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

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

Presentiments are strange things! and so are sympathies; and so are signs; and the three combined make one mystery to which humanity has not yet found the key.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë