate sympathy. They held candlelight vigils, sent condolence letters and signed memory books. Last week, people around the world showed their support for Russia. Alan Gelb, The New York Times Magazine, 7 Jan.
Would it be inappropriate to pay a condolence call? Did they want their privacy? Still, although I felt for him, I barely knew the guy.
William Leith, The Independent (London), 25 Nov. It is used when speaking indirectly of that shared sorrow:Īfter the 1985 Bradford stadium fire, during the Prime Minister's visit of condolence to the city. When used in the singular, condolence generally refers to sympathetic sorrow, and particularly sorrow with regard to the loss of life.
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