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 easy to empathize with his need to prove he can make a big-budget crowd-pleaser.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 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

If I empathize enough with the person that I’m playing, they walk differently, they talk differently, they cry differently, they sleep differently, they wake up differently, and that’s just so much more rewarding for me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 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

He empathizes with people born in the 1940s who feel irrelevant, since even 20-year-olds now baffle him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025

But the film empathizes with her to a degree that doesn’t feel earned, inadvertently tipping into morally uneasy territory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025

Through the poignant story, in which Koh explores complicated familial relationships, she works through her experiences, empathizes with those who hurt her and lets go of the negative emotions that haunted her for years.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2023

“Germany, which was reunified 33 years ago, is a country that understands and empathizes with the issues surrounding the Korean Peninsula,” Yoon said.

From Washington Times ● May 21, 2023

"Beef" empathizes with its antagonists without condoning what they're doing to each other.

From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2023

Machado empathized with Venezuelans frustrated by the deal's lack of transparency.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

She played nine holes of a pro-am round Monday with tournament host Sorenstam, who empathized with the difficulty of handling an intense swirl of criticism and support.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025

She and her husband empathized with their intended parents, who were coping with the sudden loss of tens of thousands of dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 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

She’d empathized with him, and even said she sometimes heard things coming from the jungle too.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

Suddenly, I heard an empathizing laugh coming my way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2024

She praised him for empathizing with parents, teachers, coaches, administrators and alumni.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 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

"Writers who'd previously addressed conflicts in the Gulf region, often with a focus on geopolitical strategy and employing moral abstractions, appeared to be empathizing for the first time with the plight of civilians."

From Salon ● Jun. 27, 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