compassionately

Example Sentences

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A friend or family member might serve more compassionately as conservator.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

“You can’t describe the situation and logically or compassionately say, ‘We’re going to play,’” Tagliabue told NFL.com in 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

Pap smears are especially traumatic when providers fail to respond compassionately to patients’ pain.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025

No playwright of the modern era has more compassionately — or accurately — dramatized the human consciousness of time, loss and the gap between hope and reality.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2025

“It has stopped raining 1” someone said, and the whole car fell silent “You poor bastards,” Chief White Halfoat murmured compassionately after a few moments had passed.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller