sympathy
Example Sentences
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Sympathy might well be in short supply for Scheffler.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
Fans on social media are convinced this is a response to Charli XCX's song, Sympathy is a Knife, from her Brat album, which the 33-year-old allegedly wrote about Swift.
From BBC • Oct. 4, 2025
As their counselor, Franklin marveled at the band's improvement during their rehearsal of the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil," for which Wolfberg played a sizzling electric guitar solo.
From Salon • Jul. 22, 2023
Sympathy and the outpouring of anger of the treatment of Li and other whistleblowers prompted the government to change course and declare him and 13 others martyrs.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2023
Sympathy lamps were mixed with candles, giving the room a natural light without fouling the air with smoke.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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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