Osborne conversed with his fellow inmates and soon felt sympathetic and righteous. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Justin’s master often hired him out for masonry work and a sympathetic employer made arrangements with the railroad on his behalf. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Ms. Blair’s eyes are so sympathetic that I feel the urge to cry again, so I look down at my hands. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Her voice was sympathetic, as though she really cared what happened to me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some teachers, particularly the women, were sympathetic and did not whip me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, Briony was old enough to know that the moment was entirely Lola’s, but she was soon led away by sympathetic womanly hands to her bedroom to await the doctor and his examination. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I think every group of friends has a “guy” for each different function — like the “sympathetic guy,” the “funny guy,” the “jock,” the “guy who gets picked on.” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I wander among the guests, lost and aimless, responding to the sympathetic words of those around me with appropriate, practiced replies. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Luke gave the server a sympathetic look and said, “We’ll probably need lots of bread.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was kind of the trader and his wife to be sympathetic, but they had no idea how desperate the villagers were. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice was sympathetic but also one sliver away from being angry. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I asked him, would he be sympathetic enough to allow me time off with pay? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two brothers who captained the sister ships Quicksilver and Greyhound seemed sympathetic and invited them into the cabin for a glass of Arbor red. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Hemme!” the Chancellor snapped.Then he turned to me, “I’m afraid proof of mastery requires more than a simple sympathetic binding.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Several people had suggested that Tom Chapman, the new Monroe County district attorney and a former criminal defense attorney, would be fairer and more sympathetic to someone wrongly convicted than lifelong prosecutor Ted Pearson. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

After examining my bruise, Abbey seemed more sympathetic. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

My arm went limp as I passed the phone to Ma, and she gave me a sympathetic smile. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Though Müller would be delighted to have Kemmerich's boots, he is really quite as sympathetic as another who could not bear to think of such a thing for grief. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The news that an alien’s dyspeptic pains were persisting did not, however, evoke any sympathetic words, and again I retreated into Trinity Street with a prescription for more white stuff. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Northern white elites were sympathetic to the demand for their “property rights” to be respected, as they, too, wanted the Constitution to protect their property interests. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, Addie gets all sympathetic, like she’s ten years older than me and engaged or something and I’m her pimply little brother. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Robin was the oldest, and for some reason she was sympathetic to me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But the feeling of the general public — bolstered by the press’s focus on the “poverty- stricken” Catherine O’Leary and the “drunken” firefighters — wasn’t sympathetic at all. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at Mia, waiting for a sympathetic nod, but it didn’t come. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She tried to mask the downward spiral of the conversation with a sympathetic smile, but we both knew what the ultimate outcome could end up being. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Miss Palma gave me a sad, sympathetic look, and Annette was studying me like she was Sherlock Holmes and I was a handkerchief at a crime scene. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

This girl’s known for being a good listener, and sympathetic, and I wanted someone to be afraid for me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He looked sympathetic to us kids, sitting in a stunned semicircle around him. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s not as bad as all that,” said the Dodecahedron from his most sympathetic face. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Verwoerd declared that those supporting the strike, including sympathetic newspapers, were “playing with fire,” an ominous declaration given the ruthlessness of the state. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scythe Curie nodded and offered a sympathetic grin, then said, “You’re lying, dear.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Everyone was sympathetic and helpful—but he was no farther on. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he knew that Judge Johnson was sympathetic to the civil rights movement. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm confused because, while they all are angry, some are giving us sympathetic pats on the shoulder, and Johanna Mason actually stops to straighten my pearl necklace. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mother is the most generous, caring, good-hearted, sympathetic person in the world. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

She keeps telling me, What do I have to worry about, I’m not the one giving the speech, which is about as close to sympathetic as Addie ever manages to get. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

And to top it all off, he was trying hard to be sympathetic to me, his pretty normal, now really sad homeboy. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

With a sympathetic expression, he knelt down and put a hand on each of their shoulders. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hoover fed the story to sympathetic reporters—so-called friends of the bureau. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

As Reverend Scheffler became familiar with us, he became more sympathetic. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within a few days, we had an informal online counseling service under way, trying to send kids who seemed to be in serious trouble to sympathetic parents or professionals. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

These were soldiers likely to be sympathetic to their plight. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither did I get to witness a military coup in which forces sympathetic to the colonel arrived late at night to assassinate my next-door neighbor. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“But then Dumbledore became Headmaster, and he was sympathetic. He said that as long as we took certain precautions, there was no reason I shouldn’t come to school....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Darius made a face, looking disgusted, but he bowed and disappeared into the corridor, but not without casting Meggie a last sympathetic glance. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“And as easy as this, we have a sympathetic link that will work at thirty to thirty-five percent.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Jeremy Tyler, Michael Griswald,” Master Williams addressed my friends in a clear, direct voice that was neither harsh, nor sympathetic, but somewhere in between. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“But at least he’s sympathetic. He’s really a fine person.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Because however sympathetic they were, I could see that deep down they were relieved. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually, this is my sympathetic representation of Master Hemme. Would anyone like to take a guess as to why it is not a very good one?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He looked to the crowd for a sympathetic face—someone who might take his side—but all he saw in the faces of his classmates was communal disdain. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

What she needed was just one person, one wise and sympathetic grown-up who could help her to understand the meaning of this extraordinary happening. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

A sympathetic orderly talked to me, understanding that I wanted to be spared nothing. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was far more sympathetic to him than I was. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the way I try to make myself look sympathetic, so that people as poor and desperate as I am will give me food and protection. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

A woman watched me with sympathetic anger, as though she in no way approved of this kind of treatment. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

This knowledge might have made me sympathetic to my father, but it didn’t. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Some gave kind of sympathetic looks for my loss. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

One of the men seemed to feel a bit sympathetic and tried to cheer us up as we stood with our backs against the ropes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll go to Hillsdale,” he said levelly; perhaps he was afraid of saying too much, perhaps he thought that a kind word, or a sympathetic one, might rebound upon himself and bring her back. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Legislators who were sympathetic to the cause told women that in the “current free-love storm,” it would be best to table women’s suffrage legislation, at least for the time being. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

This time he was unexpectedly sympathetic and without hesitation volunteered some virus. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He said this coldly, without emotion, neither threatening nor sympathetic, exactly the way one would say: “The weatherman’s promising rain for tomorrow.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time, Cupid’s gaze seemed sympathetic. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Either one would provide only the most tenuous sympathetic link to my lute string: one percent at best, perhaps only a tenth of that. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Benny asked, giving my salad a sympathetic look. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She had listened to him, partly sympathetic, partly horrified. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was tall and African American, with a shaved head, glasses, and an easy, sympathetic manner. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Without quite shifting her position, Lola seemed to move away, or to move her shoulders, half shrug, half sway, to free herself of Briony’s sympathetic touch. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He now regarded people in a different light than he had previously: not very clever, not very proud and therefore all the more warm, curious and sympathetic. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. and Mrs. Pocket had a toady neighbour; a widow lady of that highly sympathetic nature that she agreed with everybody, blessed everybody, and shed smiles and tears on everybody, according to circumstances. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He sighed, and sounding genuinely sympathetic, said, “That sucks. I’m sorry.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Well, the women made lots of sympathetic noises upon hearing that. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he gives me a sympathetic look, and says, “Things feel very different here, don’t they?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I was out of the clutches of Mrs. and Mr. Moss, I complained about them to anyone who would listen, and there were plenty of sympathetic ears at Lake Magdalene. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think that’s a particularly sympathetic way to speak to someone with a migraine or potential brain tumor.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Sorry about your pencil—it’s a shame,” she said, but already her sympathetic expression was fading. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“First time always the hardest. Especially with them sympathetic looks folks give you. You learn to ignore them eventually.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

My brother looked at me, genuinely sympathetic, for all of five seconds before he suddenly frowned. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I am entirely sympathetic to your reasons for withholding the name of the patient and thus prevent a possible invasion of privacy. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Why champion the cause of the despised when there are so many sympathetic stories about racial injustice one could tell? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mama, Native American on her father’s side and German on her mother’s, was sympathetic to the black cause. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She smiles and says in that same sugary, sympathetic tone, “Now, do you know if Khalil sold narcotics?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The leadership saw Wilson as sympathetic to suffrage, even if he wasn’t ready to move on the issue quite yet. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Even with all that effort the best you might hope for is ten or fifteen percent sympathetic link. Not very good, not very good at all. “This brings me to the second law, Consanguinity. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had a feeling his father was sympathetic on the owl issue, but Mr. Eberhardt had never come out and said so. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The singularity in my stomach was back, pulsing and writhing in sympathetic harmony with the one I knew lived deep inside Babou. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Firsdy, they were brought in under the auspices of the government, and second, we were aware that the Telegraph was a conservative newspaper unlikely to be sympathetic to our cause. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But his mother surely would have been even less sympathetic about that. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

They were all known to have been sympathetic to communism before the war. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The British captain looked even more pleased and sounded more sympathetic. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the social worker who speaks to Gran and Gramps in hushed sympathetic tones. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shannon was in the room with me, packing for her own trip home, giving me sympathetic looks. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They were sympathetic and curious, and after Winnie was released on bail, we invited them to visit us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Martinez wasn’t sympathetic, not when it came to money, not when it came to giving something away for free. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was initially sympathetic to this group of hardliners, but gradually realized that there was no alternative to the process. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had grown up, had become warm and sympathetic and affectionate. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I could not bear pity and sympathetic looks, even from An Yi. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

More often, however, sympathetic contemplation of the troublesome passages results in a different diagnosis. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Was it not a dangerous word, too closely connected to Hobbes and to dubious stories about sympathetic magic told by Digby—someone whom John Evelyn, another early member, could dismiss as an arrant mountebank? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Only Mr. Jordan seemed sympathetic, but I knew there wasn’t much he could do. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The old man waited tranquilly, watching him with a discerning smile that was both scornful and sympathetic. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

George, the child of Greek immigrants, was a man who combined a sympathetic nature with an incisive mind. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both had been sympathetic to the Soviet Union, and members of the Communist Party. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He definitely doesn’t feel the need to prove it,” she replied with a sympathetic smile. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

He was a good fellow, but his rejoicing at the one little part—in which he was officially interested—of so great a tragedy, was an object-lesson in the limitations of sympathetic understanding. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I honestly thought both my boys were more sympathetic than that.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He was sympathetic to my dilemma, acknowledged the risks I would be taking if I played, but in his opinion thought that I should go ahead and play because the advantages outweighed the risks. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh no,” I said, my hand going to my face in sympathetic pain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her speech slows down and her tone turns sympathetic—her doctor’s voice. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was sympathetic and he helped me get the call through to St. Lawrence, and I told them what had happened. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laughed, but it sounded like sympathetic laughter. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Similarly, the most sympathetic Mali Ambassador had been in New York at the United Nations. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Saturday, March 6, the day before the march, tensions in Selma escalated when a group of seventy sympathetic whites from across the state held a rally of their own to support black voting rights. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Hudson was sympathetic and agreed to bring the accident report to Jackie’s office at Utah State. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

In the city’s richest clubs, industrialists gathered to toast the fact that Carter Henry Harrison, whom they viewed as overly sympathetic to organized labor, had lost to Hempstead Washburne, a Republican. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And in my case -being one of the star-crossed lovers from District 12 -it's an absolute requirement if I want any more help from sympathetic sponsors. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Before long, with the help of a sympathetic librarian, they had found and read just about everything the library had to offer on Egypt—both fact and fiction. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was already sympathetic to the plight of his Jewish workers; but from that time on, he increased his efforts to save as many Jews as he could. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The presidential election of 1932 sparked a major turning point for American labor unions, bringing pro-labor president Franklin D. Roosevelt into office in 1933, along with a Congress sympathetic to labor. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Late that afternoon I woke to find a sympathetic note and a packet of flu pills on the common room table. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter made sympathetic sounds and put the drink into the monkey’s hands while she mopped Lyra’s eyes with a scented handkerchief. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

They were loyal to their employer and needed to keep their jobs to support their families, but they were sympathetic to our cause. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The social worker gives a practiced sympathetic nod. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even those who were sympathetic to Rowan approved of the committee’s decision—for in the end, what support did Rowan have in the Scythedom? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The teacher looks sympathetic, and puts another student on third base. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He thought that Johnson, a Democrat sympathetic to the South, didn't do enough to protect freed Blacks and stop violence and unrest in the defeated southern states. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“As usual, my friends, you overstate my accomplishment. Nevertheless, the essence of what you say is true. Among the authorities these days it is difficult to find a sympathetic listener.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hoping to soften the blow by delivering his decision in person, Teller received a sympathetic hearing from Sproul and a few other administrators. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Not the true parent is the woman’s womb that bears the child,” Apollo tells a sympathetic council of jurors. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I reviewed the first thirty sympathetic bindings in my head as the theater filled with anxious students. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Bradbury’s complaint found an increasingly sympathetic audience at the General Advisory Committee. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Herbert would likely be seen as even less sympathetic. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

What he read was that I was an honest man, a steadily employed, tireless worker, loyal to the firm that employed him, well liked, and sympathetic to the misfortunes of others. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Wood spoke so dejectedly that even Fred and George looked sympathetic. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He even thought that he had detected sympathetic expressions on the faces of a couple of councilmen, too. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Wishing I was a better, more sympathetic person, instead of being annoyed and worried that any delay is going to get us caught. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Levi gives me a sympathetic smile, and I can feel my neck get hot. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But it was to take us almost three years before we were allowed to have them, and that was only after a sympathetic physician agreed that the glasses were necessary to preserve our eyesight. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He isn’t good company, he is not sympathetic, and he has little aesthetic value. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soldier in white had been filed next to the Texan, and the Texan sat sideways on his own bed and talked to him throughout the morning, afternoon and evening in a pleasant, sympathetic drawl. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When I look at Elena again, there’s a sympathetic expression on her face. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

