sympathetically

Example Sentences

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I believe that I Iived through that awful and tragic experience to be held accountable, not only by the victim’s family but, less sympathetically, to the mirror.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025

“I don’t want you—I want Walter!” she snaps at her computer companion when he responds sympathetically to a sudden, anguished access of grief.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

“The audience wasn't very familiar with other things that I'd done,” Berry said sympathetically.

From Salon • Nov. 11, 2024

He was raised by his grandparents, “Mamaw” and “Papaw”, whom he sympathetically portrayed in his 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2024

“An ambulance will come by in a second,” said the Kaddish boy, almost sympathetically.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny