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

As someone who was a freelance writer for about a year, I can empathize with the desire to keep your life flexible while also feeling destabilized by the lack of structure.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

It amazed me how I could empathize not only with Anne Frank, but also with a Holocaust survivor.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

He is perplexed by a potential state intervention but he empathizes with young people looking to keep their hair longer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026

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

She empathizes with Denitra’s predicament, but how can she combat a system that made her an exception by the luck of the educational draw?

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

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

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 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

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 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

Still, there’s no empathizing with hapless, clueless Joe when he whines, “Do you really think the power is with the police?”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2024

Chauvin’s sentencing judge, empathizing with him over his isolation in state prison, expressed optimism that he would fare better with fewer restrictions as a federal inmate.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2023

People spent time empathizing with these plaintiffs, 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