In Chicago, increasing numbers of Muslims were leaving Mosque Two, I heard, and many non-Muslims who had been sympathetic to the Nation were now outspokenly anti-Muslim. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't know how sympathetic his wife would be. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

A Seattle doctor had suggested sympathetic denervation of the limb—doing away with its ability to feel—but Ishmael had balked for unfathomable reasons. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I hesitated and then, seeing Julian's sympathetic look, went on. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Winnie is a resilient person, and within a relatively short time, she had won over the people of the township, including some sympathetic whites in the vicinity. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled at him with an expression of the most sympathetic understanding. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the wake of Prohibition, many Americans were sick and tired of hearing about the dangers of Demon Rum, and the press coverage was largely sympathetic to Holm. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I looked over at him and gave a sympathetic shrug. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

No, I guess she was understanding; what she wasn’t was sympathetic. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She could be sincerely sympathetic, too, when she wasn’t wrapped up in her own troubles. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Piliso’s crusty exterior hid a sympathetic side, and he took me on as a mine policeman, saying that if I worked out, he would give me a clerical post in three months’ time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At some point, John Wilkes Booth came into contact with sympathetic secret agents in Canada, New York City, Washington, D.C., Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He, however, sent out feelers to individuals who he thought might be sympathetic to the Klan viewpoint, people in positions to help the cause: policemen, firemen, low-ranking city officials. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Guiteau didn't pay back the first loan, he often tricked a sympathetic lender into giving him more. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Some of the Spaniards most sympathetic to Atawallpa asked to investigate. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Hanneke, I'm so sorry,” Mrs. de Vries says when she opens the door, sounding as sympathetic as I imagine she can. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Because Jewish doctors are more sympathetic than Christian ones at a time like that.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here too Holmes was sympathetic, but there was nothing he could do. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Osborne was at heart a politician and reformer; Lawes was a firm but sympathetic warden several cuts above the rest, a passionate believer in doing the job right. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having sympathetic warders facilitated one of our most vital tasks on Robben Island: communication. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say, remembering the sympathetic brown eyes, the gloveless hand. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many government officials believed that the anarchists were sympathetic to the Communists who had taken over the Russian government and were determined to make the United States their next target. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

There was something in Jacobi’s eyes that was sympathetic in a way I’d never experienced before. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ocean was trying to be nice, sure, but I knew that his sudden sympathetic heart was born only of awkward guilt, and that this was a road that would lead to nowhere. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was something sympathetic about him; and both of us, though in different ways, were outsiders in B-block. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have appreciated some sympathetic faces in the courtroom to signal to the court that this case was different, but there were none. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But he was sympathetic to the assassin’s situation. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed someone sympathetic to my plight, and I didn’t believe she was that person. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She seemed sympathetic, but it was against school policy. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The Bree-folk were sympathetic, but plainly not very ready to take a large number of strangers into their little land. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Tortoise was sympathetic and made suggestions about how Snail might improve his farming. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

When he broached the topic, he found that legal and political leaders were largely sympathetic to his ideas. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It’s such a politically charged topic that even sympathetic pieces about people on death row usually triggered a local backlash that created more problems for the client and the case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“That doesn’t sound so complex,” he disagreed, but he was suddenly sympathetic. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ivanov went to see George Eltenton, a chemical engineer known to be sympathetic to the Soviet Union. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

For two months they were on the run, staying in small hotels or with sympathetic friends. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was experimenting with being ardently sympathetic with everybody he met. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men of the 10th Leningrad turned out to be friendly and sympathetic, and were assigned to help train the 587th in battle techniques in their challenging, powerful Pe-2 dive-bombers. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He flashed me a sympathetic smile and walked away. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It startled one of the sympathetic winos in the vestibule and he dropped his bottle, spurting emerald glass and jungle-red wine everywhere. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know exactly what I mean by sympathetic, Jamie,” said Mom. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

But when she meets my eye, she gives me a sympathetic look. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“In its application the familiarity it causes with suffering destroys in the breast of the officer all sympathetic feeling”: The words of the Auburn physician seem to me to express a timeless principle. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mayor Harrison was sympathetic and did what he could. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He assured me Wallace would be sympathetic, but I had strong reservations. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t yet quite a year since his release from Camp Hardy, and he was sympathetic to his son’s eager escape from solitary confinement. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the jailers and custodians were sympathetic, which allowed the women to pass notes from cell to cell. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

More important, the defamation lawsuits chilled sympathetic coverage of civil rights activism. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Acting on their own, countless sympathetic Germans risked their lives to help their Jewish neighbors. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I know I should be sympathetic, and I know I’m a jerk, but it just hurts. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Besides, I was so relieved to hear somebody who sounded sympathetic that I nodded and said we’d love to come in. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He was extremely upset, but Mrs. Sharpe was sympathetic and practical. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

To this deflated Bernard the Savage showed himself unexpectedly sympathetic. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sympathetic, but you can’t have it without permission of the district attorney,” he said. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I looked at the others, searching vainly for a sympathetic face. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The others shuffle out, the navigator giving me a sympathetic gaze. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I consider captioning it with #EndDay, but I don’t need fake sympathetic “oh no, R.I.P!!!!” comments or trolls telling me to “Rest in Pieces!!!!” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But he was prepared, too, to take his message to the less sympathetic, more prosperous nations. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He had to start at the top and work his way down, and with sympathetic friends in Washington, losing money was no simple matter. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It must be said to his credit that he was sincerely sympathetic. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walk for three weeks, finding the occasional respite in the barns of sympathetic villagers. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But always, watching the dream along with her, were some smiling sympathetic eyes. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The district attorney theorized that the shooter’s hand had clenched in “sympathetic physical reaction” as his other hand reached for handcuffs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The authorities had made no announcement, and had I not managed to get word out through a sympathetic jailer, no one would have known that I had left Johannesburg. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try rubbing my hand across my belly, hoping some sympathetic pregnant woman will become my sponsor and Haymitch can send in some water. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He answered her finally in a tone of sympathetic good humor. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Parker gave me a sympathetic look, and I felt the slap of irony hit—some secret weapon I turned out to be. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She swallowed and looked at Dimple, who gave her a sympathetic nod. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I thought I’d feel guilty, like I betrayed her, but what I feel—particularly in light of Charlie’s sympathetic nodding—is more like absolution. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Penelope gave her a sympathetic look, then spun slowly, taking in everything in the attic. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Of course, Renault, as sympathetic as I am, if I do not find the landscape, then I must fail you this semester.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In-depth complaining is fun only when you have a sympathetic listener. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I tell you he did not speak. He was not sympathetic. A fish.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was pleased that she didn’t look too sympathetic, in the false way some people did, as if they had known his parents even though they hadn’t. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The smith’s prentice laid a sympathetic hand on Carter’s shoulder. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A senator losing a daughter to the kind of violence his bill was trying to prevent was far more sympathetic than one whose daughter had lived. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

So after I answered one sympathetic guard’s questions, Mary Fernandez brought the subject up at therapy. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe some sympathetic Pole would take me in, hide me in their barn. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

She clenched her hands as a sympathetic pain struck her fingernails. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

As I later discovered, they had nearly chosen a different facility because the authorities feared I might attract sympathetic attention at a university hospital. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What about the solace a sympathetic ear can provide? Do you need that?” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He must have gotten it from a sympathetic gas station clerk; and he kind of looked like a big, reflective, black ghost when we passed him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The meeting concluded with a new sense of optimism, a feeling that perhaps a united black community, working in tandem with a sympathetic white mayor, would force Durham to live up to its progressive reputation. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of that day was spent experimenting with the simple sympathetic binding Abenthy had taught me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Not the most sympathetic dude in the world, but very cute. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

On the way I run into Carlyle, and I can tell by the sympathetic look on his face that it’s true. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The Ghost gives me a sympathetic look and shakes his head. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

So Julie would spend Sunday afternoon sulking and Bri would spend it gasping and claiming she was fine, and Alex would have to act sympathetic, when all he wanted to do was run. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Hagrid shook his head; his expression was disbelieving but sympathetic, and Harry knew that Hagrid thought he had sustained a blow to the head, that he was confused, perhaps by the aftereffects of a jinx.... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The dentist was sympathetic; he had refused to treat Mac unless Mac’s leg irons were first removed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d befriended Bobby in Portorož and was sympathetic to his complaints, and he thought a movie might take Bobby’s mind off his problems. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She dismissed the girl with a wave, and Margaret seemed only too happy to go, although she cast a sympathetic look toward Penelope as she backed out the door and hurried away. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

What had rescued Jesse was the camaraderie of the Geek Club, one sympathetic teacher, a sense of mastery from his computing skills, and the ability to talk with his sister and mother. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

What this technique does is eke out as many as possible of the sympathetic resonances, or harmonics, latent in the reverberating strings, thus imitating the natural harmonics found in plucked strings and struck metal bars. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

His voice sounded sympathetic, kind, in spite of some perverse attempt to make it sound matter-of-fact. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

She looks sympathetic, but I’m beginning to wonder. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

No wonder she was sympathetic to the other young mothers. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Although I was to discover a core of sympathetic whites who became friends and later colleagues, most of the whites at Wits were not liberal or color-blind. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Navid didn’t say much to me except to shoot me a sympathetic smile, which I appreciated. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But I’m already shaking my head, looking as sympathetic as I can, because I want her to leave those photographs with me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was something else the cap’n wasn’t seeing about Sylvanus neither, and even though the boy was a thief, it had me feeling right sorry and sympathetic for him. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

For the next few weeks I stuck with Captain Carroll and other military personnel, continuing to write my story, more sympathetic than Farmer had been to their mission of nation building. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Brady mouthed some sympathetic words, but privately, he agreed with the boss. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I tried to explain that the whites I associated with were sympathetic to the black man’s struggle, but was told that there was no such white man in South Africa. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Word was passed among us, and we resolved to initiate a sympathetic strike beginning with our next meal. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother leaned over and looked into Roy’s face with a sad, sympathetic murmur. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The Montgomery bus boycott that precipitated these events, like the sympathetic action it prompted in Durham, shocked most whites. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Later he explained that when a person is beating you you should scream as loud as possible; maybe the whipper will become embarrassed or else some sympathetic soul might come to your rescue. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I returned to the classroom, I was surrounded on all sides by sympathetic faces and voices, but one particular incident has always stayed with me. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though she sounds genuinely sympathetic, he wonders whether she even remembers his father. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Yet, if history could be changed, this book in the hands of a white man—even a sympathetic white man—might be the thing to change it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She would be sympathetic, he was sure, but would she also, in a small way, be disappointed? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She tried to nod in a sympathetic manner. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Everyone was sympathetic, but no one was sympathetic enough. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The May Day parade in Cleveland spawned even greater violence, where mounted police and soldiers in trucks and tanks clashed with Socialist marchers who were sympathetic to the Communist cause. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Hazel’s expression was sympathetic, but that just made Frank feel worse. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Up close, his scars made him appear more sympathetic than menacing or villainous. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I should tell you that our king is both gentle and firm, self-possessed and sympathetic. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She gave me that sympathetic social-worker look that she normally reserved for her loser clients like Cap Anderson. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“If you children stay nice and still,” said the tall man, flashing a sympathetic smile, “I promise this won’t hurt a bit.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

But by nine-thirty in the morning all the armed units in the country were under the command of officers sympathetic to the coup. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the Youth Leaguers felt that a nationalism that would include sympathetic whites was a more desirable course. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A good sympathetic link has very few leaks, and most of the energy is used. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tommie fingered the edge of her coat and gave Naomi a sympathetic look. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

What the shrew had said was meant to be sympathetic, but it was not helpful. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Lawrence was sympathetic to the displays of doubt shown by some of his closest friends and colleagues. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

On Tuesday, November 13, Dr. King and other leaders sat in a court-room, dejectedly listening to the city’s lawyers tell a clearly sympathetic judge that the boycott was illegal and should be outlawed. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I always imagined my herald—their official name, not mine—would sound sympathetic and ease me into this news, maybe even harp on how it’s especially tragic because I’m so young. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“By adding a second sympathetic link between the candle and a more substantial fire....” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Set in a poverty- and drug-stricken African-American fishing community in the South, Porgy and Bess was notable for its sympathetic but clear-eyed portrayal of underclass life. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I explained about Mrs. Van Hopper, and what had led to it, and she seemed sympathetic but a little vague, as though she was thinking of something else. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

While Hertzog had, three years earlier, led the drive to remove the last African voters from the common voters roll in the Cape, I found Smuts a sympathetic figure. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was nice enough—frank, sincere, and sympathetic. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then why did you try out?” she asked, her voice not sounding sympathetic anymore. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s terrible that instead of being sympathetic, I am annoyed. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m sympathetic to Chip's troubles. But school is important. Alaska would have wanted, I’m sure, for Chip’s studies to continue unimpeded.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The look she gave me was so sympathetic and understanding that I almost started crying right there. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“They were sympathetic, but without the key, I was stuck.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

All of them look sympathetic even though I didn’t say it for sympathy. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

African warders tend to be either much more sympathetic than white warders, or even more severe, as though to outdo their masters. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The first law I mentioned, ‘Similarity enhances sympathy,’ simply means that the more things resemble each other, the stronger the sympathetic link between them will be.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Avoiding his mother’s sympathetic eyes, Doha finished eating quickly and raced out of their courtyard and ran for the main road. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

