sympathised

But, she notes, he might have sympathised with her over one big problem: the surprising difficulty of changing medical routine.

He seemed to notice that she listened and rather sympathised with him, and from now on he talked mostly to her.

At the time of Vietnam, many student radicals not only opposed the war but sympathised with the enemy.

He said he sympathised with the FARC.

Carrie rather sympathised with his efforts and thought nothing upon her lack of entertainment such as she had enjoyed in Chicago.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he sympathised with those affected by the situation but stressed that safety must come first.

Apparently the Bride really sympathised with Lee, and agreed it was an outdated custom.

The generals were inclined to side with the president, one of their own, and the more junior officers sympathised with the demonstrators.

Archer winced at the joining of the names, and then, with a quick readjustment, understood, sympathised and pitied.

The other farmers sympathised in principle, but they did not at first give him much help.

Ferguson sympathised afterwards, saying the former England striker was "not getting the games he deserves" .

But the government, at least initially, sympathised with those protests.

Chelsea manager Avram Grant sympathised with John Terry after his missed penalty in the shoot-out eventually cost Chelsea the trophy.

After the final whistle blew and they were ejected from the competition, I sympathised with the evident devastation of the Chelsea squad.

I sympathised with Occupy Wall Street when I first visited the protesters six weeks ago, and still do.

Many blacks sympathised with the professor because they, too, have been presumed criminal.

Yet, in some ways he sympathised with their work.

By contrast, in Spain for example, 9% sympathised with the Israelis and 32% with the Palestinians.