sympathies

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Auden ultimately felt that his poem was propaganda, and his sympathies came to lie rather with the common person trampled under the march of History.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

A palace official also said that King Charles reached out to Trump to express his sympathies to all affected.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

President Sheinbaum was quick to offer her sympathies and "solidarity" with the victims and their families following Monday's attack at Teotihuacán.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

The Palace has previously expressed that the King's "sympathies have been, and remain with, the victims of any and all forms of abuse".

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Though the throbbing in my head had subsided, I went on holding it and grimacing pitifully but bravely, to play on their sympathies.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood