sympathetic

Example Sentences

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A sympathetic police chief decided to free him, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the meantime, though, I become sympathetic to my wife’s point of view.

From The Wall Street Journal

I could hardly wait to write this down on the Compliments for Classmates page in my notebook, but it looked too weird: “Imogene Herdman—sympathetic.”

From Literature

It’s also through Arnold’s eyes we get a real theory about what happened the night Marilyn died — and it’s a sympathetic one, even a logical one.

From Los Angeles Times

These materials, including a film titled “Why the Kremlin Hates Bananas,” circulated thanks to sympathetic media outlets and members of Congress.

From Salon