compassionately

Example Sentences

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A friend or family member might serve more compassionately as conservator.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

A Scottish Government spokesperson said: "If any member of staff has been over paid, we expect employers to work compassionately with individuals to agree a repayment schedule."

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

“You can’t describe the situation and logically or compassionately say, ‘We’re going to play,’” Tagliabue told NFL.com in 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

Pap smears are especially traumatic when providers fail to respond compassionately to patients’ pain.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025

Seeing him lost in the labyrinths of kinship, trembling with uncertainty, the arthritic priest, who was watching him from his hammock, asked him compassionately what his name was.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez