sympathetic
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"Sympathetic consideration" may be given to the parents of Australian citizens, Burke said.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
Sympathetic believers in the UFO community urged the Hills to try hypnosis, hoping that memories of those missing hours might be recovered this way.
From Slate • Sep. 11, 2023
Sympathetic neurons are spread throughout the body and are especially dense in places like the heart, lungs and intestines.
From Salon • Sep. 6, 2023
Sympathetic Northern Pacific belt-line workers used hammers and chisels to cut off the teens’ leg chains and wrapped the pair in borrowed jackets.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2022
“In sympathy, most of what you are doing is redirecting energy. Sympathetic links are how the energy travels.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Vocabulary lists containing sympathetic
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 1
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