How to Use empathy in a Sentence

empathy

noun
  • He felt great empathy with the poor.
  • His months spent researching prison life gave him greater empathy towards convicts.
  • There was no empathy, morality, or grace in the response.
    Vogue, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Woods said people need to show empathy and compassion in that regard.
    Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 16 Nov. 2022
  • If video games are rife with violence, empathy may be the antidote, research shows.
    WIRED, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Mutual empathy might engender a thaw, hope for the future.
    Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Both Bell and Reid feel that music has the power to change minds and hearts, upend ingrained biases, and foster empathy.
    Juan Velasquez, Them, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Employees need to know how to use empathy and tact when interacting with others to inspire cooperation and get the best results.
    Neil Khaund, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Camilla actor Olivia Williams imbues her character with empathy.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 9 Nov. 2022
  • However, the show also incorporates universal themes of love and empathy.
    Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
  • For Caroline Feeney, empathy is at the heart of great leadership in today’s insurance industry.
    Robert Reiss, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2022
  • In the past, there has been more empathy across the aisles.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Many of the people who make the rules lack the empathy to run this place.
    Daniel White, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2024
  • And yet the song is a thing of beauty, rich with empathy.
    Scott Stroud, Star Tribune, 28 Jan. 2021
  • It would also be linked to the degree of empathy in the man.
    Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 4 Mar. 2018
  • Kindness comes first, and empathy is the key to growth.
    Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Asha, the hero of the kingdom Rosas, is a conduit for empathy.
    Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Take a minute to have a little empathy and think about the receiver of the care.
    Veronica Mitchell, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 May 2018
  • That is, a truly good thrill comes from a place of empathy.
    Seth Combs Writer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2020
  • That has a lot to do with the company’s strong sense of empathy.
    Celeste Mora, Quartz at Work, 20 Aug. 2020
  • Barham felt like the empathy of Adeem’s writing was enough to sway them.
    Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2022
  • And what that told me is this is a question about empathy.
    cleveland, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Of course, this new study does more than find meager empathy for the out-group.
    Wired, 9 Nov. 2019
  • There wouldn’t be much empathy here if the answer weren’t the latter.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Apr. 2022
  • That means that, for me, this is a film defined by empathy.
    Andy Meek, BGR, 24 Oct. 2022
  • For all of its seeming perks, empathy can be a hard sell.
    Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2022
  • But the empathy, Bosh wrote in his blog, also was because of style of play.
    Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Apr. 2021
  • All those people who now have jobs, that's a lot of empathy.
    Fox News, 11 Sep. 2018
  • If there was any sort of empathy, the shutdown would have ended a long time ago.
    Celeste Katz, Glamour, 11 Jan. 2019
  • However, don’t be quick to lump empathy in with the rest.
    Byorianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2023

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