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Meanwhile, Grindelwald has escaped his American prison and is rallying wizards who sympathize with his desire to take over both the wizarding and mundane worlds. — Tasha Robinson, The Verge, "Even for the Harry Potter hardcore, Crimes of Grindelwald is one convoluted movie," 8 Nov. 2018 For many of his supporters, this clean slate outweighs his history as a retired army captain who has publicly sympathized with Brazil’s 1964-1985 military dictatorship and has often lashed out against gays, blacks and indigenous and women’s rights. — Paulo Trevisani, WSJ, "With Few Jobs and Much Anger, Brazilians Go to the Polls," 25 Oct. 2018 The premier, who sympathizes with the euroskeptic 5-Star Movement, the government's main partner, indicated that Italian authorities had been too elastic in granting humanitarian protection. — Frances D'emilio, Fox News, "Italy tightens eligibility for migrant protection," 24 Sep. 2018 The sad reality is that there are an awful lot of women, as well as other folks who have vaginas but do not identify as female, who can sympathize with your situation. — Vanessa Marin, Allure, "Ask a Sex Therapist: How Do I Stop Feeling Insecure About My Genitals?," 30 Aug. 2018 There exist thousands of handwritten notes encouraging, or sympathizing, or thanking his friends and acquaintances. — WSJ, "Transcript of George W. Bush’s Eulogy of His Father," 5 Dec. 2018 There exists thousands of handwritten notes encouraging or sympathizing or thanking his friends and acquaintances. — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, "Read the Full Transcript of President George W. Bush's Eulogy for His Father," 5 Dec. 2018 But others sympathized with the parents and argued that this was a community center, not a museum where families would be expected to warn their children not to touch anything. — Lynn Horsley, kansascity, "OP sculpture that boy 'hugged' wasn't appraised. His family's insurance paid $107,000," 9 July 2018 Most tweets on the subject append some sort of video, GIF, or image that makes fun of how Dawson excuses, sympathizes, or doesn’t really critique Paul’s use of racist slurs. — Patricia Hernandez, The Verge, "Jake Paul’s racism controversy reveals the flaw in Shane Dawson’s docuseries," 19 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sympathize.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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sympathize
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English Language Learners Definition of sympathize
: to feel sorry for someone who is in a bad situation : to feel sympathy for someone because you understand that person's problems
: to feel or show support for or approval of something
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