empathy

Example Sentences

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Prime Minister Donald Tusk has urged Kyiv to look for solutions: "If not, it will mean that not empathy but hard business will determine our relations."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Amid the social inequity and climate apartheid, Fox tries offering hope, preaching about empathy with lines like “sharing is stronger than hoarding.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

This is a guy who is prone to rash decisionmaking and poor judgment, whose empathy for others, including those closest to him, may have a limit.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

Rollins recalled feeling a sort of serenity as he returned to New York, finding a new empathy in the metropolis.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

In their living room, at the empathy box, Iran swiftly snapped the switch, her face animated with growing gladness; it lit her up like a rising new crescent of moon.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick