sympathy
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And I felt the greatest sympathy for the Glenn Close character for about three-quarters of the movie, until she walked off with the kid and terrified everybody.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
One message reads: "For Elisabeth, May you rest in peace and may your memory live on in the hearts of us all. With deepest sympathy and respect. You will not be forgotten."
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Hasina said she had "sympathy for every family that lost a loved one" but stopped short of offering an apology.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Peter Moody's daughter Joanne Moody, 48, who is expected to join other families wronged by Bush in the court's public gallery, said: "It's broke me, it's crucified me. He has shown no remorse. No sympathy."
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
He took a basket of grapes and a sympathy note to Lucretia, which he handed to Brown before going in to speak with Bliss and Woodward.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
"Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with his friends and family at this desperately sad time." it added.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
There were also expressions of solidarity from abroad, with European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen expressing "her deepest sympathies" to the victims of the attack.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
On Monday, Taco Bell CEO Sean Tresvant wrote an open letter to customers, sharing sympathies with those sickened and promising the company will continue to share what it knows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
The Scottish government's health secretary, Angela Constance, said her sympathies were with the family.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Pro-French sympathies were further heightened in July by the sudden influx of 2,100 French refugees, who were fleeing a fierce slave rebellion in Santo Domingo.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
Vocabulary lists containing sympathy
"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
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Common Senses: Path ("Feeling")
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Unit 3: Compelling Evidence
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