sympathize

You can’t help but sympathize with her desire to skip the coming crisis in her industry.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

"I wanted the audience to be able to sympathize with him at times, and be terrified of him at times," Antosca told AFP on the Los Angeles red carpet.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

Still, the movie seems to sympathize with many Americans’ misplaced faith in the remoteness of nuclear war.

From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2026

While my friends and family sympathize with my situation, they still prefer to be around me when I’m happier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

Now I can really sympathize with how the slave Isaura felt after she was caught by the evil Leoncio.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

She sympathizes with customers, noting that it feels “yucky to lose the human.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

While he sympathizes with the occasional need to chill at home, he also notes it's unsettling that it's a wildly popular discourse.

From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2025

But she also believes “it doesn’t have to be a competition” and sympathizes with the nearly 6,000 migrant children now enrolled in Chicago’s public schools.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2024

While he sympathizes with the financial challenges restaurants are facing, he said the charge “really kind of stung.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2024

Her eyes tighten, enough for me to know that some part of her sympathizes with me, even if she’ll never admit it.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Hundreds of women who sympathized with Clancy’s postpartum struggle have gathered outside the Plymouth, Mass., courthouse during the trial to raise awareness of the severe mood and anxiety disorders some new mothers face.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Art is a weapon for López Mari and Calle 13, who sympathized with the Palestinian struggle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025

In 2023, according to New York Times polling, 34 percent of Democrats sympathized with Israel and 31 percent with Palestinians.

From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2025

Many people sympathized with the workers and even called for Costco to start revoking memberships.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2024

The smile comprehended Montenegro's troubled history and sympathized with the brave struggles of the Montenegrin people.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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

"Something about Bowen being the one to voice this joke despite his interview with Chappell sympathizing with her concerns less than a month ago makes me sad," one person wrote in a post to X.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024

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

My little group of friends—only they’re not even my friends anymore—buffered by this new collection of girls who like me because I’m depressed and teachers who are sympathizing and the suddenly nice principal.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini