So when he comes to them he both bemoans them and condoles Mr. Badman's condition, telling of them that, without a speedy bringing of things to a conclusion, Mr. Badman would be able to make them no satisfaction, but at present he both could and would, and that to the utmost of his power, and to that end he desired that they would come over to him.
"The Works of John Bunyan Volume 3"
John Bunyan
They hold the look whose tenderness condoles For what the sister in the look has dealt Of fatal beyond healing; and her tones A woman's honeyed amorous outvied, As when in a dropped viol the wood-throb moans Among the sobbing strings, that plain and chide Like infants for themselves, less deep to thrill Than those rich mother-notes for them breathed round.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith
He spoke no longer as one who greets an intruder, but as one who condoles with a friend.
"The Red Room"
H. G. Wells