sympathize
verb (used without object)
to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed bywith ).
sympathizing
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present participleof sympathize.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Hitchcock beguiles us into sympathizing with the psychopathic Bruno.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Another supervisor came out and tried to defuse the situation, half lecturing, half sympathizing.
From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2025
"Something about Bowen being the one to voice this joke despite his interview with Chappell sympathizing with her concerns less than a month ago makes me sad," one person wrote in a post to X.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024
Protesters gather outside the facility regularly, and in May, Casper Mayor Bruce Knell apologized for a Facebook post about the clinic some interpreted as sympathizing with the fire attack.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
Some have nothing to do with Lincoln’s death, like James Pumphrey, the Confederate- sympathizing owner of a stable, who spent a month behind bars.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
