sympathy
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I am grateful to @MarkJCarney for his sympathy for Ukrainians amid the ongoing Russian strikes.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
Once discussions were under way, she played the sympathy card, claiming she had been left feeling "vulnerable" as she knew her reputation as a brain box would make her a target.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
"They were Muslims fleeing horrific violence in Myanmar, so religious solidarity and humanitarian sympathy came together quite naturally."
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Perhaps the mayor will now muster some sympathy for businesses mugged in similar schemes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
“It’s my birthday,” I said, angling for sympathy.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
“We offer our deepest sympathies to Sebastian’s family and friends, who are mourning this tragic loss.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Police said their sympathies remained "with all those affected by this tragic incident".
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Williams concluded her statement by sending her love and sympathies to Gilbert’s family, friends and his New Found Glory bandmates Jordan Pundik, Cyrus Bolooki and Ian Grushka.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
As such it comes off like a cheat, a deliberately soulless portrait that rejects our sympathies from the start, foreclosing the feelings of complication and complicity a more interesting movie might have generated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
His own sympathies, even on a spring morning eighteen months later, were with the angry men as they prepared for the manhunt.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
Vocabulary lists containing sympathy
"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
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Common Senses: Path ("Feeling")
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