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sympathy
synonyms for sympathy
- affinity
- compassion
- empathy
- kindness
- sensitivity
- tenderness
- understanding
- unity
- warmth
- accord
- agreement
- alliance
- attraction
- benignancy
- commiseration
- concord
- congeniality
- connection
- correspondence
- feelings
- harmony
- heart
- kindliness
- rapport
- responsiveness
- union
- warmheartedness
- close relation
- fellow feeling
- mutual attraction
- mutual fondness
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How to use sympathy in a sentence
Our hosts have plenty of sympathy for the Dodgers, a consistently great team whose time should be now.
LeBron James Won It All Again, So Is The GOAT Debate Finally Over? LOL, No. | Sarah Shachat | October 13, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightAll expressed sympathy for Mallott’s family, given his recent death, and acknowledged that he can no longer tell his side of the story.
The Woman Propositioned by Alaska’s Former Lieutenant Governor Tells Her Story for the First Time | by Kyle Hopkins and Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News | September 10, 2020 | ProPublicaI’m not asking for sympathy, but I don’t think people appreciate the fact that when you can’t walk down the street, you’re going friend or foe.
I’m not asking for sympathy here, but when someone thinks that you don’t care or that you don’t have the best intentions.
My deepest sympathy goes out to everyone who has lost a loved one and my prayers are with those who are ill or suffering.
The moment Melania Trump became ‘mourner-in-chief’ | Claire Zillman, reporter | August 26, 2020 | FortuneIn the view of some cops, perps merit little concern or sympathy.
‘I Can’t Breathe!’ ‘I Can’t Breathe!’ A Moral Indictment of Cop Culture | Michael Daly | December 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut among ferocious ideologues, similar roots are no guarantee of mutual sympathy when schisms occur.
ISIS and Al Qaeda Ready to Gang Up on Obama's Rebels | Jamie Dettmer | November 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt would appear that when it came to the bottom line, Washington was not overflowing with sympathy.
In southern Turkey, some local officials in his Justice and Development Party (AKP) express sympathy for ISIS.
Turkish President Declares Lawrence of Arabia a Bigger Enemy than ISIS | Jamie Dettmer | October 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe did not weep on cue in public when Monteith died, or seek sympathy.
He turned his eyes upon her; but no sympathy was in their beams; no belief in the semblance of her tears.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterShe fancied there was a sympathy of thought and taste between them, in which fancy she was mistaken.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinThe feeling for the tiny things probably has in it the warmth of a young personal sympathy.
Children's Ways | James SullyTony, less self-centred, less rigidly contained, had penetrated her by an understanding sympathy greater than his own.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodThe gray eyes, once flashing with the light of kindly humor, now softened with sympathy, now glowed with pity.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson Lloyd
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