How to Use empathize in a Sentence
empathize
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And the politician in me can empathize with that.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Nov. 2025
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This will help people empathize a lot more.
—ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
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Please listen to us, please empathize with us.
—Masako Toki, The Conversation, 4 Aug. 2025
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People are ready for it, and open to it, and to empathize with our work.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
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Talk with them about it and empathize with what this crisis feels like for them.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 17 June 2020
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Not forgive, not empathize, just listen with an open mind.
—Liana Finck, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
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Get to know your people and their needs, empathize with them, and then take action.
—Cedrick Webb, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
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Artists teach us what to take notice of and what to turn away from, whom to empathize with and whom to tune out.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2021
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Glazer simply empathizes with the desire to not have to deal with it.
—Amy Klein, refinery29.com, 14 Apr. 2020
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Vande Kolk could empathize with Ryan’s urge to escape his life.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
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Malinin could empathize as Glenn held back tears on the ice.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
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But Lisa perceives this as adults just empathizing with their own.
—Hazlitt, 12 Dec. 2022
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When the students held a sit-in during class to empathize that black lives matter.
—Katrina Chandra, charlotteobserver, 26 May 2017
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The best way to open our minds and hearts and learn to empathize is to truly listen to others.
—Keith Magee, CNN, 26 Oct. 2021
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This film wants to inspire [the audience] to talk and to empathize.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Oct. 2021
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Glen Hines said, seeming to empathize with the lieutenant colonel.
—NBC News, 14 Oct. 2021
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Teach your stars not just how to lead, but how to listen, de-escalate, and empathize.
—Hec Paris Insights, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Now that Ashur is at the center of this new show, are we supposed to empathize with him?
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Nov. 2025
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Most biopics persuade you to empathize with the main character.
—Gregg Goldstein, Variety, 26 Nov. 2025
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That is not the way anybody uses a dating app, so, again, what was there to do but empathize?
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2022
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When an outsider joins the ranks of our friends or colleagues, empathizing with them aligns with that goal.
—K.n.c., The Economist, 7 June 2019
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Some people online empathized with him.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
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As many women can empathize with, the winter season often forces us to do it all.
—Ayana Underwood, Outside, 11 Dec. 2025
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Commenters on the thread empathized with the dad's conundrum.
—Christian Dashiell, Parents, 25 Feb. 2025
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We are expected to empathize with the racist and give him space for redemption.
—Robin M. Boylorn, Slate Magazine, 8 Aug. 2017
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The teacher empathizes, having fallen in love as a teenager with a deaf girl.
—Michele Filgate, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
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On a deeper level, re’eh means to see in the sense of empathizing for the other.
—Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Aug. 2019
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Because for me, empathizing with you in that moment, that was maybe the hardest thing to watch.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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Tip big, be patient, empathize, pick up the Cheerios on the carpet.
—Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 22 Nov. 2025
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Might be hard rn but try empathize, don’t invalidate her feelings.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 15 Nov. 2025
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