Definition: 1. The feeling of being sorry for somebody; showing that you understand and care about sb's problems. 2. An inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion. 3. Sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish). 4. A relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other.
Use 'sympathy' in a sentence:
1. He began to feel sympathy for this slightly mysterious man.
2. He drew his exclamation out slowly, and the way he did it meant both wonder and sympathy.
3. Although he could give her sympathy, any practical help would almost certainly be beyond him.
4. My heartfelt sympathy goes out to all the relatives.
5. Don't waste your sympathy on scum like that.
6. Several hundred workers struck in sympathy with their colleagues.
7. There's some sympathy for this new country's growing pains.
8. His case is unlikely to evoke public sympathy.
9. Although he is a socialist, Mr. Wells is scarcely in sympathy with the working class.
10. Don't waste your sympathy on him ─ he got what he deserved.
11. I have had very little help from doctors and no sympathy whatsoever.
12. Don't waste your sympathy on him—he got what he deserved.
13. The little girl who lost her parents in the air crash has attracted an enormous amount of public sympathy.
14. Lithuania still commands considerable international sympathy for its cause.
15. It was a classic of interrogation: first the bully, then the kind one who offers sympathy.
16. May we offer our deepest sympathies on the death of your wife.
17. I have no sympathy ─ you brought it all on yourself.
18. He was full of sympathy for her, yet he didn't know what to say.
19. I have no sympathy—you brought it all on yourself.
20. Opinion polls suggest that the two rebels have attracted a lot of sympathy.
21. The seamen went on strike in sympathy with the dockers.
22. The president has offered his sympathy to the Georgian people.
23. I found myself feeling sympathy for him.
24. She felt a fraud accepting their sympathy.
25. Her tears elicited great sympathy from her audience.
26. We expressed our sympathy for her loss.
27. For a moment, Arnold felt a twinge of sympathy for Mr. Wilson.
28. The person who deserves most sympathy is the French astronomer Guillaume Le Gentil.
29. It can also be used to mean an expression of sympathy.
30. She was angling for sympathy.
31. Sympathy for the rebels, the government claims, is beginning to fade.
32. I have no sympathy for Jan, it's all her own fault.
33. The expression on his face changed from sympathy to surprise.
34. Share prices slipped in sympathy with the German market.
35. Expressions of sympathy flooded in from all over the country.
36. To see an animal in pain is enough, for most, to engage sympathy.
37. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to the victims of the war.
38. What are your political sympathies?
39. The Pope had no great sympathy for the secularized West.
40. We must tackle the problem with sympathy and understanding.
41. I have some sympathy with this point of view.
42. He wants to express his deep sympathy to the family.
43. Don't expect sympathy from me!
44. Her sympathies lie with the anti-abortion lobby.
45. They sent some flowers as a gesture of sympathy to the parents of the child.
46. They sent some flowers as a gesture of sympathy.
47. The President has offered his sympathy to the Georgian people.
