How to Use sympathy in a Sentence

sympathy

noun

• She went to her best friend for sympathy.
• Letters of sympathy were sent to the families of the victims.
• My deepest sympathies go out to the families of the victims.
• Our sympathies are with them.
• There was no sympathy between them.
• In the wake of the conflict, the dogs didn’t get much sympathy.
  — Yana Paskova, National Geographic, 29 June 2018
• The point of the show is not to garner sympathy for the affluent.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Republic, 9 Sep. 2019
• The reader is left to imagine the scene and wince in sympathy).
  — Rosa Brooks, chicagotribune.com, 21 May 2018
• All of them hear our words of sympathy but not much more than that.
  — Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
• Yet even in the heat of the moment, Wine-Banks could not help but feel some sympathy.
  — Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2020
• And to be clear, the singer’s sympathies do not lie with the billionaire.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 27 July 2024
• Please accept my sympathy for the loss of your beloved son.
  — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
• Proust was among the many who sent letters of sympathy.
  — Diane Cole, WSJ, 7 May 2021
• There will be no sympathy for the Warriors, nor should there be.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 8 June 2019
• In fact, the words empathy and sympathy both are believed to come from the word pathos.
  — David Villa, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021
• Make the casseroles, knock on doors, and put sympathy cards in mailboxes.
  — Heather Asbury, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 15 Aug. 2020
• Women cut off their hair, in sympathy, in a Berlin protest.
  — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2022
• Public sympathy will be on her side, but time and wider trends are not.
  — Catherine Mayer, CNN, 14 Apr. 2021
• Tawney Cypress joked the young cast shouldn’t get too much sympathy, though.
  — Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Mar. 2023
• To many people, that would feel like sympathy for the devil.
  — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 4 Aug. 2020
• Our sympathies and prayers are with the families of the deceased.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024
• Ainge, with his habit of winning trades, isn’t getting much sympathy around the league.
  — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2019
• Prospect of charges were met with sympathy and hate for Alec Baldwin.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2023
• But there was little sympathy for the president's plight among those who took to the streets.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 18 Dec. 2019
• His sympathy for the new college went back to his early days.
  — Russell Pulliam, National Review, 6 Dec. 2020
• Perkins told Maine News Now that there is no reason to show her sympathy.
  — CBS News, 4 Aug. 2023
• At one point, Di takes her grievances straight to the queen, pleading for sympathy.
  — Neal Justin, Star Tribune, 13 Nov. 2020
• News of this tragedy elicited murmurs of surprise and sympathy in the room.
  — Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
• Chances are that the listener will respond with sympathy for your plight.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
• Many also expressed sympathy for Mr. Thompson, his family and the rule of law.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Dec 2024