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.
  • All of them hear our words of sympathy but not much more than that.
    — Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Thank you for your prayers and sympathy.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Thank you for your prayers and sympathy.
    — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Save any sympathy for them, please.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2026
  • But there was scant demand for them or sympathy for him there.
    — Daniel Lewis, New York Times, 12 July 2023
  • None of them had sent me flowers, or even a sympathy card.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Public sympathy will be on her side, but time and wider trends are not.
    — Catherine Mayer, CNN, 14 Apr. 2021
  • But what good, these sympathies?
    — Elaine Blair, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
  • In the wake of the conflict, the dogs didn’t get much sympathy.
    — Yana Paskova, National Geographic, 29 June 2018
  • The Bills will get no sympathy from the Ravens there.
    — Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Aunt Fely looked at me and rolled her eyes in sympathy.
    — Han Ong, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
  • His sympathy for the new college went back to his early days.
    — Russell Pulliam, National Review, 6 Dec. 2020
  • Please don’t use my death For Some sympathy.
    — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Spike has no sympathy for Yung Felon.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 15 Aug. 2025
  • There was sympathy for what Slot had been forced to contend with.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 1 June 2026
  • There will be no sympathy for the Warriors, nor should there be.
    — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 8 June 2019
  • The show has more sympathy for Guiteau than the book, at least so far.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The reader is left to imagine the scene and wince in sympathy).
    — Rosa Brooks, chicagotribune.com, 21 May 2018
  • Miss Manners thinks there are equal amounts of sympathy and blame to go around.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 13 June 2026
  • Please accept my sympathy for the loss of your beloved husband.
    — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
  • One source involved in day-to-day work last season had sympathy for him.
    — Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • And to be clear, the singer’s sympathies do not lie with the billionaire.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 27 July 2024
  • Still, her sympathy—and that of many viewers—lies with Miller.
    — Ana Colón, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2026
  • As unions have weakened the public’s sympathy for them has grown.
    — The Economist, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Make the casseroles, knock on doors, and put sympathy cards in mailboxes.
    — Heather Asbury, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 15 Aug. 2020

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