How to Use empathize in a Sentence

empathize

verb

• The greatest contribution each can make now is to empathize with the other’s plight.
  — Steven P. Dinkin, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 June 2018
• Drive it and empathize with long-haul truckers confronted with all the nuisance drivers buzzing about like gnats at dusk.
  — Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2018
• Find the strongest air vent or fan around you, a frozen drink or treat and empathize with these posts about the pain of an Arizona summer.
  — Jessica Suriano, azcentral, 5 July 2018
• But beyond these markers of pop culture, Smith compels readers to empathize with the stranger, the unknown.
  — Adrianna Smith, The Atlantic, 9 June 2018
• No amount of protesting, tweeting, empathizing, donating, or pro bono work today is going to be as powerful as your vote.
  — Jenny Hollander, Marie Claire, 6 Nov. 2018
• Her publicly expressed lack of concern wasn't focused on some specific aspect of her role - perhaps one with which the public could even empathize or at least understand.
  — Robin Givhan, Houston Chronicle, 13 July 2018
• Meanwhile, a stringent sentence will rarely get any attention because people are simply much less likely to empathize with the perpetrator of a crime.
  — German Lopez, Vox, 5 June 2018
• Sixth, leaders must empathize with the less fortunate or consider the minority position.
  — kansascity, 30 June 2018
• To put it in clinical terms, compassion fatigue is a traumatic stress syndrome, where a caretaker’s ability to empathize with those in their care weakens.
  — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 26 June 2018
• Any animal that can recognize itself in a mirror, Gallup thinks, can potentially recognize that others have their own minds and even empathize with them.
  — Quanta Magazine, 12 Dec. 2018
• In happy relationships, partners try to empathize with each other and understand each other’s perspectives instead of constantly trying to be right.
  — Sarah Treleaven, Time, 26 June 2018
• Most of the people in the room could empathize with Palmer.
  — Jennifer Miller, Washington Post, 24 May 2021
• You, who heard the wink and humor in 'Blank Space' and maybe even empathized with the pain behind the satire.
  — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
• Artists teach us what to take notice of and what to turn away from, whom to empathize with and whom to tune out.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2021
• Talk with them about it and empathize with what this crisis feels like for them.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 17 June 2020
• This film wants to inspire [the audience] to talk and to empathize.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Oct. 2021
• The best way to open our minds and hearts and learn to empathize is to truly listen to others.
  — Keith Magee, CNN, 26 Oct. 2021
• From Allyship To Ourship To empathize is to see the pain of others but not feel it.
  — Natasha Bowman, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
• On a deeper level, re’eh means to see in the sense of empathizing for the other.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Aug. 2019
• Get to know your people and their needs, empathize with them, and then take action.
  — Cedrick Webb, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
• Glen Hines said, seeming to empathize with the lieutenant colonel.
  — NBC News, 14 Oct. 2021
• Glazer simply empathizes with the desire to not have to deal with it.
  — Amy Klein, refinery29.com, 14 Apr. 2020
• To care about them, understand them and empathize with them.
  — Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2024
• That is not the way anybody uses a dating app, so, again, what was there to do but empathize?
  — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2022
• But the well-meaning person who says the wrong thing or fails to empathize, the consequences of their actions are the same.
  — Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 June 2019
• As for Joe Biden, who could fail to empathize with his weakness for chocolate-chip ice cream?
  — Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2023
• Kaeberlein can empathize with loss of a beloved aged pet.
  — Lesley Evans Ogden, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2022
• When an outsider joins the ranks of our friends or colleagues, empathizing with them aligns with that goal.
  — K.n.c., The Economist, 7 June 2019
• In his latest thriller, Trap, audiences will probably be most unnerved at empathizing with a serial killer.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2024
• Fortunately, that’s less likely as the candid Moon in your self-expression zone empathizes with pleasant Venus in your communication sector.
  — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024