With such words fresh in his mind, I was sure Dr. Bledsoe would be far less sympathetic to my plea. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when their wives start hollering, instead of trying to understand why, the men just go find a sympathetic shoulder to cry on. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

In this, the government was successful, for the riots poisoned the views of some whites who might otherwise have been sympathetic. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why does there have to be a war to take Shad away from me before I’m of an age that Pa thinks is old enough fer marryin7” Jethro was sympathetic and terribly uncomfortable. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither Ron nor Hermione was at all sympathetic when Harry told them of this disastrous interview. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t exactly sympathetic to the Playhouse Four, but I did find myself hoping they didn’t make it into the news. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time he did laugh, a brief and quiet sympathetic chuckle. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Mr. Cohen played an expressive introduction, pointing his horn into the chassis of the piano to produce sympathetic vibrations; Mr. Akinmusire backed him deferentially, slurring his pitch. Music Review: Jazz With Updates on the Past and Eyes on the Future 2010-10-26T22:32:00Z

How far will the writers go to make Capone a sympathetic figure? Boardwalk Empire Watch: A New Jimmy? 2012-10-08T12:00:35Z

Finally, when Aunt Marge went to the grocery store, the maid, sympathetic to my plight, unlocked the bedroom door so I could get to the phone and beg my mother to come rescue me. How My Aunt Marge Ended Up in the Deep Freeze . . . 2012-04-14T20:06:48Z

We’re supposed to see something profound in the mundane details of kitchen, office, bar and bedroom, and to nod knowingly as the designated sympathetic characters endure the hell of after-hours volleyball and bridal showers. | 'Audrey the Trainwreck': A Slice of Midwestern Mumblecore 2010-07-22T23:34:00Z

Since the museum opened more than 10 years ago, we’ve found that people are very sympathetic to Native Americans. Seeing Native Americans Nowhere, and Everywhere 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z

Speaking at the Venice film festival where he was awarded the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement, Skolimowski said migrants deserved to be looked at in a "sympathetic way". Polish director Skolimowski appeals for more films on immigrants 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

He can play a mastermind who is insidious, or sympathetic, or even goofy — and that is why he has such appeal. Celebrating Benedict Cumberbatch's best movie misfits 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z

Did his sense of bewilderment in the case of his friend's son's death make him more sympathetic to the Silent Ones in his own case? Julian Barnes 2013-03-30T07:00:25Z

Anchored by its two excellent leads, the movie is sympathetic and, for the most part, unsentimental. ‘J.T. LeRoy’ Review: Unpeeling the Layers of an All-American Hoax 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z

Holyoake’s sympathetic readers were variously confused, elated, or angered by this definition. Secularists are not atheists 2012-09-09T16:00:00Z

Unlike most of The Wire's main characters, Marlo has no sympathetic side – yet Hector's performance makes him utterly riveting. The Wire re-up: season five, episode 10 - Baltimore's Academy Awards 2010-04-19T23:15:00Z

Yes, the film humanizes Harding, through a lens so much more sympathetic than the skeptical NBC cameras that filmed her showing Olympic judges a broken shoelace. How I, Tonya betrays its tragicomic ice-staking protagonist 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z

Still, the drone president here is one of the more sympathetic characters. Review: In ‘Thunderbodies,’ War, Sheeple and Psychedelic Muumuus 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z

But Hugo-Bader is a sympathetic companion, and he offers a compelling portrait of a society in moral and social breakdown. White Fever by Jacek Hugo-Bader - review 2011-07-15T21:55:04Z

It is hard even to think of examples of films where sympathetic intentions are matched by deeds. Creating a spectacle of slaughter at the movies: Ambush at Kamikaze Pass 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z

Now the trio are back, with more work that balances a creative take on Parker's tunes with sympathetic insight into the storm-tossed psyche that created them. Meltdown, Waxahatchee, The Breeders: this week's new live music 2013-06-08T05:00:12Z

This isn’t because men can’t be compassionate and sympathetic to women’s issues. Perspective | Kamala Harris knows things no vice president has ever known 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

The thriller is about a man whose wife disappears; he goes from sympathetic, distraught husband to suspect. New 'Gone Girl' trailer: Creepy and with Neil Patrick Harris 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z

And more sympathetic – though that could say more about my attraction to the twisted. TV review: Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life; Veep; Walking and Talking 2012-06-25T22:00:01Z

Polls suggest that Americans are generally sympathetic to immigration but divided over what to do about illegal immigrants, and there are partisan differences over the issue. Immigration: A Hard Line in Politics, but an Applause Line on Broadway 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z

“I think that it would be wise for Republicans to start using different sympathetic language to avoid the Democrats trying to lay political traps for them around this tragedy,” Bonjean said. They sent thoughts and prayers. Why was that considered a bad thing? 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

The self-description she will settle for is "writer", but when I wondered if that word in this context meant sympathetic observer or explainer or advocate, she said it was more than that. India's bold, brilliant daughter 2011-01-29T00:06:38Z

It’s a complicated setup that allows these characters to play both despicable and sympathetic at the same time—a role usually reserved for men. The Top 11 Moments for Women in Pop Culture in 2015 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z

Hard by hangs a Hodgkin, its swaths of paint juxtaposed with this graffiti to the least sympathetic effect. Walk Through British Art – review 2013-05-18T14:59:01Z

If one imagines for a moment that Eric is going to become something resembling a sympathetic protagonist, such notions are dashed the moment he needlessly kills a tough little person who’s selling him a gun. Review: ‘Rover’ an intense look into near future 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z

This man was, after all, once a boy like Woody, a point emphasized by the presence of his own erstwhile mentors, in particular a crime boss played with smooth, unnervingly sympathetic authority by Dennis Haysbert. Movie Review: Sheldon Candis’s ‘Luv,’ About Becoming a Man 2013-01-17T22:51:52Z

What he wanted was to engage in thoughtful discussion about some viewers’ sympathetic reactions to Joe. What Penn Badgley Wants Us to Learn From ‘You’ 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

I am sympathetic to the wounds you still bear but am certain it’s an encounter you need to come to terms with, not seek recompense from. A girl put my daughter through hell, but her mother won’t listen | Dear Mariella 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z

Some users, however, were sympathetic to the driver. McDonald's customer finds weight-loss promotion added to her delivery order 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z

This sympathetic documentary follows his progress, including occasional lapses, with action from his bouts as he looks to secure his place in the UK squad for 2012. TV highlights 24/07/2012 2012-07-23T19:00:02Z

"Judges are human beings, and Maria will definitely be the sympathetic spouse." Schwarzenegger puts acting career on hold 2011-05-20T16:45:09Z

But Shteyngart's characters are heartbreakingly real, their plights sympathetic, and his wicked social satire is dead-on. 27 best books of 2010: The Seattle Times looks back at a year of great reading 2010-12-18T01:15:33Z

And viewers will fall in love with these flawed, sympathetic characters, too. The wildest, most poignant, or unforgettable movie scenes of 2019 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z

They were very sympathetic but still maintained that they wouldn’t support me until I went to university. Ben Barnes Talks About ‘Sons of Liberty’ 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

His kinder, gentler approach succeeds in making George H. W. Bush a more sympathetic — and more complex — figure than if the former president had written his own doorstopper after all. Jon Meacham’s ‘Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush’ 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

This advocacy imposes an even more fundamental cinematic silence, an inner silence—the fear of subjectivity, of showing ugly or impolitic sides of characters meant to be thoroughly admirable and sympathetic. “American Honey” ’s Silent Youth 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z

Vance's memoir, packaged as it was as a magical two-fer — "a memoir of a family and culture in crisis"— promised authentic answers from a sympathetic source, a venture capitalist with a degree from Yale. Amy Adams probably will win her Oscar for "Hillbilly Elegy" and that's a damn shame 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z

Pure Flix’s CEO, Michael Ellis, who is partly based in Thailand promised a sympathetic and respectful adaptation on Tuesday. Second Thai cave rescue film in the works as director rails at 'whitewash' 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

In a sympathetic analysis of identity politics, Fukuyama argues that the sense of being dismissed, rather than material interest, is the current locomotive of human affairs. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

Eventually, she writes, her delusions were “demystified,” in part with the help of a sympathetic doctor. Leonora Carrington Rewrote the Surrealist Narrative for Women 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z

It was reverse-engineered to get you to sympathize with an already sympathetic figure, as though the filmmakers didn’t trust their own material. What 'The Night Of' and 'Making a Murderer' Say About Justice 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

In so doing we thought we were making them more likely to be sympathetic to us. Game of Thrones: how to win – by the British army and other experts 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

Goethe, who admired the collection, wrote that “you are bound to find something sympathetic or stimulating” in it. Music Review: From Mahler, Love, Despair, Fairy Tales And Animals 2010-12-03T22:40:00Z

When they finally do recognize that this is so, they are not the least bit sympathetic. ArtsBeat: Lauren Child's Favorite Books from Childhood 2012-05-17T17:01:01Z

I figured being a college student sounded more sympathetic and younger than being an unemployed 35-year old woman. My secret sex-work past 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z

And Anna, as either the most sympathetic character or certainly one of them, the audience could immediately grasp, she had done nothing to deserve to this. ArtsBeat: Julian Fellowes on Viewer Criticism and ‘Downton Abbey’s’ Future 2014-02-24T03:30:09Z

He was undoubtedly misanthropic, yet he was a formidable opponent of slavery and war and could be gentle and sympathetic when dealing with people in person. Review | Jonathan Swift: Not (entirely) the misanthrope you thought you knew 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z

It’s been pointed out, more than once, that Western countries are perhaps more sympathetic to Ukrainian refugees because they more resemble their own citizens. Again and Again, Literature Provides an Outlet for the Upended Lives of Refugees 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z

Some parents will be sympathetic, some will be exasperated by Mr. McElwee’s lack of exasperation, although he’s often described as a Southern gentleman. Ross McElwee’s ‘Photographic Memory’ Captures His Life 2012-10-07T05:00:06Z

Annie's creator, Gray, actually started as a progressive Republican with a populist streak; he was sympathetic to immigrants and minorities, according to Heer. Annie comic ends, but the redhead's fate uncertain 2010-06-12T16:17:00Z

His mother was sympathetic and helpful, but in a gag that runs throughout the show, Mr. Gethard surreally found himself thinking, “She sounds so much like Carmela Soprano, it’s uncanny.” Review: In ‘Career Suicide,’ Laughing When It Hurts 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

The portrait is largely sympathetic, even as it details the mind-boggling amounts of money Bronfman lost in the process. 'Fortune's Fool': How illegal downloading decimated the music industry 2010-08-04T23:06:00Z

The excellent Mr. Youn is a sympathetic and suffering Dutchman who sings with dignity touched with anguish. Music Review: Bayreuth Festival Opens With ‘Der Fliegende Holländer’ 2013-07-26T21:43:31Z

You would think that Charles — whose first wife, Diana, was killed while fleeing paparazzi — would be sympathetic to such measures. Review: In ‘King Charles III,’ Glimpsing the Near Future of Monarchy 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z

Reed thought that many journalists were “lying in wait for him,” said Anthony DeCurtis, a longtime Rolling Stone contributor who is writing a comparatively sympathetic Reed biography to be published by Little, Brown next year. Who Was the Real Lou Reed? 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z

I'm very sympathetic to someone who is in a relationship, and it's a great relationship. Why women lie about sex 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z

He is incredibly sympathetic, but he is like a mafioso. The Breakout Star of the Met Opera’s ‘Ring’ 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

Azra, who initially appears to be a haughty bimbo flaunted by Divko as a trophy, becomes a bit more sympathetic when we learn her unhappy family back story. Movie Review: Danis Tanovic?s ?Cirkus Columbia,? Set in Bosnia 2012-02-16T23:59:02Z

This subtle crossing of partitions, physical and mental, this delicate art of sympathetic spying, is vital to any novelist’s work. The Sympathetic Spy Downstairs 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

A host leaped in to present a sympathetic analysis. White isn’t a neutral color: “Doctor Strange,” Tilda Swinton and the “unwinnable” diversity argument 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z

For Vass and his festival orchestra, though, the climax was clearly the first airing of Elgar's String Quartet Op 83 in David Matthews's sympathetic arrangement. Presteigne festival 2010-09-03T21:16:00Z

His ascent through minor roles in short-lived television series, opposite sympathetic future stars like Mark Harmon and George Clooney, makes up one strain of Mr. Jordan’s show. Leslie Jordan Adds Gaiety to His ?Trip Down the Pink Carpet? 2010-04-24T00:52:00Z

Drawing from real-life accounts of the era, Cleverly develops a surprising subplot concerning the university’s renowned Cavendish Laboratory, which may be harboring nuclear physicists a bit too sympathetic to Stalin. ‘Diana’s Altar’ by Barbara Cleverly beckons fans of P.D. James 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

I am completely sympathetic to your stress; baby + surgery = primal terror. Carolyn Hax: When reluctantly offering an apology, try not to be an asterisk 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z

But Susan Cooper, for all her troubles, is admirable from start to finish—sad but sympathetic, evoking compassion but no fear, tenderness but no resistance. Set Melissa McCarthy Free 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z

He quickly found a sympathetic audience of rich Democratic Jews. Jeremy Ben-Ami, winning a place at the table for J Street 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

Here, sympathetic male characters are as scarce as natural light. | 'Boy Wonder': Caleb Steinmeyer in ?Boy Wonder? ? Review 2011-10-21T01:18:32Z

But “This England” also offers a sympathetic portrayal of a harried man with a tangled personal life. Britain Wonders, Is It Too Soon to Dramatize the Pandemic? 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z

