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

"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

Octavian managed to convey all that without saying it, simultaneously calming the senate and sympathizing with them.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan