sympathy
Example Sentences
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She said she had expected sympathy from the police.
From BBC
They received at least 100 sympathy cards, from "Oxford University professors, to politicians and the unemployed".
From BBC
Family and friends of Ms Lojore have called for a full investigation and justice for her, with Kenyans on social media expressing their sympathies.
From BBC
Maybe that’s why “with sympathy” is limited to deaths and personal losses, things no one wants to share literally.
Their goodwill is awkward, as it must be when an in-group member tries to commiserate with “the other,” but it is, nonetheless, sympathy, which is to say concern.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