But a book by Miguel Covarrubias, a Mexican artist and amateur archaeologist sympathetic to tribal art, was a catalyst for Coe to turn his attention to the art of Native Americans. Met Museum spotlights American Indian art 2012-01-17T16:44:17Z

His weeklong hospitalization, and the presumed illness that led to it, rendered him more sympathetic to critics, but his support of Mr. Trump was, to some, unforgivable. Kanye West’s Year of Breaking Bad 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

Marling’s Sarah finds herself growing increasingly sympathetic to the group’s goals of exposing corporate wrong­doing, but she’s appalled by its methods. ‘The East’: Spy, ecoterrorists combine for riveting viewing 2013-06-13T21:21:23Z

It is a really sensual and sympathetic performance from Riva, as she becomes addicted to this extraordinary young priest who captures her heart with his own tales of childhood unhappiness. Amour star Emmanuelle Riva: cinematic icon in two different eras | Peter Bradshaw 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z

Its central character, Meadow, is a less sympathetic version of Mina in “Lightning Field” — another alienated woman, who lives her life through movies, craving detachment and control. Review: Dana Spiotta’s ‘Innocents and Others’ Explores the Dynamics Between Life and Art 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

I don’t expect her to help me, but I would like her to be more sympathetic. When To Talk ? Social Q?s 2011-11-03T22:36:24Z

Cliff Curtis’s Travis, the softhearted stepdad, is more sympathetic, lending an ear to Nick’s ravings in the name of “building a family.” 'Fear the Walking Dead' Recap: The World Starts to Crumble 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z

Oh no – the fact that I'm a musician wouldn't sway me to be more sympathetic. Robert Forster: me and my bridge 2010-07-14T20:31:00Z

Baritone Kerry Wilkerson, in Berlioz’s provocative dual role of Herod and the sympathetic father who shelters the fugitive family, spun a smooth and dignified sound. Review | This production of ‘L’Enfance du Christ’ gets tangled up in current events 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

The class is a convenient forum for discussions on the history and resonance of feminism — including a surprisingly sympathetic review of Phyllis Schlafly’s anti-feminist philosophy — and murky chatter about the semiotics of slasher films. ‘Rapture’ revisits struggle to have it all 2013-07-23T00:15:20Z

MacLean is a sympathetic and perceptive guide, his characters memorable partly for confirming and sometimes subverting stereotypes. Three Books on the Enigma That Is Modern Russia 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

The clergymen, nominally sympathetic to the protesters’ cause, nevertheless urged them to stand down in the name of “law and order and common sense.” Art That Confronts and Challenges Racism: Start Here 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z

Many Egyptian nationalists were sympathetic to the Nazis because of their hatred of British imperialism. My House in Cairo 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z

Surviving may require a single set of facts; and Fauci — a slight, bespectacled man with a Brooklyn accent and sympathetic eyebrows — has them. Anthony Fauci was ready for this. America was not. 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z

Oscar Wilde’s velvet outfits largely vanished after his death at 46 in Paris in 1900, but a sympathetic French hotelkeeper’s family did return one dress shirt to his heirs. Antiques: An Antiques Sale at Ross Art Group 2013-04-18T20:02:45Z

It was to have a sympathetic view of these governments.” Oliver Stone?s Latin America in ?South of the Border? 2010-06-26T01:42:00Z

In that capacity she shows up with fragrant baked goods and a sympathetic ear at the home of anyone who may be having problems. ‘The Bishop’s Wife,' a Mormon Mystery by Mette Ivie Harrison 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

A more sympathetic view is that she has been tapping into a river of grief and loneliness running under the surface of American life. Art Review: A Burgeoning Film Career Built on Random Encounters 2011-02-24T22:35:21Z

By many accounts, the restitution system put in place after the war was not sympathetic to claimants. Centuries-old paintings, a Russian aristocrat, an obscure Nazi past: Why nothing about the Norton Simon 'Adam' and 'Eve' case is simple 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z

The Luddites, of whom Andress gives a brief but sympathetic account, probably had more, but had no plans to "sweep away the existing order". The Savage Storm by David Andress - review 2012-12-06T10:00:01Z

Not unlike its depiction of politics, “Borgen” provides a bleak assessment of the female condition that is also sympathetic and layered, with occasional glints of bone-dry humor. The TV Watch: ‘Borgen,’ a Danish Political Drama Series, on Link TV 2012-10-11T22:07:07Z

I probably would be more sympathetic to the mother. Rita Mae Brown, awarded as pioneer of lesbian literature, scoffs at the term 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z

Her Lee is dissolute, unsociable, mildly monstrous and somehow deeply sympathetic. Review: Makeup Tips Galore, but Not How to Handle Cancer, in ‘Ultimate Beauty Bible’ 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z

She was vulnerable and sympathetic one moment, proud and stiff-necked the next. Single, and Singular, Women Become Her 2010-09-03T20:40:00Z

When asked about “taking down” Elivs, Coppola told Rolling Stone, “I never want to, like, take someone down and disrespect them. I think it’s sympathetic to see his struggles and the human side.” The real story of grooming that "Priscilla" leaves out 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z

So what I really need is a sympathetic tutor to teach me what I want to do. Bill Oddie: 'Our first TV blew me away' 2010-11-19T12:40:00Z

Meanwhile, many men, even those sympathetic to Lorena’s story, were insistent that no crime of his could have warranted that specific punishment. I was at the Lorena Bobbitt trial – 25 years later it still makes me wince 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z

His depiction of the sex researcher as one of TV's least sympathetic anti-heroes has been revered by critics — many took issue with his omission from this year's Emmy race. 'Masters of Sex' artfully exposes a myth of masculinity 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

The man at times proves to be sympathetic. Weike Wang on the Privilege of Not Having to Think About Race 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z

But Sam passes on his ticket to heaven for the time being and lingers in New York like one of the angels in Wings of Desire, a sympathetic observer to the living. Ghost at 30: the shock romantic blockbuster that tried to do it all 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z

These two highly sympathetic characters must negotiate the whims of various masters in hopes of surviving long enough to realize the promise of the Civil War. Review | Kevin Powers’s first novel exposed the horrors of the Iraq War. Now he takes on the Civil War. 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z

But all was done with conviction and seriousness and, if not always successful, was oddly sympathetic. Dido and Aeneas; Aurora Percussion Duo, Bartosz Glowacki; Alina Ibragimova & Cédric Tiberghien – review 2013-01-13T00:06:16Z

Us Weekly began to pair sympathetic pictures of Ms. Garner, who has an American-sweetheart image, with wild claims about Mr. Affleck. The Ben Affleck Scandal Meter 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z

After two difficult years I was tired of sympathetic voices, puppydog looks, and an environment filled with reminders to walk gently and pamper myself. Trading my bicycle for a Harley: Learning to ride a motorcycle at 57 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z

Keeping his turmoil from his sympathetic but confused girlfriend, Claire, his perplexed and loving parents, and his concerned siblings, Conrad is gradually imploding. Roxana Robinson’s ‘Sparta’: a warrior’s perilous homecoming 2013-06-19T23:12:50Z

And she's a sympathetic and similarly baffled parent, trying to work her way through toddler tantrums while meeting other mums at different stages of bringing up their kids. TV highlights 08/08/2011 2011-08-07T20:59:01Z

Douglas could be audacious — “I never swam naked in a pool until I met Michael,” DeVito said — but was also centered and sympathetic. Michael Douglas Refuses to Age Gracefully in ‘The Kominsky Method’ 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z

The play nearly capsized when some actors in the L.A. production quit after disagreements with the writer over a script that they said was overly sympathetic to Wilson. 'Ferguson' writer wants to take play to Ferguson, Mo., and beyond 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z

Carter is wonderful in her sympathetic villainy and vulgarity. A 'Toast' to pies, songs, Helena Bonham Carter 2011-10-20T20:08:04Z

My students," she says, "are so competent and sympathetic – and nice, because that's what the course requires. Lorrie Moore 2010-04-10T23:10:00Z

The MacArthur Foundation on Thursday lauded him for a “subversive, fearless, and risky approach” that challenges viewers “to reconsider the integrated spaces we share and to reflect on opportunities for sympathetic connection.” ‘Now my life will change’: Meet the 2016 MacArthur ‘geniuses’ 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

But while his assessment of the civil war seemed “strongly sympathetic” to the Republican side, the magazine said, he was portrayed in later years as shifting toward “an increasingly conservative vision of the Spanish past.” Hugh Thomas, Prodigious Author of Spanish History, Dies at 85 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z

They are the secret stars of the night, and provide a hushed and sympathetic backing that enables her slight but true voice to shine. Eliza Doolittle | Pop review 2010-03-24T22:15:00Z

The music was both a sturdy shelter and an invitation, for the sympathetic, to peer inside. Music Review: Restraint Layered Over Scales of Expression 2010-12-03T01:08:00Z

In the folk-rock verses, she’s almost sympathetic: “With all the pent-up rage that you harness/I’m real sorry ’bout whatever happened to you.” The Playlist: Frank Ocean Rescues ‘Moon River,’ and 10 More New Songs 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z

Mr. Countryman is a warmly sympathetic More, and Ms. McCormick is magnetic — eloquent in her expressiveness even when Alice utters not a word. Review: No Battle of Wits in This Mild ‘Man for All Seasons’ 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

But none have caused such an outcry as “Detainment,” which has been accused of humanizing or being sympathetic to the killers, even though only its trailer and a few short clips can be seen online. Why Britain Is Outraged About an Oscar-Nominated Short Film 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

“Otherwise, the result is always a kind of condescending exoticism, even if sympathetic.” Tibet Stands Out in China’s Entries at Shanghai International Film Festival 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z

Quart is a sympathetic listener, getting people to reveal not just the tenuousness of their economic situations but also the turbulence of their emotional lives. Going for Broke, the Middle Class Goes Broke 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z

But in 2016, Ms. Weidler, told a German radio station that the buyers of the works are not necessarily sympathetic to the Nazis. Are These Paintings Really by Hitler? German Authorities Are Investigating 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z

The accusations he faces have intensified a parallel conversation about Roth’s treatment of women, adding fuel to the questions of whether Bailey’s account of Roth’s sexual and romantic relationships was overly sympathetic and oversimplified. What Happens to Philip Roth’s Legacy Now? 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

The sky was overcast, making the light sympathetic. Video Operas You Can Watch on Your Phone 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

I will admit that I had the instinctive reaction of feeling repelled by Abe and feeling more sympathetic to his parents, who at least are dealing with the world. Todd Solondz: I’m Judd Apatow’s dark side 2012-06-06T00:00:00Z

In his original drawing for it, Mr. Trump was pictured crying, until the friends decided this made him look too sympathetic, Mr. Bonner told the Design Museum in an Instagram interview. Britain Wants to Keep Trump. The Baby Version, That Is. 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

The sequence suggested a story in which Mr. Holmes played a high-strung, not always sympathetic everyman who descends from innocence into desperation, then returns to a tentative calm. Music Review: Clint Holmes Sings Simon and Porter at the Caf? Carlyle 2012-04-11T21:38:46Z

You understand why he earned that epithet in the warm, sympathetic “Citizen Ashe” and also why there was more to him. ‘Citizen Ashe’ Review: Advantage, Arthur Ashe 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

The point is, I’m sympathetic to you life givers. Harrowing Births on Prime-Time TV 2011-11-02T14:49:44Z

He added: “I’ve been delegitimized by heredity. In the 1970s, people were sympathetic to me being the son of a novelist. They’re not at all sympathetic now, because it looks like cronyism.” Martin Amis, Acclaimed Author of Bleakly Comic Novels, Dies at 73 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z

On Broadway the people attending are almost exclusively sympathetic to the productions: producers and those involved with the show, theater bigwigs and standard first-nighters. ‘Rigoletto,’ in Rat Pack-Style, at the Met 2013-01-23T13:00:00Z

Kunzru is surprisingly sympathetic to such transcendent sensibilities given he has no faith. Hari Kunzru: 'What's happened since 2008 is a class war based on faith and credit' 2011-08-07T19:00:02Z

Also, as an elder care assistant, Misty is only sympathetic to her charges to a point, but withholds painkillers at the first sign of disrespect. Chicken wings with a side of human flesh: A look at the meaty food cravings on “Yellowjackets” 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z

Japan's imperialistic legacy and the role it played during the Second World War has always been criticised in Asia, but now one play in Singapore is showing it in an unusually sympathetic light. VIDEO: Play on Japan's Singaporean legacy 2014-04-11T10:32:09Z

Re-reading Rebecca recently I was struck by how the heroine's biggest handicap is her own lack of self-confidence and her most sympathetic quality is her own quiet, shy courage. Sophie McKenzie's top 10 teen thrillers 2012-11-21T10:33:58Z

By the end Phoebe is sympathetic to her plight but convinced that she’s more clever than clairvoyant. ‘The Ghost of the Mary Celeste’: a haunted 19th century 2014-02-05T21:15:29Z

Instead, they concentrated on carefully creating a portrait of a sympathetic family besieged by malevolent otherworldly forces and waited until late in the movie to judiciously dispense the jolts. ‘Insidious: Chapter 2’: a boo for going overboard 2013-09-12T15:40:19Z

I wonder if the Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen, depicted as sub-arctic in his coldness and extraterrestrial in his arrogance, would have received a more sympathetic portrayal had he agreed to sit for an interview. “Valley of the Boom,” Reviewed: A Rah-Rah Reënactment of the Dot-Com Cataclysm 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z

No one would call Kemper, the man Ford interviews about his crimes early on, a sympathetic figure: he targeted female hitchhikers. Netflix’s 'Mindhunter' Is the Perfect Crime Drama for Our Times 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

