extend sympathy

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extend one's sympathy (to someone)

to express sympathy to someone. (A very polite and formal way to tell someone that you are sorry about a misfortune.) Please permit me to extend my sympathy to you and your children. I'm very sorry to hear of the death of your husband. Let's extend our sympathy to Bill Jones, who is in the hospital with a broken leg. We should send him some flowers.

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Quite rightly, the majority of us can only extend sympathy to those who must feel mortified that, within their vast numbers, lurks a bunch of lunatics with one shared ambition - to bring about the destruction of our democracy. We must not give in to Muslim blackmail by The Mirror (London, England) But Julie was in no mood to extend sympathy to the killer. LET MUM'S CAR BOOT KILLER ROT IN PRISON; Daughter hits out in parking ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) Most marriages can stand such a strain if both partners are prepared to extend sympathy and understanding to the other. YOUR PROBLEMS: Anne wallows in self pity by The Mirror (London, England)			experiment in experiment on experiment with explain explain away explain to explode explode with export export to expose expose to expostulate about expound express express anger express to on expression expropriate expunge from expurgate from extend extend across extend credit extend over extend sympathy extend to extent extenuating circumstances extol as extoll the virtues of extort from extract from extracurricular activity extradite extrapolate from extreme extricate from exult exult at exult in eye eye candy eye for an eye eye of the hurricane eyeball eyeball to eyeball eyeball-to-eyeball eyebrow eyed eyeful			extemporised extemporises extemporising extemporization extemporize extemporized extemporizer extemporizes extemporizing EXTEN extend extend extend extend extend extend extend extend across Extend Broad-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase extend citizenship to an alien extend credit extend credit extend flip-flop extend in duration extend oneself extend or a company credit extend over extend over Extend Quality System extend someone or a company credit extend sympathy extend through extend to extend to extend to Extendability Extendability Extendability Extendability extendable extendable extendable extendable extendable Extendable bond Extendable Bond Issue Extendable Bond Issues Extendable Bonds Extendable Flow Computer Extendable Instruction Set Computer Extendable Integration Support Environment Extendable Note Extendable notes Extendable Remote Controller Extendable Support Structures EXtendable Wad Editor Extendant extended extended extended extended

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