empathize

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

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

Others can empathize with her urge to step out of the spotlight for the sake of her well-being.

From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2026

If we could see one another’s pain and empathize with one another, it would never be worth it to us to commit the crimes in the first place.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

“There’s a lot of big change happening now, there’s no way to fight it,” Gravestock said, adding that she empathizes with fears AI will ultimately replace many workers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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

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

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

Department lawyers in several offices told The Wall Street Journal they empathized with Julie Le, a Department of Homeland Security attorney who was detailed to the U.S. attorney’s office in Minneapolis to bolster staffing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

For the first time, I empathized with her desperation.

From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2025

Smith concluded his comments by saying that while he empathized with LeBron’s defense of his child, he stood by his on-air criticism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 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

“We as carbon-based fools will spend our money empathizing and caring about silicon-based creations,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

Roxanne nodded along with me, empathizing with me along the way.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026

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

Of course, nothing beats a personal interaction, but short of that, the phone is where the brunt of our job is done, inquiring, schmoozing, probing, empathizing.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 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