empathize

My hope for this country: As a musician, all we try to do is to empathize with our audience and the composers, and so I think just more empathy.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

I’m not sure what is motivating you to move so frequently, but I can empathize.

From MarketWatch ● May 29, 2026

Others can empathize with her urge to step out of the spotlight for the sake of her well-being.

From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2026

It is not difficult to empathize with someone who has been wronged, or to root for him or her when reprisals are made.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

Rick said, “I took a test, one question, and verified it; I’ve begun to empathize with androids, and look what that means. You said it this morning yourself. ‘Those poor andys.’

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

No one understands, explicates and empathizes with mothers and daughters, love and pain, life and all it entails, quite like Ms. Hudes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

Matt Lewis, a spokesperson for California YIMBY, one of the bill’s sponsors, said he empathizes with homeowners wishing their neighborhoods would stay the same.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025

Through the poignant story, in which Koh explores complicated familial relationships, she works through her experiences, empathizes with those who hurt her and lets go of the negative emotions that haunted her for years.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2023

“Germany, which was reunified 33 years ago, is a country that understands and empathizes with the issues surrounding the Korean Peninsula,” Yoon said.

From Washington Times ● May 21, 2023

"Beef" empathizes with its antagonists without condoning what they're doing to each other.

From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2023

Kamla Persad-Bissessar, the prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, said she empathized with the Cuban people but took issue with her Jamaican counterpart's remarks.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

She and her husband empathized with their intended parents, who were coping with the sudden loss of tens of thousands of dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025

Yesenia Pérez, who received her undergraduate degree from UC Santa Barbara in June and will be studying at the campus in the fall for a master’s in technology management, said she empathized with both sides.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2025

The group continued: "Worst of all, the series presents a convicted murderer as an innocent man that should be empathized with."

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025

She’d empathized with him, and even said she sometimes heard things coming from the jungle too.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

“The Last Showgirl” isn’t wonderful because Anderson plays a version of herself, but rather because Anderson fundamentally understands her character, empathizing with Shelly’s desperation to hold onto modern life’s fleeting romance.

From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2025

Suddenly, I heard an empathizing laugh coming my way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2024

She praised him for empathizing with parents, teachers, coaches, administrators and alumni.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2024

Chauvin’s sentencing judge, empathizing with him over his isolation in state prison, expressed optimism that he would fare better with fewer restrictions as a federal inmate.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2023

In other words, if I smile and you see me and smile in response — even a microsmile that takes no more than several milliseconds — it’s not just you imitating or empathizing with me.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell