sympathizing

Example Sentences

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While sympathizing with the need for more affordable housing, Maupin said in a video posted on Facebook that Align’s proposal is “a bit of a monstrosity, from the pictures I’ve seen.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

Another supervisor came out and tried to defuse the situation, half lecturing, half sympathizing.

From Slate • Oct. 10, 2025

While fully sympathizing with her grief, many women have called Erika Kirk out for not being fully transparent in her self-portrait.

From Salon • Sep. 24, 2025

Playing both roles has been therapeutic; it’s been an opportunity to voice my frustrations as a son while also sympathizing with the father character.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

This era became known as the Red Scare, and many ordinary citizens were accused of sympathizing with the Communists.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson