sympathize
verb (used without object)
to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed bywith ).
are sympathizing
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present progressiveof sympathize.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Grush's swaggering, blunt, alternately sweet and sinister Ethan keeps us uncertain of his true nature; just when we are sympathizing with Olivia, Pidgeon reveals the icy ambition behind her vulnerability.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2016
My little group of friends—only they’re not even my friends anymore—buffered by this new collection of girls who like me because I’m depressed and teachers who are sympathizing and the suddenly nice principal.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
"The yearlings have small idea that you are sympathizing with the plebes."
From On Guard Mark Mallory's Celebration by Upton Sinclair
For we are sympathizing beings, and a law of our nature makes us look for a return of sympathy.
From The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley
Well, Uncle Wesley and I are sympathizing all we know how, without her working so.
From A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter
