How to Use empathize in a Sentence

empathize

verb

• 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
• 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
• Talk with them about it and empathize with what this crisis feels like for them.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 17 June 2020
• 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
• On a deeper level, re’eh means to see in the sense of empathizing for the other.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Aug. 2019
• 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
• For God's sake: Stop putting your kids' tears online for the rest of us to either laugh at or empathize with.
  — Sonny Bunch, chicagotribune.com, 17 Dec. 2017
• Glazer simply empathizes with the desire to not have to deal with it.
  — Amy Klein, refinery29.com, 14 Apr. 2020
• When the students held a sit-in during class to empathize that black lives matter.
  — Katrina Chandra, charlotteobserver, 26 May 2017
• Scheyer, who’s grown close with Allen, empathizes with him.
  — Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2018
• To care about them, understand them and empathize with them.
  — Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2024
• Mayor Zilka empathized with those in the room and said everyone needs to have faith in the police and the schools.
  — Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 4 June 2017
• 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
• But the well-meaning person who says the wrong thing or fails to empathize, the consequences of their actions are the same.
  — Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 June 2019
• The ugly The game comes this close to asking you to empathize with the literal Third Reich.
  — Steven Strom, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2017
• 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
• Find the strongest air vent or fan around you, a frozen drink or treat and empathize with these posts about the pain of an Arizona summer.
  — Jessica Suriano, azcentral, 5 July 2018
• When an outsider joins the ranks of our friends or colleagues, empathizing with them aligns with that goal.
  — K.n.c., The Economist, 7 June 2019
• And Trump has some thoughts on his adversary — thoughts in which Trump appears to empathize with him.
  — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2017
• 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
• The process seemed to be more about the catharsis of talking and the gift of having someone do nothing but listen and empathize.
  — Marisa Meltzer, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2017
• And for the students, that starts with learning to empathize with each other, Avila said.
  — Dallas News, 13 July 2019
• But what really struck me was how much Young seemed to care about and empathize with Randle.
  — Tania Ganguli, latimes.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• The Simpsons is a generous show — allowing viewers the opportunity to empathize with so many characters.
  — Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
• Someone with an overloaded brain can begin to dissociate from their lives and ultimately become removed from their ability to empathize with others, Cook said.
  — Amanda Musa, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Jan 2025