compassionate
Example Sentences
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And he ended on a positive note, saying he hoped the changes would help a build a "secure, lawful, compassionate and prosperous" country.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
Konate returned early from compassionate leave to help Liverpool avert an injury crisis at the end of January but the centre-back conceded that things were never quite right.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
“We could have, like, a lot more of a compassionate view on the unhoused population and those adjacent,” Archie-Winston said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
In this heart-sore and compassionate investigation of unresolved pain, director Marialuisa Ernst makes a parallel between their plight and how her uncle’s disappearance during Argentina’s dictatorship affected her family.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
I want to tell Len how unfair this is, but then he’ll know I remember what it is to be compassionate and kind.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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