Sprawling, ramshackle and not a little self-indulgent, director Oren Moverman's unruly landscape of a movie deserves plaudits for its scope, ambition and refusal to offer a sympathetic centre, often to the detriment of audience engagement. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2012-07-07T23:05:22Z

With his shockingly blue eyes and discomfiting habit of making sympathetic remarks to Althea from inside his makeshift cell, he holds a Michael Fassbenderesque appeal. Review: ‘Lightless,’ About the Bratty Machine on a Spaceflight 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z

Because the short of it is, Ray is not a likeable, sympathetic guy like 2018’s most beloved TV hitman at the center of “Barry,” or seductive and cheeky Villeneuve of “Killing Eve.” Smart Watch: Let’s look at men via portrayals in “Mr Inbetween,” “Insecure” and other T... 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z

You would think that if people hated Hillary so much, this woman who Bill Clinton had an affair with — we’d be sympathetic to her. What Hillary and Britney have in common: “There is no way you can actually do ‘being a woman’ correctly in the public eye” 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z

As he learns more about their lives, Merrick grows sympathetic to his workers – and even falls in love with one of his employees – none of whom know his true identity. 5 unsung films that dramatize America’s rich labor history 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z

A spokesman for Mantel told the Telegraph the speech was not a criticism but "remarkably sympathetic", with the author speaking about royal women as victims of their predicament. Kate, the 'plastic princess': Hilary Mantel's damning take on duchess 2013-02-19T08:48:03Z

Its title character is in determined flight from political commitment and the violence that accompanies it, and the film is sympathetic to his aspirations. Review: ‘Dheepan,’ About Sri Lankan Refugees, Looks Like a Prophecy 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

Mary Abigail just wants the rampant madness to stop, noting how the media are awash in “sympathetic, outrageously flamboyant gay characters.” | 'Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays': ?Standing on Ceremony? at Minetta Lane Theater - Review 2011-11-14T03:01:01Z

The British parents are in extremis, devastated and desperate in an alien environment, and frustrated by sympathetic but brusque law enforcement personnel. Review: ‘The Missing,’ With Children Gone and Parents in Extremis 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

It also feels infused with a deeply sympathetic understanding of the way women talk — a subject that has drawn the attention of scholars as diverse as Luce Irigaray and Deborah Tannen. Review | More than 100 women were raped by their neighbors for years — but no one would believe them. 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z

“I am sympathetic to the current digital revolution and excited by the visual options created by the computer,” Uelsmann wrote in his 2005 book, “Other Realities.” Photomontage pioneer Jerry Uelsmann dies in Florida at 87 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z

This first season of "The Chair" is frustrating to watch because of its undeniable potential, squandered on its overkill efforts to make yet another disgruntled white man likable, or at least tolerable and sympathetic. How “The Chair” needs to do better by Sandra Oh 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

Feeling deeply is the center of her public presentation; her conversation with Paris Jackson was less interview than sympathetic embrace. Hollywood’s First Family of Putting It Out There 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z

Lucia told me, “He was sympathetic that I prefer to read in Spanish.” Date Lab: They matched! Their boots did, anyway. 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z

“The Asian aesthetic is very sympathetic to ours,” the husband explains. Bay Area Embrace 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though Eggers deserves credit for presenting a nuanced and sympathetic view of the kingdom, the novel's Saudi Arabians are not always successful. A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers – review 2013-01-30T10:07:03Z

The structure itself is Grade II* listed, and the development looks sympathetic enough. Heritage crafts at risk 2010-03-22T19:00:00Z

There's an overriding sympathetic tone toward her life, her upbringing and her thoughts on motherhood. Head games in 'Her Story' will make you feel almost like a true detective 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z

Ford’s social symbolism isn’t especially subtle or measured: working-class white America in effect gets the “basket of deplorables” treatment here, give or take Michael Shannon’s sympathetic but coarsely law-bending sheriff. Nocturnal Animals caps off Hollywood's year of toxic masculinity 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z

Mr. Radcliffe makes a sturdy, sympathetic center for the tale, even if the ghost of Potter past hovers in his every gesture. Movie Review: ?The Woman in Black? Starring Daniel Radcliffe 2012-02-02T17:15:11Z

At that point the snake will have swallowed its tail so far even the most sympathetic reader will find it hard not to gag. 2009-12-31T19:00:00Z

“There’s none of the usual ‘We don’t feel like the hero is sympathetic here’ notes that drive writers nuts,” he said. Texas Monthly: ‘Veronica Mars’ Will Return, Thanks to Fan Financing 2013-04-27T22:53:52Z

And while the sympathetic Mr. Owen and Ms. Purnell encourage you to worry more about one family, Mr. Fresnadillo and his love of the dark keep you jumping no matter where you are. Movie Review: ?Intruders,? From Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, With Clive Owen 2012-03-29T21:17:00Z

Maybe I was more sympathetic to Aster’s big finish because my ears were locked on Stetson’s horns, which were suddenly belching up weird, golden perfume. Perspective | Is ‘Hereditary’ really the best horror movie in years? Sure sounds like it. 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

What binds it all together is the voice of Nao, who manages to be both a convincingly self-obsessed Tokyo teenager and a sympathetic and engaging narrator. Man Booker Prize 2013: At a glance 2013-09-11T11:13:45Z

Some people use the word “cringe,” and then others find him incredibly sympathetic. ‘Succession’: Jeremy Strong on Kendall’s ‘Catastrophic’ Ending 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z

It is a largely sympathetic, and occasionally fawning, portrait of Facebook that seems at odds with the company’s recent emergence as an avatar for the risks of unchecked corporate power. ‘Facebook: The Inside Story’ Offers a Front-Row Seat on Voracious Ambition 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

Are you sympathetic to people who are angry at the government and say that it doesn't deserve their loyalty unless that respect is reciprocated? Takei discusses new book, Trump's "evil" 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z

The sympathetic young actor Jacob Lofland lights up the American independent movie “Little Accidents,” an earnest, schematic, pocket-size drama about three people struggling under the weight of a calamity. ‘Little Accidents,’ an Independent Movie by Sara Colangelo 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

Still, the cards remain firmly associated with the occult—and, while Crispin is sympathetic to that tradition, she aims to bring tarot to those who may be skeptical of that way of thinking. Making the Tarot Literary Again 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

Desperate to do something — to jolt her father into action, maybe even prod him to leave his wife — Margot reveals her parentage to a sympathetic journalist she meets at a party. A Teenager Plays With Fire and Family Secrets in ‘The Margot Affair’ 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z

He also comes across as more sympathetic and honest than the police chief, making him far less of a villain than is the conventional reading of the Ramayana in Hindi-speaking North India. Film: India?s Epic Poems, Resonating in Modern Lives 2010-07-04T05:11:00Z

The lonely 12-year-old, clinging to his mother's necklace as a talisman, is aching for the sympathetic company of an older woman — even two years older. Secret's Out 2011-06-02T10:15:00Z

Like Arnold, Bernard is sympathetic to the hosts. 5 Illuminating Westworld Discoveries 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z

Be sympathetic to an only child who maybe needed time to adapt to big-family noise, or still needs breaks from it. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: The truth behind your daughter-in-law’s aversion to events 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z

Men were more sympathetic to ferrets than were women, the poll said. New Yorkers back carriage horses, less keen on ferrets: poll 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z

It is always surveying the environment, on alert for danger, and a child’s sympathetic nervous system, which controls the fight-or-flight response, is almost chronically activated. Perspective | Why does our second-grader hate school? 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z

In Berg’s Violin Concerto, Mr. DePreist molded careful, sympathetic accompaniment for Itamar Zorman, a wiry, poised Israeli violinist whose splendid playing conveyed precisely the right mix of tenderness, agitation and spiritual succor. Music in Review 2011-03-28T23:29:12Z

Not to you, the dear, sympathetic Guardian readership, but to my girlfriend, and possibly my accountant. My eBay ?122 7in?confession ... 2011-07-28T20:31:01Z

When it screened at Sundance, Vanity Fair found it both “brutal and harrowing” but with “something deeply sympathetic and sorrowful at work.” Fall Movie Release Schedule 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

Gibson felt innately sympathetic to his father’s cause, though he was unmoved by its underlying religious doctrine. Life at One of England’s Last Tolstoyan Communes 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

Whatever creative license the film has taken in its storytelling, its subjects seem to be the beneficiaries as, even when it dwells on the family's deficits, it does so with a sympathetic touch. 'The Kennedys' paints a flattering portrait 2011-03-31T11:15:09Z

Blatant ignorance of the history of comedy aside, I am somewhat sympathetic to the notion that a sense of community was lost with greater market segmentation. TV as a conservative safe space: Fragile viewers can’t handle being challenged by their entertainment 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

In their confusion, they were the most sympathetic group, the most real, but also the least theatrically vivid. Joyce Unleashed Features SuperGroup and Laurie Berg 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z

"Empire of Silver's" secret weapon, however, is Zhang, whose complicated patriarch ultimately proves sympathetic and moving despite his boorish machinations. A polished, melodramatic 'Empire of Silver' 2011-12-01T21:50:07Z

The film is sympathetic to their cause, which is essentially a cry for freedom, the interviews with the seven elected presidents forming its spinal cord. Oliver Stone and Tariq Ali: brothers in arms 2010-07-26T20:31:00Z

The recipients of this out-of-office were probably distracted from their initial hope for a quick response by their sympathetic tears. The Art of the Out-of-Office Reply 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

The sympathetic nervous system’s main function is to stimulate the body’s reaction to stress, and ignore any non-essential business, such as immune function. Ecological grief: I mourn the loss of nature – it saved me from addiction 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

The accumulation of stories and sympathetic faces is persuasive; it’s buttressed by testimony from scientists like Theo Colborn and Al Armendariz, named regional director of the in Dallas since the film was completed. | 'Gasland': Josh Fox?s Look at Natural Gas Drilling on HBO 2010-06-20T23:54:00Z

Exotic was, actually, an exploitative man who tried to have a woman killed, and is wildly racist by all accounts, treated as a sympathetic and goofy meme because of white privilege. New “Tiger King” shows offer Joe Exotic more undeserved attention and rehabilitation 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z

Also, in writing the play, she had to spend a lot of time in these characters' heads, making her a little more sympathetic to her subjects than some audience members might suspect. Laura Wade: return of the thugs 2012-05-16T17:30:01Z

Aldrich is sympathetic to Crawford’s situation; prior to “Baby Jane,” he was struggling to shake off the lingering stink of three films that bombed. With “Feud: Bette and Joan,” a Hollywood rivalry for the ages becomes an epic TV experience 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z

By the 1990s it seemed there was no issue that couldn’t be addressed by gathering sympathetic artists for an album or concert. Amnesty International?s 4-CD Benefit Album of Dylan Songs 2012-01-13T16:24:51Z

Rhinehart of the Special Coffee Association is sympathetic to roasters’ concerns about freshness, but he says there’s always a trade-off when selling to large grocery chains, even Whole Foods. Whole Foods has high standards for produce. So why does it let coffee get stale? 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z

As our reviewer, Sadie Stein, commented, Williams’s “earnest, sympathetic and all too conscientious” account may also be the most definitive. New in Paperback: ‘A Little Devil in America’ and ‘My Friend Anna’ 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z

Although the prices are shocking to some consumers, many in the theater industry are sympathetic to the practice as a way to counter a booming secondary market that affects popular music and sports as well. $998 to Say Hello to Dolly? That’s the Price for Some Front Row Seats 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z

Improv comedy often gets the benefit of an overly sympathetic audience, which tends to be impressed with rapid-fire jokes invented on the spot. | 'Baby Wants Candy': A New Song and Dance With Every Performance 2011-01-25T22:49:35Z

“The Lost Time Accidents” is the first book I’ve read for review that required reading glasses so I am most sympathetic to a desire to dislodge from the forward progression of time. Review: ‘The Lost Time Accidents’ asks the big questions about where we are 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z

Jessica Lange continued to play alternately wily, evil and sympathetic on her American Horror Story run. Maggie Gyllenhaal Is Right: 'Real Women' Dominated TV This Year 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z

It makes her a much more sympathetic public figure. Ann Curry is not really sorry 2012-06-28T16:15:00Z

She works hard to make both women come alive, and to both she is to some degree sympathetic. Books of The Times: ?Wanted Women: Faith, Lies & the War on Terror? - Review 2012-01-15T23:49:30Z

Dear Carolyn: Yesterday’s response has me thinking — what if I want to be the kind of person who is a sympathetic shoulder to cry on? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Is it dishonest to show sympathy that you don’t really feel? 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z

The documentary is of a piece with many of Maysles’ films, which are interested in the marginal and offbeat, but are never judgmental and often sympathetic. With a new film, Albert Maysles maintains his empathy, and longevity 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

In his down-spiraling antics and tantrums, he is understandable and sympathetic. Blue Valentine a dreary look at a decayed marriage 2010-12-29T23:01:50Z

Francine Shaw declines to say if she came out of making the programme more sympathetic to the gun lobby or convinced that teaching kids to shoot is, in the US at least, right. Trigger happy: kids, guns and the American way 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

Sure, Emily is a highly sympathetic character, a mother who loves her kids and has done her best despite being severely ill. Netflix's "The Guilty" isn't as progressive and critical of cops as it pretends to be 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z

They were a wild bunch and often an exasperating one, but Simpson sees them with a wry and sympathetic eye and, by the way, writes at least as well as any of them. Jonathan Yardley’s favorite books

It was not sympathetic – he meant to criticise the female actors picking up awards for “easy” roles when male actors had to work so much harder – but he landed on a valuable point. Passion project: meet the indie super-producer behind Cannes hot ticket Carol 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

