SYMPATHY in a Sentence

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For SYMPATHY, below is one of 222 sentences:
Anybody who would waste precious money on tombstones when food was so dear, so almost unattainable, didn't deserve sympathy.

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 Meanings and Examples of SYMPATHY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
sympathy
 n.  compassion; pity; feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  His look appealed to Ethan for sympathy.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
2  He saw his blunder before she could take it up: she wanted sympathy, not consolation.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
3  She gave him a last nod of sympathy while her son chirped to the horse; and Ethan, as she drove off, stood in the middle of the road and stared after the retreating sleigh.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
4  He was planning to take advantage of the Hales' sympathy to obtain money from them on false pretences.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
5  She looked up at him and saw that his mouth was pulled down at the corners in mock sympathy, even while he swished the fan.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
6  Melanie telegraphed Colonel Sloan a dozen times and finally a letter arrived, full of sympathy, explaining that Ashley and a squad had ridden out on a scouting expedition and had not returned.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
7  She knew she should feel sorry for Melanie, but somehow she could not muster a spark of sympathy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
8  How good the old lady was to offer no sympathy that would make her cry.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
9  Anybody who would waste precious money on tombstones when food was so dear, so almost unattainable, didn't deserve sympathy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
10  She remembered the feel of plow handles between her inexperienced, blistered palms and she felt that Hugh Elsing was deserving of no special sympathy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
11  Her sweet sympathy and her bright-eyed interest in every word he uttered were balm upon the wound left by Suellen's supposed defection.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
12  But he gave her sympathy, something she had never had from anyone and never expected from him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
13  And she did not want to hear the kindly sympathy that would be poured out about Gerald.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
14  Not a single person had spoken to her that morning or given her one look of sympathy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
15  She spoke without any desire for sympathy and the two gave her none.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
Example Sentence:
1  In the final analysis I think our sympathy lies with the heroine of the play.
2  If there were less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.
3  If you play the fool, and lose a good job on consequence , you can hardly expect much sympathy.
4  Sullivan expressed sympathy for the striking federal workers.
5  Willard is in sympathy with many Green Party issues.
6  I have had very little help from doctors and no sympathy whatsoever.
7  The president has sent a message of sympathy to the relatives of the dead soldiers.
8  For a moment, Arnold felt a twinge of sympathy for Mr Wilson.
9  Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to the victims of the war.
10  Faced with racist bullying by other housemates, first there was sympathy, but now the media here in India is becoming increasingly negative.
11  She has frequently expressed Republican sympathies.
12  Amy's own Republican sympathies strengthened as the days passed.