sympathize

Example Sentences

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Still, the movie seems to sympathize with many Americans’ misplaced faith in the remoteness of nuclear war.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

"It's quite easy to make a version of that story where he's a sort of toxic incel male conspiracy theorist nut who you don't really sympathize with," he told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

In Odessa, today a part of Ukraine, the townsfolk sympathize with the mutineers, and pay homage to the one dead member of the Potemkin’s crew, a symbol of injustice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

There are crime stories propelled by tragic anti-heroes, and then there’s “Task,” a story that beckons us to understand and sympathize with Robbie as a man floating between grace and the unerring gravity of reality.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2025

Only Aunt Zo seemed to sympathize: “I don’t know. If I was walking down die street and there was a mink coat just sitting there, I might take it.”

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides