as in to empathize
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Recent Examples of sympathize
How much the reader should sympathize with Lisa—whether the character whom Harwicz has created is more aptly seen as a wronged person lashing out or as a more lucid villain—also feels unresolved.
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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
Another 31 percent remain unsure or sympathize equally with both.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
These upper-crust elites are ones we’re meant, at the end of the day, to sympathize with and root for.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
In an alternate universe, the inconsistencies in both countries’ foreign policies would help each one better understand and sympathize with the other.
—Michelle Gavin, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2025
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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
Another 31 percent remain unsure or sympathize equally with both.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
These upper-crust elites are ones we’re meant, at the end of the day, to sympathize with and root for.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
In an alternate universe, the inconsistencies in both countries’ foreign policies would help each one better understand and sympathize with the other.
—Michelle Gavin, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sympathize
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To see an artist from as far away as Japan empathize with the miners’ struggle and intentionally incorporate that, alongside the beautiful Welsh landscape, into a film was incredible.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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To that end, Shadows empathizes with Disturbed frontman David Draiman, who is feeling the heat for his public support of Israel, which resulted in the cancelation of a concert in Belgium.—
Shirley Halperin,
Rolling Stone,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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At drinks to commiserate over their respective firings, Brown had an idea.—
Hadley Meares,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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The clubhouse broke into small circles to commiserate.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Sympathize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sympathize. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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