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show sympathy
verb as in pity
Example Sentences
Palestinians say he has failed to fight corruption, failed to show sympathy for Gaza, and failed to order the Palestinian police to protect them from aggressive Jewish settlers while he continues security cooperation with Israel.
The latest to join the chorus is former President Donald Trump, who on Monday night said if elected again he would deploy deportation officers to “pro-jihadist” rallies and “aggressively deport” foreigners in the U.S. who show sympathy for Hamas.
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer told Chinese President Xi Jinping in a rare meeting Monday that he was “very disappointed” by China’s failure to strongly condemn the recent Hamas attack on Israel and show sympathy for the country and its people.
"Society should show sympathy for mothers who want their children to be kept alive . . . Whether this right to medical support should extend to those considered dead by one standard, but alive by another is the question we face with Jahi McMath," Veatch wrote in 2014.
Democrats pushed back against the Republican effort to vilify Mr. Bragg while laboring to show sympathy for the victims.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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