While the movies pursued these quarrels with varying degrees of nuance and conviction — and with lots of fighting, flying and large-scale digitally confected destruction — both were sympathetic to the let-superheroes-be-superheroes point of view. Poking at Politics, Without a Stick, on Big and Small Screens 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

If we are to be sympathetic to the idea that economic anxieties lead to questionable decisions, does this apply to all groups? Now Is the Time to Talk About What We Are Actually Talking About 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z

J’aime the sympathetic oysters, sea urchins, and crustaceans, displayed on platters of ice outdoors on the avenues, like vulnerable, paralyzed, edible artworks. Street of the Iron Po(e)t, Part XVII 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z

While Elliot harbors very bigoted views, his thoughts and actions are still framed with a sympathetic gaze while the Jeffers family is essentially penalized for their own family dysfunction and deemed unworthy of raising Eloise. Dear Hollywood: Let's Stop Making Movies Like "Black or White" 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z

She ended up being a much more interesting person — obviously difficult and flawed, but more sympathetic. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: ‘Sight’ Balances Grief, Freud and Parenthood 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z

The tone of the younger Kahn’s film was lyrical, loving, sad and sympathetic. Louis Kahn: Extraordinary architect, complex family man 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

But the Brent characters are more complex and more sympathetic than Molnar’s Liliom, an abusive carnival barker. DVDs: Tough Women and Flawed Men 2010-09-03T15:19:00Z

Now, he says, older musicians have sympathetic collaborators like producer Rick Rubin, who gave Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond a raw, classic sound, and are revered rather than disdained as dinosaurs. From Yoko Ono to Leonard Cohen ? the old masters finding new inspiration 2012-02-10T19:24:18Z

Her Azucena is a wild woman, yet sympathetic at the same time, as she struggles between devotion to Manrico and obsession with avenging her mother's murder. Youth and experience at Met in Verdi's 'Trovatore' 2012-09-30T13:17:10Z

He never played easy characters, and would blunt their sympathetic qualities with his own ferocity — but the results, as in this case, were often stunningly affecting. Stream These 8 Great Performances by William Hurt 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile, “Furious Hours” satisfies largely because its third act chronicles the lonely pursuit of such a sympathetic figure. Review | Harper Lee tried to turn a murder trial into a true crime masterpiece. What happened to the book? 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z

Unlike Stravinsky, Rossini allows his characters moments of real feeling expressed in music that is sympathetic, though not blind, toward their human weaknesses. Music Review: ‘Mavra’ and ‘Scala di Seta,’ at Kaye Playhouse 2012-12-21T23:20:16Z

He handled Nixon cordially but rather sternly, evidently anxious to not appear too chummy or sympathetic. An Appraisal: David Frost: Newsman, Showman, and Suave at Both 2013-09-02T20:59:00Z

There are false notes, particularly from the female characters, but the five-member cast is uniformly strong and sympathetic. | 'A Bright New Boise': Father, Son and Secret Converge Amid Glue Guns 2010-09-21T22:00:00Z

He was sympathetic to blues and folk music and had one of his biggest hits in 1951 with Johnnie Ray’s “Cry,” a histrionic performance often cited as a rock ’n’ roll precursor. Mitch Miller, Maestro of the Singalong, Dies at 99 2010-08-02T16:28:00Z

Mr. Barker is remarkably magnetic, limning Charlie’s unease and yearning in a performance that allows him to be funny and sympathetic but never pitiful. Review: In ‘Agnes,’ Familial Ties Bound So Tightly They Fray 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

At this point in the story, men turn green and women’s faces are contorted in sympathetic pain. I was impaled by a fence 2012-09-05T23:00:00Z

Mr. Guido, who gives a sympathetic, unsentimental portrayal of the uncompromising Castle, is deaf. Review: Reanimating an Autistic Artist With ‘Soot and Spit’ 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z

Even though our society is appropriately sympathetic to celebrities who develop serious physical illnesses, we continue to ridicule the ones whose sicknesses are psychological in nature. Leave Jake Lloyd alone: We need compassion for mental illness, not snark 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z

What adds freshness to “My Salinger Year” is not just its wry take on the writer of the rye but Rakoff’s sympathetic mix of passivity, naiveté, stoicism, earnestness, understated intelligence and finely honed literary sensibility. ‘My Salinger Year,’ by Joanna Rakoff

Crowe’s endlessly sympathetic screenplay doesn’t punish Maguire any further as it rushes to its warm hug of a denouement: confession is essentially cure in this Hollywood therapy session. Jerry Maguire at 20: has Tom Cruise's star appeal ever shined brighter? 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

Indeed, Molto — the first novel's young firebrand who has mellowed with age, a late marriage and a young son — is more sympathetic here, almost flipping the team you cheer for. 'Innocent': Scott Turow's sequel to 'Presumed Innocent' 2010-04-28T23:47:00Z

But the filmmakers shade in humble, sympathetic portraits of these children, “neither good nor bad,” to borrow from a Williams song, just kids. ‘Rich Hill,’ a Documentary About Growing Up Rural 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

A New York Times review said Knox, as an author, was by turns evocative and verbose, sympathetic and enigmatic. Amanda Knox reiterates innocence as memoir is published 2013-04-26T12:46:05Z

There’s great solace in rolling your eyes heavenward in the presence of a sympathetic conspirator, and in developing with that conspirator a series of nonbitchy jokes fueled by the humblebrag and its creator. Circa Now: Bah, Humblebrag: The (Unfortunate) Rise of False Humility 2012-11-30T20:49:55Z

Penn's article was "a brutally simplistic and unfortunately sympathetic portrait of a mass murderer," Winslow writes. Sean Penn's El Chapo interview 'just wrong,' contends 'Cartel' author Don Winslow 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

A good story about a possible date could get you a night off from the sympathetic manager, who was probably the only adult in those days we called by his first name. The glamorous life of a whistleblower: Working a dead-end job for minimum wage 2014-04-25T12:15:00Z

Ms. Bell had long been one of the most despised people in Britain, and Ms. Sereny’s book was fiercely criticized for its seemingly sympathetic portrayal of her. Gitta Sereny, Who Wrote About Evil, Dies at 91 2012-06-23T22:10:54Z

In Sancton’s telling, there are no sympathetic figures in this family. ‘The Bettencourt Affair,’ a Buffet for Scandal Aficionados 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z

It doesn’t make me sympathetic to them, but it does influence how I tread around them. Do trolls belong in jail? 2014-05-09T18:35:00Z

Throughout the book, though, Seidlin is sympathetic to Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, who fought for her estranged daughter's burial in her native Texas. Anna Nicole Smith judge urges new police probe 2010-06-21T16:29:00Z

Ms. Sevigny comfortably shares the screen with Kristen Stewart, who, in the role of a sympathetic maid, continues to solidify her standing as one of the great screen performers of her generation. At Sundance, Films Filled With Fury, Propelled by Outsiders 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z

His characteristic reticence served him well in both sympathetic and unsympathetic roles. Louis Jourdan, Dashing Star of ‘Gigi,’ Is Dead at 93 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z

And then with Max, it's why he has become so hardened to life and why he is so focused and self-involved and narcissistic and finding interesting reasons so that they become some way sympathetic. PBS' "Guilt" examines what happens to estranged brothers after they finally bond over killing someon 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z

And a judge who offers him a light sentence and a public expression of sympathetic concern. Pistorius sentencing’s shameful truth: Justice is different for “promising” male athletes 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z

Next he introduces us to some very sympathetic characters. Solving Crimes the Old-Fashioned Way 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

He also taught me that what I’ve been doing all my life was as much sympathetic magic as it is sculpture. Glenn O’Brien’s Friends Remember a ‘Successful Maniac’ 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z

The program for Nov. 14 features a complete change in tone to a pair of warm, sympathetic films. Director Edgar G. Ulmer gets his due at LACMA 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z

Asked if she felt her comments were more sympathetic to R. Kelly than his alleged victims, Williams echoed something she told viewers on her show. Wendy Williams made a lot of enemies in radio 20 years ago. Now she’s a daytime-television staple. 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z

One notable aspect of this notorious exchange is that she appeared to be trying hard to be sympathetic, while he wasn’t at all. Hating Hillary Clinton: Female Comics Skewer the Sexism of the Likability Trap 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z

Be sympathetic to someone who is sensitive to some foods and isn’t sure how to say that without being a jerk. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: The truth behind your daughter-in-law’s aversion to events 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z

In a phone conversation, Foxx said one of the attractions of the film was that it adds a sympathetic back story to the menace, who begins as a downtrodden engineer. Jamie Foxx joins ‘Spider-Man’ family as good guy gone bad 2014-04-29T21:53:22Z

Or you can play him as sympathetic, someone who only wants to survive the situation when he is caught. The Breakout Star of the Met Opera’s ‘Ring’ 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

“Thirteen Reasons Why” seems intent on keeping viewers in an ambivalent state about whether Hannah — dead or alive — is a sympathetic or trustworthy character, making it an especially cruel experience to watch. Review | ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’ shows how adults can really mess up teen angst 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

Suzanne Clément, a sympathetic teacher in the earlier film, takes a similar part here. Review: Xavier Dolan's Mommy: The Fireworks of Family Love and Pain 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

Ms. Carr’s biography is both sympathetic and compendious; it’s also a many-angled account of the downtown art world of the 1980s. Books Of the Times: ‘Fire in the Belly,’ on David Wojnarowicz, by Cynthia Carr 2012-07-19T21:57:47Z

I am sympathetic to my hero, and I would not like any sort of comedy that didn’t allow an emotional attachment to its protagonist. Quixote and Chichikov really make my heart ache. This Week in Fiction: Thomas McGuane 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z

“We all make mistakes — second chance, I hope,” Weinstein says in a piece of archive footage, recorded by seemingly sympathetic paparazzi as he’s getting into an SUV. "Untouchable" Harvey Weinstein: Everyone agreeing with Dave Chappelle on #MeToo needs to watch 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z

So how do you find somebody you think would be a sympathetic “asset,” I think is the term. The Spy Museum director talks counterintelligence — and living with paranoia 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z

One former henchman in the film recalls a gathering of sympathetic Hollywood A-listers which Black Panthers attended in full black leather-and-guns garb. Black power’s coolest radicals (but also a gang of ruthless killers) 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z

He's aided greatly by his sympathetic young actors, and a study in compartmentalized devotion and madness by Morton that recalls Piper Laurie's hair-raising turn in "Carrie." 'The Harvest' reaps creepy chills in a domestic setting 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

He’s deeply sympathetic to Charlotte’s environmental agenda, and he displays a willingness to put his own work on hold to support Charlotte’s career. “Long Shot,” Reviewed: A Timid Political Rom-Com with the Politics Removed 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z

If you have more than one sympathetic helper, then you might be able to schedule coverage every day. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Estranged father keeps pressuring child who wants ‘no contact ever’ 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z

“They had a good relationship, and Benedict was very sympathetic to Bergoglio,” he added. Reading the Signs When a Couple of Papal Pals Get to Talking 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z

These women are antiheroes and yet they are sympathetic and layered at the same time. Shiri Appleby and Constance Zimmer on the 'UnREAL' Season Finale 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z

But he’s given a much more sympathetic back story than you might expect. Patty Jenkins on ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ and the Future of Theaters 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z

There’s a moment in “American Dharma” when Bannon takes you to task for having voted for Hillary Clinton, and you seem sympathetic to his critique. “The World Is, of Course, Insane”: An Interview with Errol Morris 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z

Being an actor herself made Saunders "very sympathetic and knowledgeable about the rhythm of dialogue for the actors" and she had been there at every stage, said Craymer. Jennifer Saunders: from Comic Strip to Spice Girls musical 2012-12-11T06:30:02Z

Moose is initially a sympathetic figure, and he is treated with kid gloves by Leah. Fred Durst's "The Fanatic": Even Travolta's overacting can't make this limp thriller any fun 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z

Clearly the director finds these characters sympathetic, but she invites us to make of them what we will. Winter's Bone 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z

Rather, they suggest a generic message of sympathetic decency beside which the horror of the archival photographs is minimized. What’s Missing from the German Cinema 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z

But then TV's Homeland came along in 2011 with Claire Danes's brilliant, sympathetic performance as the fragile CIA agent whose psychological instability gives her a vital flash of intuition. The Bourne Legacy – review 2012-08-09T14:30:01Z

Harris is a capable, funny writer who crafts a compelling, sympathetic and complex protagonist. Review | ‘The Other Black Girl’ should be at the top of your summer reading list 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

Enlarged on video Ms. Canuso projects a sympathetic innocence, but most of her choreography for herself is awfully similar to a girl goofing off in her bedroom. Dance Review: Nichole Canuso Dance Company in ?Takes? - Review 2012-01-08T22:58:16Z

Another veteran White House reporter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, was sympathetic, to a point. Sean Spicer’s embattled tenure as press secretary reaches its most precarious moment 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z

Mr. Miles plays him as an initially sympathetic variation on the resourceful Everyman on the rise, cutting through class barriers by force of wit and initiative. Review: ‘Wolf Hall,’ the Stage Version, Untangles Tudor History With Relish 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

“The other victim is going to get it all,” Winslow writes, “a solemn courtroom, a sympathetic jury, an avenging judge. . . She matters. I’m still the beggar I’ve been for two decades.” ‘Jane Doe January’: A writer seeks truth and justice in her own rape case 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

Frequent collaborators, these fine musicians are sympathetic chamber partners, although they follow different paths as solo musicians. Music Review | Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk: Inflections: Proustian and Jazzy 2010-02-25T22:01:00Z

None of this is to say that sympathetic viewers won’t find much to ponder in the rooftop piece’s visual poetics. Art Review: ‘The Roof Garden Commission: Imran Qureshi,’ at the Met 2013-05-16T19:09:59Z

