empathize

"This could indicate a close relationship between these human individuals and the animal, an idea that I think is quite easy to empathize with."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026

It’s a moral issue that many regular people can empathize with, in part because we are too always being watched now.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

She had listened and said she could empathize with so much of what I had shared.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

I’m not sure what is motivating you to move so frequently, but I can empathize.

From MarketWatch ● May 29, 2026

Not only will the students be able to empathize with Gerda’s feelings of persecution and loss, but I hope they’ll be able to understand how Anne Frank must have felt.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

But she said the Fair Plan deeply empathizes with wildfire survivors and is committed to handling each claim with compassion, integrity and full compliance with all laws.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026

Matt Lewis, a spokesperson for California YIMBY, one of the bill’s sponsors, said he empathizes with homeowners wishing their neighborhoods would stay the same.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025

Martin O'Malley, the commissioner of the Social Security Administration, empathizes all too well with the human suffering that necessitates the program’s existence.

From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2024

Defenseman John Carlson, who was out from Dec. 23-March 23 after taking a slap shot to the face, empathizes with Backstrom trying to ramp up again after the surgery.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2023

Park, who loves “Crazy Rich Asians,” empathizes with the burden to represent everybody.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023

I especially empathized in these moments with the men whose sentences put them in the category of “long-termers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Kamla Persad-Bissessar, the prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, said she empathized with the Cuban people but took issue with her Jamaican counterpart's remarks.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

For the first time, I empathized with her desperation.

From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2025

The group continued: "Worst of all, the series presents a convicted murderer as an innocent man that should be empathized with."

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025

So it seemed to Charles “that an innate feeling must have told him that the pretended crying of his nurse expressed grief” and that he empathized with her.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

If we could stop thinking in such narrow definitions of time, Thien intimates, we would be capable of empathizing and understanding that even our most shattering experiences do not separate us from others.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2025

Suddenly, I heard an empathizing laugh coming my way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2024

This should not be hard to do, but in a conflict with roots as deep and fraught as this one, even simply empathizing with the pain of other human beings engenders accusations of bias.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023

People spent time empathizing with these women before they became plaintiffs bringing legal action against their former boss, something that doesn't typically happen in celebrity lawsuits.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2023

In other words, if I smile and you see me and smile in response — even a microsmile that takes no more than several milliseconds — it’s not just you imitating or empathizing with me.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell