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

Ben Maguire, Liberal Democrat MP for North Cornwall, expressed his sympathies to employees, who he said would be "really anxious and uncertain".

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

The Town of Moncks Corner, its Council, and entire staff extend their deepest sympathies.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 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

These books were frankly meant to shock their middle- class readers—to scare the daylights out of them—even as they played on their sympathies.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times