SYMPATHETIC in a Sentence

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In this mood of self-approval she had a sympathetic eye for others, and she was struck by her friend's air of dejection.

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 Meanings and Examples of SYMPATHETIC
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
sympathetic
 a.  expressing compassion or friendly fellow feelings; approving; having similar disposition and tastes
Classic Sentence: (49 in 4 pages)
1  But as long as she was where the wounded could see her, she was gentle, sympathetic and cheerful, and the men in the hospitals called her an angel of mercy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
2  The crowd made way in sympathetic silence for the Elsings' carriage, and after them followed the little wicker pony cart of the McLure girls.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
3  Mrs. Meade was upstairs with Phil, waiting her husband's return, and Melanie sat in the parlor, talking in a low voice to a group of sympathetic neighbors.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
4  He devoted himself to Fanny with such sympathetic deference she even smiled at him, and the meal went well.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
5  Gerald, the negroes and Wade clung to Melanie now, because even in her weakness she was kind and sympathetic, and these days Scarlett was neither.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
6  You forget that I have been keeping up with you through Miss Pittypat, and the dear soul tells all she knows to any sympathetic listener.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
7  There was a sympathetic murmuring as she passed and several hands went out to pat her comfortingly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
8  Her contemporaries, the young wives, mothers and widows, loved her because she had suffered what they had suffered, had not become embittered and always lent them a sympathetic ear.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
9  She returned a sympathetic enquiry, and gradually he was drawn on to talk of his latest purchases.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 2
10  In Lily's set this conduct implied a sympathetic comprehension of her motives, and Mr. Gryce rose in her esteem as she saw the consideration he inspired.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
11  In this mood of self-approval she had a sympathetic eye for others, and she was struck by her friend's air of dejection.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 10
12  Only Guy looked sympathetic, and he stroked the pine table and said nothing.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
13  He reads, and looks from Jonah to the bill; while all his sympathetic shipmates now crowd round Jonah, prepared to lay their hands upon him.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9. The Sermon.
14  His voice was so sympathetic and he read so interestingly that I wished he had chosen one of my favourite chapters in the Book of Kings.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: II
15  A sympathetic comparison of mental notes would have been a joy to him.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
Example Sentence:
1  She was very sympathetic to the problems of adult students.
2  Build her up with kindness and a sympathetic ear.
3  I found the doctors quite sympathetic.
4  I'm sympathetic to parents who are worried about what their children see on television.
5  With their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion.
6  They don't just listen sympathetically, they wade in with remarks like, 'If I were you.