empathetic
Example Sentences
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The force knew her routine and where she spent time - and an empathetic officer obtained a detailed account from the woman.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Farrell is terrific, as always, as an empathetic gumshoe investigating a trail of crime and corruption that rings true to devotees of L.A. noir, from Raymond Chandler to “Chinatown” to Jordan Harper.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Like many young people with a diagnosis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Jacob Schreiber was creative, empathetic and endlessly curious.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Our critic called it “an entertaining bio-doc that puts due emphasis on Oliver’s writing, in all its elegant and empathetic simplicity.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Instead, they were empathetic because many of the Freedom Writers felt just as alienated and misunderstood as Klebold and Harris before they found their voices.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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