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Recent Examples of sympathetically
When Mehta appeared on camera bouncing her newborn in her lap, that professor started laughing sympathetically.
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Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2025
The musicians standing with him smile sympathetically.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
Safdie sympathetically, vividly recounts the pressure to win, the violence in the ring, the addiction that saw Kerr OD twice.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
Curtis a prominent liberal-leaning figure speaking sympathetically about a conservative activist, is an unusual cross-ideological expression of mourning.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Others view Russia sympathetically.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025
The scholar Philip Smith shows how Paddington films released in the second decade of the twenty-first century provided Brits with a sympathetically multicultural narrative that stood in opposition to anti-immigrant discourse.
—Daniel Horowitz
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sympathetically
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Orbitz should have coordinated with Aer Lingus to resolve your refund request promptly and compassionately.—
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City leaders believe they could be done more compassionately by offering services and shelter.—
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Thus, Edward’s choice of ring sweetly honors the couple’s half-decade of dating before getting engaged, the joy of their betrothal, and their hope for their future together.—
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After taking a bite, Mariko rubbed her baby bump as Teddy sweetly leaned in to plant a kiss on it.—
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The training covers how to respectfully engage with participants, how to use the mobile survey app and an overview of the counting process.—
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Aisha kept her eyes respectfully averted.—
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To study how the birds tap, the researchers first humanely captured eight wild Downy Woodpeckers and carefully inserted electrodes into their muscles in the laboratory.—
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The goal of the effort is to locate reproductive female pythons and then humanely euthanize them, preventing further reproduction.—
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As seen in a video shared to X by Lizzie Robinson of ITV, the Princess of Wales politely said hello to a patient there, asked her name and made the connection between the woman and William, the heir to the throne.—
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Fear, hunger and repression did not stop politely at national borders.—
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Princess Bride is superbly planned and deferentially orchestrated — its theme fits its telling.—
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Even so, more than 70% of teens have used AI companions and half use them regularly, according to a recent study from Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that studies and advocates for using screens and digital media sensibly.—
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The inexperienced head coach has sensibly made only minor tweaks since taking over, sticking with the compact, direct football that has served Brentford so well.—
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“Sympathetically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sympathetically. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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