| Mr. Henry Slater received Cordelia with a smile that was both conciliating and commiserative. |
| A few other letters to Mary and Elizabeth are commiserative on the deaths of Eleanor Gates Boyd and on Henry Queen. |
| Eugene Bantry, flying expertly by with Mamie, was bestowing upon Mr. Flitcroft a commiserative wink. |
| On Valentine's evening we had a commiserative singles dinner in a rather posh but inexpensive Dutch restaurant in the centre of town. |
| Come the end of this harrowing afternoon, a 19-year-old John Lukic received a commiserative arm around the shoulder from Arsenal coach Don Howe after his team had crushed Leeds 5-0 at Elland Road. |
| The clearest listener he could find, and the least commiserative, happily. |
