sympathy
Example Sentences
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The episode re-establishes sympathy for the author and appreciation for his talents.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
It was a sympathy prize, Colbert joked: “We should have gotten canceled years ago.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
What I need right now isn't sympathy or sadness.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
But Silber tries to extract too much sympathy from the exchange and stops the action when it should be moving rapidly toward its big finish.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
She advocated a high tone of sentiment; but she did not know the sensations of sympathy and pity; tenderness and truth were not in her.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing sympathy
"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
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Common Senses: Path ("Feeling")
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Unit 3: Compelling Evidence
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