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Berto wrote so sympathizingly about my homesickness and signed himself, “your Stronghold.”

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

"Are you hurt much, old man?" asked Wat, sympathizingly.

From Frank Merriwell's Chums by Standish, Burt L.

"Sorry for the fellow," interrupts the old hostess, sympathizingly.

From An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)

The stranger gentleman leaned over sympathizingly, and said in a low voice, 'Madam, the first time his mother attempted to comb his hair, he objected to having any hair; and now you see the consequence.'

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 by Various

"You shouldn't have made that allusion to her brother," said Mrs. Delancey, sympathizingly.

From The Brother Clerks A Tale of New-Orleans by Townsend, Mary Ashley