sympathetic person

Example Sentences

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“There’s an effort to distance himself from the politics of the ruling and to show that he is a sympathetic person and a good man,” she said.

From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2021

You've done so many interesting projects where you are cast as that character who is dark, who's controversial, who's not necessarily the most sympathetic person in the storyline.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2021

My husband has never been a sympathetic person.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2020

I was a sympathetic person willing to listen to her story.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 28, 2019

My mother is the most generous, caring, good-hearted, sympathetic person in the world.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman