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
  • Glazer simply empathizes with the desire to not have to deal with it.
    Amy Klein, refinery29.com, 14 Apr. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • And for the students, that starts with learning to empathize with each other, Avila said.
    Dallas News, 13 July 2019
  • 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
  • That's not to say Maddon doesn't empathize with teams that feel they were wronged by the Astros' transgressions.
    Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 31 July 2020
  • His answer surprised her and helped her understand and empathize with the boy’s plight.
    Mike Hixenbaugh, Houston Chronicle, 21 Apr. 2018
  • Thanks, Lena, for empathizing with fans about the current season, which has been brutal to watch.
    Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 5 May 2019
  • Negan tries to empathize, saying that he’s been on the receiving end of a massacre, too.
    Richard Rys, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2021
  • Fortunately, that’s less likely as the candid Moon in your self-expression zone empathizes with pleasant Venus in your communication sector.
    Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Social Awareness: Perceiving the emotional needs of other people and empathizing with their experiences.
    Sunny Nandwani, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024

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