sympathy
Example Sentences
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Sympathy for Nuno had been in short supply from the home crowd before that equaliser.
From BBC • Aug. 24, 2025
“Social Media Has Little Sympathy for Murdered Health Insurance Exec,” declared Rolling Stone as platforms bubbled over with brutal jokes and contempt for UnitedHealthcare.
From Salon • Dec. 10, 2024
So goes the chorus to Declan McKenna's recent single Sympathy.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2024
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
“What are you doing for your project? Sympathy lamp?”
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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