How to Use empathy in a Sentence

empathy

noun
  • He felt great empathy with the poor.
  • His months spent researching prison life gave him greater empathy towards convicts.
  • Having empathy for people who suffer from mental health issues is good!
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Whether in novels or her long-running book group, the émigré author, who died this week at 96, was driven by empathy above all.
    James Marcus, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Many expressed outrage and empathy for the beleaguered housewife.
    Avery Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Prairie voles even exhibit something like empathy for their partners, getting stressed when they are stressed, and consoling each other through touch.
    Steven Phelps, Scientific American, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Mike Albo is a writer of incomparable wit, empathy and style.
    The Editors, Town & Country, 6 Jan. 2023
  • This kind of empathy and attentiveness is rare and speaks volumes about her commitment to supporting students.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 8 Oct. 2024
  • But Blair's empathy and attentiveness to the needs of her team of dogs is incredibly persuasive.
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Let empathy guide you through this emotional connection and show you how to internalize the new information.
    Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Some leaders consider empathy to be well-meaning but unnecessary.
    Robert Logemann, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
  • There’s quite a body of psychological research on this, and much of it connects the experience to feelings of empathy and sympathy.
    Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The Princess of Wales joined her husband in order to show support and empathy to the community and the victims' families.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 10 Oct. 2024
  • School boards began putting restrictions on how teachers discuss gender, in essence asking teachers to tamp down their sense of empathy and muzzle efforts at inclusion.
    Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2023
  • His choice to weave several characters into multiple stories proves effective; the tactic builds a backstory and empathy.
    Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Jan. 2023
  • But a lot of it has centered on Russell, who was handpicked by Guadagnino for the role and whose performance has been critically acclaimed for its freshness and empathy.
    Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Jan. 2023
  • In the past, there has been more empathy across the aisles.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Many of the people who make the rules lack the empathy to run this place.
    Daniel White, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2024
  • And yet the song is a thing of beauty, rich with empathy.
    Scott Stroud, Star Tribune, 28 Jan. 2021
  • It would also be linked to the degree of empathy in the man.
    Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 4 Mar. 2018
  • Kindness comes first, and empathy is the key to growth.
    Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Asha, the hero of the kingdom Rosas, is a conduit for empathy.
    Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Take a minute to have a little empathy and think about the receiver of the care.
    Veronica Mitchell, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 May 2018
  • That is, a truly good thrill comes from a place of empathy.
    Seth Combs Writer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2020
  • That has a lot to do with the company’s strong sense of empathy.
    Celeste Mora, Quartz at Work, 20 Aug. 2020
  • Barham felt like the empathy of Adeem’s writing was enough to sway them.
    Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2022
  • And what that told me is this is a question about empathy.
    cleveland, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Of course, this new study does more than find meager empathy for the out-group.
    Wired, 9 Nov. 2019
  • There wouldn’t be much empathy here if the answer weren’t the latter.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Apr. 2022
  • That means that, for me, this is a film defined by empathy.
    Andy Meek, BGR, 24 Oct. 2022

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