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The department of justice said minister Naomi Long "remains deeply concerned surrounding compassionate temporary release of Gary Anderson and his subsequent absconding"

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

“We have always been transparent, compassionate, and committed to giving these dogs a second chance. This situation is not only devastating—it threatens the future of our entire rescue,” the plea reads.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

That combination has made AI a surprisingly effective coach in my quest to become a more thoughtful, compassionate person.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Elsesser says that what he desires most is to remain compassionate and open-minded.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

The wise ones, the schemers, the compassionate, and those who did not seem to care.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

At the siege of Preston, in which those who fell dead upon the field were less to be compassionated than the survivors, Lord Kenmure was taken prisoner.

From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. by Mrs. Thomson

Colonel Fraser rose to the rank of lieutenant-general, and died in 1782 without issue; he was generally respected and compassionated.

From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. by Mrs. Thomson

He had, as she acknowledged, compassionated her forlorn condition, assisted her with food and money; indeed, through his means, and that of other charitable people in the neighbourhood, she had been enabled to exist.

From Won from the Waves by John B. Greene

Fersen, touched and pitying, was constantly thinking of that fatal palace of the Tuileries where the Queen was so much to be compassionated.

From Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Arthur Léon, baron Imbert de Saint-Amand

Perhaps they are rather to be envied than compassionated; for it is manifest that for them, duty—to use the eloquent expression of an English divine—has become transfigured into happiness.

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco

Mr. Hearne is hardly sympathetic toward those who wrong women, but I hear “Consent” as compassionating all of us who have been bequeathed unequal, curdled social relations.

From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2017

“A body can’t play a symphony next to a man, without compassionating with his woes.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

“Le pauvre homme!” ejaculates the man, with a pretence at compassionating, under the circumstances ludicrous.

From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Mayne Reid

Nay, even though you had just before fallen down and broken your leg, would the compassionating by-standers be justified in forcing him to take you in?

From Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by William Thomas Thornton

He had compassionating friends; while I, besides the loss of my children, am left a prey to the savage beasts.

From Mediaeval Tales by Henry Morley