- present participle of sympathize.
sympathizing
Example Sentences
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Hitchcock beguiles us into sympathizing with the psychopathic Bruno.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 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
Protesters gather outside the facility regularly, and in May, Casper Mayor Bruce Knell apologized for a Facebook post about the clinic some interpreted as sympathizing with the fire attack.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
He imagined her complaining, and Gillian sympathizing about visits from in-laws.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