In 1952, the candid and sympathetic depiction of gay life was shocking; now it is commonplace. Review: ‘Carol’ Explores the Sweet Science of Magnetism 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

Falstaff is supposed to be gross, but a grubby, fat body suit and clown's hair required extra effort to seem sympathetic. Pacific Opera Project's Forest Lawn 'Falstaff' has an offbeat charm 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z

And Max, from Word One, is the dream boy, decent and sympathetic, talking moonily of fatherhood. REVIEW: Obvious Child: Do Not Abort This Movie! 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z

This led to a backlash from her sympathetic fans, with "GMA" the ratings beneficiary. 'Today' host Ann Curry takes hit, counts tomorrows 2012-06-26T20:42:10Z

The hypothalamus then kicks the sympathetic nervous system into gear, surging cortisol through our veins. For a Broken Heart, Take Tylenol 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z

It is a very sympathetic portrayal and there is something rather celebratory about it. Curious Incident counts out seven Olivier awards 2013-04-28T20:30:02Z

He tried to find a single face in the audience, maybe a sympathetic gaze,” Kaiser once said. George Beverly Shea, Gospel Singer for Billy Graham Crusades, Dies at 104 2013-04-17T14:14:18Z

It also leaves one perhaps just a scintilla more sympathetic to Dolce’s criticism. Review | The bodies of his work: Michelangelo’s muscular mastery is on display at the Met 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

Patronage and art projects kept Lear afloat; he became a master at being a guest of the wealthy — a witty, engaging, sympathetic figure always happy to entertain children or give instruction in painting. There Once Was a Man Who Felt Lonely: A Biographer Considers Edward Lear’s Art and Its Sources 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z

Some said any film so sympathetic to royal family had to be royalist. Readers' reviews 2011-01-13T22:17:00Z

With this small humanizing detail alone, Alicent becomes one of if not the most interesting and sympathetic character on the sluggish "Dragon" stage. All is not right with Alicent: "House of the Dragon" and the King's choice 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z

But their sympathetic bond develops quickly, through his music, and a title card poetically characterizes their burgeoning relationship: “Arthur learns to read / Malindy learns to love.” Three Boldly Personal Visions of Black History in a Great New Film Series 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z

Many Russians, however, are sympathetic to the law. McKellen protest at Russia gay law 2014-01-14T12:16:36Z

And the series’s sympathetic approach matches that of most pop culture Billy the Kid stories going back decades. In This ‘Billy the Kid,’ the Wounds Are Those You Cannot See 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

But the Brazilian's curiosity has led him into relationships with artists from jazz, hip-hop, electronica and beyond, with this collaboration with guitarist Bill Frisell one of the most sympathetic of his career. This week's new live music 2011-01-08T00:06:12Z

This defensive posture is understandable if not particularly sympathetic. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and the pushback against 'PC culture' 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z

The music in the concert’s first half was sympathetic and duly elegant but also vaguely unsettled, even a bit labored. Music Review: Keith Jarrett Opens CareFusion Festival at Carnegie 2010-06-20T21:35:00Z

Yet it's hard not to feel sympathetic – he's a hateful guy it's impossible to hate. Money and The Stones in Exile 2010-05-24T05:45:00Z

His homecoming keeps getting delayed, for mysterious reasons; meanwhile, the sympathetic deputy who delivers the updates falls for Janet. How Do You Illustrate Anguish? With Rage or Silence? 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z

Yet through all this, he manages to be sympathetic. TV's most complex villains: 'Terrifying because they could be anybody' 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

Though she wasn’t herself an adoptee, Moore was sympathetic to their cause and they started trading knowledge via online mailing lists and chat groups. DNA search angels: the Facebook 'detectives' who help reunite families 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z

Ms. Streep won her first Academy Award for the role, which inspired one of her strongest, if not always sympathetic, performances. Meryl Streep in ‘Kramer vs. Kramer’: An Early (and Defiant) Role 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

Joanne Froggatt, whose lady’s maid Anna Bates may have been the most sympathetic figure in the show, returns to PBS on Sunday in the “Masterpiece” movie “Dark Angel.” Review: Another ‘Downton Abbey’ Heroine Goes Dark 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z

Well drawn, sympathetic characters and writing that fairly glows more than make up for the initial difficulties in getting to grips with a large and confusing cast. Crime fiction roundup ? reviews 2011-07-22T21:55:02Z

This is a sympathetic, even sweet, account, but it’s too soft. Tiny Dancers in ‘Getting to “The Nutcracker” ’ 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

As a narrator, Williams is earnest, sympathetic and all too conscientious. True Life: I Got Conned by Anna Delvey 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z

Even sympathetic artists couldn’t help but buy into the stereotype. Behind Ella Fitzgerald’s flirtation with reefer songs 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z

That is funny and interesting and relatable and sympathetic and pathetic. Simon Rex on playing a washed-up porn star in "Red Rocket": "He's an aging narcissist " 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

Some of her associates, mildly repulsed by Gilles but sympathetic to his perspective, suggest she appeal a bit to her soldiers’ baser instincts. ‘Joan of Arc’ Review: The Saint Is Revisited in Song 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z

I end up with something sympathetic, not judgmental.” D?ja Hear the One About the Guy From Rochester? 2011-01-14T20:17:09Z

And miraculously, the unpleasant lunatic becomes a sympathetic, touching character. A Royal Affair: The Enlightenment Brings Sexy Back 2012-11-08T15:00:36Z

Marlantes says that the long delay in publication helped the book, as he looked back on his own 20-something self with more sympathetic eyes. Northwest author Karl Marlantes took three decades to climb his own personal 'Matterhorn' 2010-03-19T21:21:00Z

First, playing Niles, the most sympathetic TV snoot ever, there's David Hyde Pierce, nominated for a best supporting actor Emmy for every one of the show's 11 years. Frasier 2010-04-16T05:45:00Z

Mr. Peña’s sympathetic performance and likable character help keep the movie from coming across as a kind of freakout over the specter of a Latino Nation. Movie Review: ‘End of Watch,’ With Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña 2012-09-20T22:09:14Z

Commissioner Jim Gordon is without question the most famous comic book cop, and he’s one of the most sympathetic and noble characters in comics. From murderous detectives to evil space police: The worst cops in comics 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z

His similar facial features and dead-on vocal imitation make him singularly perfect in the role, as does his innate ability to switch between hostile and sympathetic, manic and pathetic. Saturday Night Live: the most memorable cameos of the Trump era 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

The recipients of this out-of-offices were probably distracted from their initial hope for a quick response by their sympathetic tears. The Art of the Out-of-Office Reply 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

When he does achieve this, as here in the wonderful story "The Dungeon Master", we get the measure of a large and sympathetic talent at work. The Fun Parts by Sam Lipsyte – review 2013-07-24T10:21:39Z

But when he reread it more recently, he saw Shylock as a more subtle and sympathetic figure rather than a crass Jewish caricature. Novelists Reimagine and Update Shakespeare’s Plays 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z

Ms. Ryder, playing the least sympathetic character with unflinching dignity and candor, is in many ways the reason “The Dilemma” works as well as it does. | 'The Dilemma': A Guy Thing? Not That Kind. And Not That Kind Either. 2011-01-13T18:24:54Z

There are some interesting ideas and sympathetic performances in a superbly shot and fascinatingly controlled exercise. Cannes 2012: Like Someone in Love ? review 2012-05-21T11:08:22Z

The furious list of insults with which she proceeds to indict him is comical, ridiculous, as self-dramatizing as anything on reality TV — and sympathetic, too. Review: In ‘The Comedy of Errors,’ Twins Lead to Confusion 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z

He got a round of applause from the sympathetic audience, but I got a laugh when I mimed the gesture of throwing up. Lost and Found: A Missing Camus Biography and a Christmas Miracle 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z

Brown is particularly sympathetic when it comes to imagining the romantic lives of her protagonists — and everyone here is a protagonist. 9 Books to Read About Queen Elizabeth II 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z

Only a scattering of sympathetic characters and the book’s ironic title provide anything resembling light relief. Gang stories 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z

His voice compact and hearty, Mr. Herold came across as sympathetic rather than caddish. Review: LoftOpera Brings Mischief, and a Crowd, to Berlioz and Mahler 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z

“Chaos in Belleville,” by a white playwright, is no better, despite its supposedly sympathetic theme. Review: ‘Trouble in Mind,’ 66 Years Late and Still On Time 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z

Greenberg is a disruptive drifter and Baumbach challenges us to understand him and makes it difficult for us to find him sympathetic. Frances Ha – review 2013-07-27T23:07:03Z

Redfoo also addressed the incident on Twitter, telling a sympathetic witness that “jealousy is a hell of a drug!” Redfoo of LMFAO Got Attacked in Sydney 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

And yet, she added with her typical candor, the general public isn’t very sympathetic to such celebrity complaints: “Nobody wants to help us because it seems like, you know, ‘Shut up, millionaires!’” Jennifer Lawrence: Privacy Loss Takes Heavy Toll 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z

“You can’t say one is supposed to be sympathetic and the other is supposed to be unsympathetic,” Bier said. Toronto Film Festival: Susanne Bier takes 'A Second Chance' 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z

There are a lot of sympathetic bad guys in superhero stories, right? "The Misfits:" British superheroes just want to be teens 2011-08-11T22:12:00Z

It is Clive who nails his father, calling him never very sympathetic but utterly dependable. This Is Paradise by Will Eaves - review 2012-02-10T22:05:01Z

Silent Witness is so often spoofed that its virtues – solid scripts, decent thesping, sympathetic characters – have become undervalued. TV highlights 08/02/2013 2013-02-07T20:00:01Z

The adult actors acquit themselves well, though Ms. Posey’s character isn’t quite playable — Dr. Smith is so reprehensible that when she’s occasionally, obligatorily allowed to be sympathetic, it makes no sense. Review: ‘Lost in Space,’ This Time With More Company 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

Kevorkian's wrenching tape of Thomas Youk's request to die, and of the death itself, is carefully edited and deftly inserted into the movie to startling yet sympathetic effect. Movie Review: Pacino as Dr. Death 2010-04-15T15:36:00Z

He enjoyed their company and was enormously charismatic and sympathetic towards them. Lens Blog: Terence Donovan's Fashion Photography 2013-05-14T09:00:14Z

High-energy and funny just looking for her keys, she’s swiftly and completely sympathetic. Review: A Portrait of Living With Mental Illness in ‘The Pen’ 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

The only place his faith is shaken is on the gospel-influenced burner “Till It Happens to You,” which begins as a celebration of the life-altering power of marriage, then becomes a sympathetic read on temptation. 2010-02-15T01:32:00Z

Assuming Zumthor does find a sympathetic partner, though, what gets built will have invariably emerged from a long and complicated gestation process. The Ascension of Peter Zumthor 2011-03-13T05:00:20Z

This is fiction's fun stuff, and Wood is an impressive guide through it: learned and puckish, sympathetic and stringent. The Fun Stuff and Other Essays by James Wood – review 2013-03-01T08:00:01Z

And yet there also are flights of fancy here that may make even sympathetic readers wince and send her critics into raptures of derision. ‘Big Magic’: Elizabeth Gilbert’s advice on how you, too, can eat, pray, love 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z

Her case is about as sympathetic as possible — it's easy to root for a woman pursuing justice on behalf of her murdered child. Kanae Minato's 'Confessions' hits its mark with a vengeance 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z

I found this and rewrote it to make both characters sympathetic. "I never set out to be an action star": Dolph Lundgren on his career and the toll taken on his body 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z

He acknowledged that the embassy and the performers were likely playing to a sympathetic audience of the urbanized elite, but he also said that wasn't important. U.S. tries "hip hop" diplomacy in Pakistan 2011-11-14T19:42:45Z

All anyone can do is create a sympathetic environment that allows the art to sing its own particular tune—whatever that might be. Great Heights 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

The performances are uneven, though Mr. Nam makes a sympathetic stranger in a strange land. | 'Watching TV With the Red Chinese': Gillian Jacobs in ?Watching TV With the Red Chinese? ? Review 2012-01-20T01:46:56Z

Before any kind, sympathetic soul thinks I’ve done nothing really wrong, this is not even the bad bit. My kids are more important than my career – so to hell with the job 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z

For all the havoc Carrie wreaks, she is always sympathetic; she only kills when cornered. The miracle of Sissy Spacek – why it's time to rediscover her genius 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

Rare enough as a sympathetic depiction of a European of color from before the French Revolution, the portrait has something more: nobility of spirit. Art and Museums in NYC This Week 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

And because Mr. Martinez is an effortlessly sympathetic actor, we do, too. Review: In ‘Fade,’ Outsiders Find Each Other Thanks to a TV Crime Show 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z

Mr. Trudeau is an articulate and sympathetic figure, but it’s hard not to wonder if he was picked for his personality, or because “The Biggest Loser” is on , a sister network to CNBC. The TV Watch: CNBC Explores a Big Nation of Big People 2010-05-17T22:13:00Z

What's harder to breeze over is the fact that no character in "Raised By Wolves" is sympathetic enough to pull for or fascinating enough to follow with interest. Ridley Scott's new series "Raised by Wolves" imagines a bleak future for humanity – and android moms 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z

And Pete is well known in the industry for taking these "dusties" and "mashing up" beats with a sympathetic ear to the more obscure tracks. Crate digging and the resurgence of vinyl 2013-01-22T08:07:57Z

Older songs enter the main set only when they are sympathetic to the mood: the phantom wail of The Devil or the eerie sensuality of The River. PJ Harvey ? review 2011-02-28T21:30:02Z

