compassionate
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Al-Megrahi was released by Scottish authorities on compassionate grounds in 2009 as he was suffering from terminal cancer.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
"We remain committed to learning from this and to providing inclusive, compassionate care for all our patients," they said.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The agency will use its technology to identify conditions from the compassionate allowances list so that it can expedite claims processing.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Some are dogs who have also been displaced by the war; others are compassionate humans, including a humanitarian worker with the power of canine communication.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
It is not the Van Gogh style to hug and kiss, but Dorus and Anna are generous, compassionate people.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
Wherever Lenz appeared he was compassionated for the baseness of his father-in-law in thus robbing his own son.
From Edelweiss A Story by Berthold Auerbach
She had compassionated him in his troubles, and he had told her in what alone his hope of comfort lay.
From Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life by James Payn
Ernest, seeing how solitary and melancholy he appeared, compassionated the poor fellow, and never lost an opportunity of speaking kindly to him.
From Ernest Bracebridge School Days by William I. Thomas
She compassionated their sufferings, and had respect for their cause.
From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by John Lord
When ter- precedes per-, one of the particles drops its final letter; as te-per-sayang, compassionated; ter-pe-lanting, sent flying.
From A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay by Sir William Edward Maxwell
Mr. Hearne is hardly sympathetic toward those who wrong women, but I hear “Consent” as compassionating all of us who have been bequeathed unequal, curdled social relations.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2017
“A body can’t play a symphony next to a man, without compassionating with his woes.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
About this time, the hospital or college of St. Juan de Letran was founded by Juan Geronimo Romero, who compassionating the situation of unfortunate orphans, took them into his house, and carefully brought them up.
From An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol I (of 2) Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce. by Martinez de Zuniga
The visitor, therefore, compassionating the animal, although it had shown itself his determined foe, went out into the yard.
From Stories of Animal Sagacity by Harrison Weir
The Queen's Highness, compassionating, had bidden bear him to the castle and comfort and cure him, not having looked upon his face or heard his tongue.
From The Fifth Queen Crowned by Ford Madox Ford
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