sympathetic

Example Sentences

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Standing amid an array of workstations, a volunteer explained how his team identified sympathetic individuals to buy medicine and food from Damascus, and middlemen who bribed supplies past government checkpoints into Sweida.

From Los Angeles Times

Young was sympathetic to the idea that the province has to confront the ramifications of seizing land from the area’s original indigenous occupants.

From The Wall Street Journal

Claire’s friends are no less attentive than Eliot and are also sympathetic to his hurt and anger at being asked to move out of the house for her remaining days.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr Vincent said he believed the company had drifted from its core values under EG and Asda's leadership, but he was also sympathetic to the challenges they faced running the "healthier" fast food chain.

From BBC

It’s Brady—one of the last kids I expected to be sympathetic.

From Literature