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How do you use Sympathetic in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like congenial or kind, plus the exact meaning.

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Sympathetic meaning

  1. Of, related to, feeling, showing, or characterized by sympathy.
  2. Showing approval of or favor towards an idea or action.

Synonyms of Sympathetic

congenial kind unsympathetic kindly benevolent charitable compatible compassionate empathetic empathic condolent commiserative systema nervosum nervous system good-hearted

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Using Sympathetic

  • The main meaning on this page is: Of, related to, feeling, showing, or characterized by sympathy. | Of, related to, feeling, showing, or characterized by sympathy. | Showing approval of or favor towards an idea or action.
  • Useful related words include: congenial, kind, unsympathetic, kindly.
  • Possible Dutch translations are: sympathiek.
  • In the example corpus, sympathetic often appears in combinations such as: sympathetic to, more sympathetic, be sympathetic.

Context around Sympathetic

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 7 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Sympathetic

  • In this selection, "sympathetic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, less, politically, supportive, character, nervous and system stand out and add context to how "sympathetic" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include affable supportive sympathetic the perfect and and a sympathetic design. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sympathetic" sits close to words such as bengaluru, catastrophic and discusses, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sympathetic

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

A more compassionate characterization would have helped make them more sympathetic. (11 words)

Democrats sympathetic to Kennedy concede he faces an uphill climb nationally. (11 words)

BFF Bert (Eric Berryman) is there, affable, supportive, sympathetic—the perfect buddy. (12 words)

We are sympathetic to people who through no fault of their own are in the U.S. illegally, but we are less sympathetic to people who behave as if the U.S. does not have the right to determine who crosses our borders. (43 words)

Another visitor from Germany said Friday was his second attempt to access the park after previously failing to get a day pass, and that while he was sympathetic, he wished he’d been notified of the closure before arriving. (39 words)

Because they really are two sides of the same coin, even if they don’t know that about each other, do you think that will make Emma any more forgiving or sympathetic, if she learns the truth? (37 words)

Because they really are two sides of the same coin, even if they don’t know that about each other, do you think that will make Emma any more forgiving or sympathetic, if she learns the truth? (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

We are sympathetic to people who through no fault of their own are in the U.S. illegally, but we are less sympathetic to people who behave as if the U.S. does not have the right to determine who crosses our borders.

Shylock as a sympathetic character Shylock and Portia (1835) by Thomas Sully Many modern readers and theatregoers have read the play as a plea for tolerance, noting that Shylock is a sympathetic character.

Sympathetic nervous system The sympathetic system is activated during a “fight or flight” situation in which great mental stress or physical danger is encountered.

Again, while viewers could theoretically imagine reasons for this, and the film expects her to be sympathetic, those reasons are not realized on-screen.

A more compassionate characterization would have helped make them more sympathetic.

And even many people politically sympathetic to PublicSquare will never patronize it, because most people’s consumer choices are dictated primarily by convenience and price.

And they were running against these election deniers and people who would be sympathetic to January 6th rioters.

Another visitor from Germany said Friday was his second attempt to access the park after previously failing to get a day pass, and that while he was sympathetic, he wished he’d been notified of the closure before arriving.

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A spokesman for ArchiWest Architecture and Heritage (representing the applicant) said: “The proposed new structure is linked back to the existing building through the use of traditional materials and a sympathetic design.

Because of the loss she has experienced in her life, Rosalina is gentle with others, doing her best to be sympathetic.

Because they really are two sides of the same coin, even if they don’t know that about each other, do you think that will make Emma any more forgiving or sympathetic, if she learns the truth?

BFF Bert (Eric Berryman) is there, affable, supportive, sympathetic—the perfect buddy.

Brisbane Lions coach Chris Fagan said he understood the AFL's desire to reduce the risk of injury but remained sympathetic to the tackler, particularly when a larger player comes up against someone smaller.

But after repeated detentions much of the key PTI leadership has defected, and numerous journalists sympathetic to the opposition leader are reported to have disappeared into custody.

Butch, who was abandoned by his tag team partner, was the sympathetic figure in this match, but Barclays didn’t care.

But others were less sympathetic and claimed that Jeremy had cycled through a red light before entering the junction.

But the more I’ve seen SBF try to make his case, the less sympathetic I’ve gotten.

CoolCura activates the Feng Fu point, soothing the fight-or-flight response created by the sympathetic nervous system.

Corbyn was open to a second Scottish referendum and instinctively sympathetic to a 32-county Ireland.

Democrats sympathetic to Kennedy concede he faces an uphill climb nationally.

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Common combinations with sympathetic

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "sympathetic" in a sentence?
An example: "We are sympathetic to people who through no fault of their own are in the U.S. illegally, but we are less sympathetic to people who behave as if the U.S. does not have the right to determine who crosses our borders." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "sympathetic" from authentic English texts.
What does "sympathetic" mean?
Sympathetic means: Of, related to, feeling, showing, or characterized by sympathy.
What are synonyms of "sympathetic"?
Common synonyms of "sympathetic" include: congenial, kind, unsympathetic, kindly, benevolent, charitable, compatible, compassionate. Plus 7 more synonyms.
What is "sympathetic" in Dutch?
"sympathetic" translates to Dutch as: sympathiek.
How many example sentences with "sympathetic" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "sympathetic", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.