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Recent Examples of sympathetically
Maura’s performance makes Maria Angeles so magnetic and eccentric — earthily practical on some matters, dizzily irrational on others, and sympathetically true to herself on all fronts — that all the film’s other players want for detail and texture by comparison.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Others view Russia sympathetically.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025
The scholar Philip Smith shows how Paddington films released in the second decade of the twenty-first century provided Brits with a sympathetically multicultural narrative that stood in opposition to anti-immigrant discourse.
—Daniel Horowitz
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Yet Ruth, a generous coming-of-age story, portrays this cloistered place sympathetically, if often with a wink.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
Guy Lodge, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Others view Russia sympathetically.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025
The scholar Philip Smith shows how Paddington films released in the second decade of the twenty-first century provided Brits with a sympathetically multicultural narrative that stood in opposition to anti-immigrant discourse.
—Daniel Horowitz
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Yet Ruth, a generous coming-of-age story, portrays this cloistered place sympathetically, if often with a wink.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sympathetically
Adverb
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Each was compassionately euthanized Thursday.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Aug. 2025
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This means training businesses, libraries and public service workers to interact compassionately with people living with cognitive impairments.—
Taylor Penn-Vessels,
Baltimore Sun,
18 June 2025
Adverb
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Hilaria sweetly wrote in her caption.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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Law and Coan were captured sitting at a table together inside the gala, with the actor leaning over at one point with a smile to tell his wife something and sweetly caressing her back.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Speaking up—calmly, respectfully and with evidence—is the first step to driving accountability and change.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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There’s still a gap between approaching native traditions respectfully and approaching them with true understanding.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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To take part in the challenge, participants were required to pass an online training, as per the event's website, and had to kill the pythons humanely.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Ikejime is the technique used by Japanese fishermen for centuries to slaughter fish instantly and humanely by inserting a spike into the brain.—
Akiko Katayama,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Ronson politely demurred the money twice until Combs barked at him with an expletive to take the money.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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Irwin politely refused to accept Tonioli and Hough's adulations, crediting it all to his partner.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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As go-betweens, these enablers are tasked with making sure that the top management’s vision for automation can be applied sensibly in practice—not just on paper.—
Arthur Azizov,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Although season ticket prices have continued to rise, there is a sense the club has acted sensibly around them and the goodwill generated between the fans and KSE has remained stable.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Sympathetically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sympathetically. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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