How to Use empathize in a Sentence

empathize

verb
Definition of empathizenext
Synonyms for empathizenext
  • Artists teach us what to take notice of and what to turn away from, whom to empathize with and whom to tune out.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Martinez can empathize with this deep skepticism about the vaccines.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2021
  • But art can also challenge us to see our common humanity, to empathize with people who are unlike us.
    — Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2021
  • The evidence is also clear that men with female role models or mentors are more likely to empathize with their female colleagues.
    — Ellevate, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2021
  • The pandemic forced companies to adapt their marketing to empathize during a time of challenges and civil unrest.
    — Sunil Thomas, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
  • My mother, herself a recent widow and inclined to empathize with the Queen, instead vented about the disruption.
    — Catherine Mayer, CNN, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Chaplains, doctors and nurses talk of straddling an emotional fence -- trying to empathize while preserving clinical distance so the trauma doesn’t crush them.
    — USA Today, 12 Mar. 2021
  • As a doctor, Paolucci could empathize with how his players felt and was willing to make medical judgement calls by drawing on his experiences as a football player.
    — Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2021
  • Not only is the home literally emptier, but other (non-pet-owning) humans might have difficulty empathizing.
    — Colleen Grablick, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
  • Most of the people in the room could empathize with Palmer.
    — Jennifer Miller, Washington Post, 24 May 2021
  • You, who heard the wink and humor in 'Blank Space' and maybe even empathized with the pain behind the satire.
    — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Polar bears, after all, have become some of its most powerful avatars, providing a captivating lens through which the public can understand, and empathize with, the consequences of a warming world.
    — Katherine Cusumano, Outside Online, 28 Mar. 2021
  • This film wants to inspire [the audience] to talk and to empathize.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Oct. 2021
  • The best way to open our minds and hearts and learn to empathize is to truly listen to others.
    — Keith Magee, CNN, 26 Oct. 2021
  • From Allyship To Ourship To empathize is to see the pain of others but not feel it.
    — Natasha Bowman, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Get to know your people and their needs, empathize with them, and then take action.
    — Cedrick Webb, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Glen Hines said, seeming to empathize with the lieutenant colonel.
    — NBC News, 14 Oct. 2021
  • To care about them, understand them and empathize with them.
    — Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2024
  • That is not the way anybody uses a dating app, so, again, what was there to do but empathize?
    — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2022
  • As for Joe Biden, who could fail to empathize with his weakness for chocolate-chip ice cream?
    — Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Kaeberlein can empathize with loss of a beloved aged pet.
    — Lesley Evans Ogden, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2022
  • And both of us came to this episode from a place of really wanting the audience to empathize with Pam.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Madison, who lived in the Mansion decades after Stratten, empathized with how the young Dorothy must have felt.
    — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The teacher empathizes, having fallen in love as a teenager with a deaf girl.
    — Michele Filgate, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
  • But Lisa perceives this as adults just empathizing with their own.
    — Hazlitt, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The takeaway is unclear — are we supposed to empathize?
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Negan tries to empathize, saying that he’s been on the receiving end of a massacre, too.
    — Richard Rys, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2021
  • Your service team should be able to empathize and be understanding of the customer’s pain points.
    — Beth Worthy, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
  • On that front, James seems to empathize with Anderson’s vow to never watch Pam & Tommy.
    — Amy Nicholson, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2022
  • As God felt pain for humankind, so, too, should all of us, created in God’s image, empathize with the other.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Aug. 2021

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