Sympathise
[simpәθaiz]
Examples
- You know it is a capital crime, to mourn for, or sympathise with, a victim of the Guillotine. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Her mother really tried to sympathise with her, but could not. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The modern mathematician will readily sympathise with Plato's delight in the properties of pure mathematics. Plato. The Republic.
- He could not sympathise with her. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I entirely sympathise with the requeSt. I also regret that diplomatic reserve forbids me to comply with it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- If so, I can sympathise with him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Susan was always ready to hear and to sympathise. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Archer winced at the joining of the names, and then, with a quick readjustment, understood, sympathised and pitied. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- That lady had her own comfort and nonpareil on a much larger scale, andfor the moment, absent; so she sympathised with his foible. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She sympathised with Briggs as with all neglected or gentle people: she wasn't what you call a woman of spirit. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Much as I sympathised with Lady Glyde in other respects, I could not sympathise with her in her unjust prejudices against Count Fosco. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I said a few sympathising words, and we then talked of other subjects on our way back to the house. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She's quite enough to worrit her, as it is, without you, Tommy,' said Mrs. Cluppins, with sympathising resignation. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I have heard it remarked that she was a very fine woman, Mr. Weller,' said Pell, in a sympathising manner. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- His note- book, blotted with the tears of sympathising humanity, lies open before us; one word, and it is in the printer's hands. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- For my part, the idea that so many of the lowest women had lately been favoured with his smiles entirely prevented my sympathising in his feeling. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I wish something else could be done, said I hastily, sympathising in her disguSt. Shall I write to your uncle, Lord Carysfort? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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