sympathetic
Example Sentences
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But a sympathetic female doctor encouraged her to proceed with the pregnancy, and Iryna gave birth to a healthy girl, Katya.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Still, reading his interviews while on the campaign trail struck a painful sympathetic chord in me.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
The hurt and humiliation behind Hally’s eyes allow us to adopt Sam’s sympathetic attitude toward the boy, even as Beatty refuses to soften the character’s wrathful entitlement.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Others were more sympathetic but still unsettled by what he was doing not only to himself but also to his teenage children, who will have to deal with the ugly reactions of social-media ghouls.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
He was a good fellow, but his rejoicing at the one little part—in which he was officially interested—of so great a tragedy, was an object-lesson in the limitations of sympathetic understanding.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Vocabulary lists containing sympathetic
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 1
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