In their hands, a tough, tacky and brash woman doesn't become a cheap caricature but rather a sympathetic figure of perseverance and transcendence. In 'Mommy,' Xavier Dolan looks things in the eye 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z

She: Lady Daphne Bridgerton, daughter of a viscount, beautiful, witty, sympathetic, bored by her conventional suitors and yearning to have children — she’s one of a happy brood of eight. A Roundup of the Season’s Romance Novels 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z

Though the character of Aibileen is portrayed in a sympathetic, even saintly light, she endures the racial insults of the time, something that Ms. Cooper said she found “embarrassing.” A Maid Sees Herself In a Novel, and Objects 2011-02-17T23:18:41Z

The home’s fate has not been aided by the beating Mencken’s reputation took after the 1989 publication of his diaries suggested he could be anti-Semitic and a racist and was sympathetic to Nazi Germany. House of writer H.L. Mencken remains in disrepair 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z

Bar a sympathetic lawyer and a jilted girlfriend, women come off pretty badly. The Social Network: How to make a sensational film about coding Facebook, by Aaron Sorkin 2010-09-28T10:22:00Z

Some in the music business are sympathetic to his past; Rosen is among those who suggested his team should donate to survivors’ groups. As XXXTentacion’s Posthumous Album Arrives, a Battle Over His Legacy Rages On 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z

That joy of learning is largely fostered by a sympathetic English and classics teacher. ‘The Young Desire It,’ by Kenneth Mackenzie

“I’m sympathetic to people who are anxious messes or, at this point, nihilist,” says Rubin. America slouches into a new pandemic year 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z

Played to perfection by Tom Hollander, with a sympathetic vulnerability as well as an occasional steeliness, both Smallbone and the show as a whole are winning and highly plausible. Six to watch: TV priests and vicars 2013-01-24T15:00:00Z

Lucie is a sympathetic hero, but people around her always seem to die in mysterious circumstances. Pair these wine-centric novels with a good vintage for a taste of mystery, romance and an escape from the pandemic 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z

There are, she suggests in the book, three basic principles to hold on to: equal respect for conscience, the importance of self-critical vigilance, and the importance of a sympathetic imagination. Martha Nussbaum and the new religious intolerance 2012-06-29T21:55:17Z

Muslims at home and abroad saw a man potentially sympathetic to them. So much promise, so much disappointment: A Muslim bids farewell to president Obama 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z

Still, Harris saw a sympathetic undertone to her character, often saying Estelle fumed out frustration at her bumbling mate and scheming slacker of a son. Estelle Harris, ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Toy Story’ actor, dies at 93 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z

His portraits of children are wonderfully lively and sympathetic. ‘Egon Schiele: Portraits’ at Neue Galerie 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

Leary’s “experiments” involve weekly sessions at his house, where sympathetic faculty members, sycophantic grad students and various hangers-on come together, drop acid and have mind-blowing sex. Review | T.C. Boyle is America’s bard of historical frauds. It’s about time he skewered Timothy Leary. 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z

They are gentle, and caring, and sympathetic, and even when I try to imitate these feelings I find myself not truly feeling any better. I found out I’m infertile 2012-11-12T01:00:00Z

In “The Snowden Files” he emerges in a decidedly sympathetic light, as a protagonist who goes from unassuming geek to world-shaking whistle-blower. Books of The Times: ‘The Snowden Files,’ by Luke Harding 2014-02-04T21:45:45Z

I work at a veterinary clinic, so my boss was sympathetic when I asked for three days off after my 8-year-old rabbit died. Social Q’s: Paying Respects to a Furry Friend 2012-11-29T23:23:22Z

His thorough understanding of the human voice allows him to create fully dimensional characters that are sympathetic and imminently believable. UrbanArias visits Baker, Stein and Picasso in Paris, and beyond 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z

I hope I would be sympathetic, but I would be shocked. Carolyn Hax: Facing questions about children when yours is estranged 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

Smart, wordy and sweetly sympathetic to lives lived online, “Sidewalls” coasts on Martín and Mariana’s twin voice-overs, alternate musings on themselves and their city. | 'Sidewalls': Gustavo Taretto?s ?Sidewalls? - Review 2011-10-25T23:21:16Z

“We were sympathetic at the New York Times because we were attacked by a lot of people,” he said. Nate Silver blew it when he missed Trump. Now he really needs to get it right. 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z

You go from playing bad guys, then you play a cop, then someone who even though he might be dangerous, he's sympathetic. 'Bad guy' Luis Guzmán has fun being evil in 'Ana Maria in Novela Land' 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z

There were no support groups for people like me or any progressive, sympathetic op-ed pieces about the practice of cutting in my local newspaper. Shirley Manson: The First Time I Cut Myself 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z

I took what was best from the original house and added on to it in a sympathetic manner. How this architect updated a ‘mid-century jewel’ while upholding its history 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z

China's Wang Xueqi was named best actor for portraying a businessman in imperial China sympathetic to the revolutionary cause in "Bodyguards and Assassins." 'Mother' named best picture at Asian Film Awards 2010-03-22T15:39:00Z

Under the precise direction of Sam Buntrock, Mr. Keller and Ms. Dizzia enact this dark night of parental angst with sympathetic humor that occasionally vaults into slapstick. | 'Cradle and All' : A Clock Ticking to Incessant Wailing 2011-05-26T02:01:03Z

The judge, he said, was sympathetic: “He said: ‘You spent $10,000 on that day when you threatened him. Weathering Young Thug’s Tornado 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z

Many agents are sympathetic and might reduce or waive the change fee. You are on vacation and a loved one at home dies. What do you do now? 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

Yet he has held few news conferences, and when he has spoken publicly — other than on Twitter — he has generally appeared before more sympathetic reporters on Fox News. Masters of their medium: JFK on TV, Trump on Twitter 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z

While the psychological toll of systemic racism and pervasive financial hardship is dramatized in powerfully human terms, the film refuses to elide less readily sympathetic problems, like drug use, single-parent households and domestic abuse. | 'To Be Heard': ?To Be Heard? Gives 3 Teenagers a Voice ? Review 2011-10-11T22:18:09Z

Boulton, incredibly, was not then bundled off home by his colleagues, making collective sympathetic noises to his face while rolling their eyes behind his back. | Hadley Freeman 2010-05-12T08:00:00Z

This understanding made him more sympathetic to de Gaulle than were many of his peers. Battlefields: Recent Books in Military History 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z

But buying it was really good, a bit like sympathetic magic. Cornelia Parker: A history of violence 2010-05-25T20:31:00Z

But the real reason to watch, he added, is a hilarious and sympathetic Ms. Linney. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Ozark’ and ‘Descendants 2’ 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z

The point is that they were sympathetic despite their appearance, a reminder that it’s what’s on the inside that matters. The aliens in ‘Arrival’ are stunning. How do they compare to other film creatures? 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

Some people see him as sympathetic presence, lonely and lost. ‘Goya: Order and Disorder’ at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

The show addresses those events and makes Mr. Lim a sympathetic character, but it never goes very deeply in criticizing Mr. Lee. Singapore’s History Put to Song 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z

The splintery yet sympathetic sister of Mark Ruffalo in You Can Count on Me. Laura Linney: 'America's very puritanical' 2013-01-13T20:00:00Z

“Sex Education” has a knack for introducing characters as stereotypes, then complicating them: jocks have anxieties; nerds have lusts; mean girls and bullies have sympathetic backgrounds. Review: ‘Sex Education,’ a Sweet Teen Comedy of Modern Lust 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z

A sad reality, enliven in the books by wonderful and sympathetic characters. World literature tour: Indonesia 2011-07-18T11:22:40Z

The New Jersey court, in its 6-0 decision, was sympathetic to that view. New Jersey High Court Rules Lyrics Inadmissible in Rapper’s Case 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z

Stephens creates intensely sympathetic characters who find themselves buffeted by life, mostly through no fault of their own, and whose troubles you can easily take on as your own. No escaping Simon Stephens' intimate, moving 'Port' 2011-01-18T16:05:40Z

I became fascinated by surprising points of overlap among the experiences of Camus’s admirable protagonist, Coetzee’s less sympathetic one and the medical workers at the front lines today. Perspective | Pandemic highlights the staying power of two 20th-century masterpieces 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z

I readily confess to feeling less sympathetic toward the rest of Wagner’s canon, personal flaw though that may be. Critics Name Their Favorite Wagner Recordings 2013-08-22T20:50:13Z

The acting is solid, with an unusually low-key Juliette Lewis, as the boys’ sympathetic aunt, doing her best to pierce the film’s miasma of pent-up testosterone. ‘Hellion,’ by Kat Candler, Explores Adolescent Alienation 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

Mr. Franco — serious, focused, sympathetic — plays Will Rodman, a scientist and romantic idealist who is one hubristic mistake away from becoming a latter-day Dr. Frankenstein. Looking Apocalypse in the Eye 2011-08-04T14:59:55Z

Part of me felt somewhat sympathetic towards Dan Turner, because he’s just attempting to defend his boy. The Standford rape case: a white privilege cake with vanilla frosting on top 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

The swami is surprisingly sympathetic to this explosion of westernised forms. My first adventure in yoga: less cobra, more corpse 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z

It is compelling theatre that deserves to be staged in a more sympathetic space. Review 2010-07-09T00:58:00Z

Mr. Bate is sympathetic yet unsparing in “Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life.” Review: ‘Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life’: Cursed by Beauty 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z

And between Tacitus and Margaret George, I rather think it’s George’s account that is not only most sympathetic but most truthful. Review | ‘The Confessions of Young Nero,’ by Margaret George 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z

Part of what makes Villanelle sympathetic is the wounded child in her eyes. Manic pixie death girl: “Killing Eve” and the adorable assassin 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z

The response from the city was not initially sympathetic. How Fifth Avenue Is Coping 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

Two: you shoot me a sympathetic glance when something romantic happens and tell me how tired you are of wedding planning. What I’m really thinking: the twentysomething divorcee 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z

He’s so concerned about the rule of the majority, which is not a very sympathetic position. Peter Carey, Australian at Home in New York 2010-04-26T22:21:00Z

In a sympathetic reaction of discomfort, my own eyes began to blink and water. The eye surgery I never should have seen 2014-01-28T00:00:00Z

But both characters are allowed to be unlikable and still sympathetic. Rachel McAdams Has Always Wanted to Play Unlikable Women 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

If that is indeed the case — I hope it’s not — the selections in “Family Furnishings” are a fitting, final reminder of what a stunning, subtle and sympathetic explorer of the heart she is. Munro’s ‘Family Furnishings’ contemplates the quotidian, however menacing 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z

This makes the heroine’s transition from sassy sinner to sympathetic musical instructor less outlandishly funny than it was in the movie. | 'Sister Act': Different Church, More Sequins 2011-04-21T02:30:24Z

You learn the sign language, from the barely credible: “Look my car’s full otherwise I’d totes stop” to the sympathetic: “Poor you, but also screw you” and – most dispiriting – the not being acknowledged at all. How to hitchhike effectively: contain your anger and know where to stand 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

“Things are starting to feel a little … episodic,” he confesses, in what even a sympathetic viewer might interpret as a meta-statement, a confession of franchise fatigue. Review: ‘Star Trek Beyond’ Sticks to Its Brand. That’s Not Necessarily Bad. 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

But here, every crisis feels earned with its own potent stakes; they all seem to build toward a promising and fiery conflict between two sympathetic characters. ‘Designated Survivor’ Season 1, Episode 7: Whac-a-Mole 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z

This short has a paranoid vibe out of “Rosemary’s Baby,” but, like all of Mr. Torres’s sketches, it has a tone that’s sneakily sympathetic. Meet Julio Torres, the New ‘S.N.L.’ Star No One Sees 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z

"The Eternal Zero," for example, which offered a sympathetic depiction of kamikaze pilots, was one of the highest-grossing films of 2013. Marketing 'Unbroken' will be delicate in key Japanese, Chinese markets 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z

After some misfires in which his roles accentuated the grating aspects of his Will Truman character in “Will & Grace,” Mr. McCormack goes for a more sympathetic mix of waspish and wounded in “Perception.” Television Review: ‘Perception’ With Eric McCormack on TNT 2012-07-08T18:32:52Z

Fortunately, Melissa has a savvy, sympathetic friend at school. Perspective | For Banned Books Week, I read the country’s 10 most challenged books. The gay penguins did not corrupt me. 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z

She put something of herself into the character, responded excellently to Altman's sympathetic direction and, although some found the film mystifying, it retains interest, as Thomson wrote, "because of the actress's resolute seriousness". Susannah York obituary 2011-01-16T10:38:03Z

Wright was an imaginative innovator and occasionally an excellent architect, but that doesn’t transform a scoundrel into a tortured genius, let alone a sympathetic character. Architecture’s Most Irredeemable Cad 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

Bowie often played villains, or semi-villains, but even then, his portrayals were always intensely seductive, and usually at least a tad sympathetic. David Bowie: A Starman Not Just in Music, But in the Movies Too 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z

For the first time, an Impressionist show met with generally sympathetic public and critical response. Paul Durand-Ruel, the Paris Dealer Who Put Impressionism on the Map 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

But many filmgoers have felt alienated by Susan not being sympathetic, and condemnations of the film as misogynistic are not hard to find. Breaking bad: Hollywood wakes up to the power of dark, dangerous women 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

Zeke comes across as surprisingly sympathetic in the film, especially when he has to come to terms with what transpired. "The Death of Dick Long" dares you to love the men who love Nickelback 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z

Goethe himself is more exposed, and the picture we get of him is more complex than sympathetic. The Obsession That Inspired Great Poetry, if Not Great Romance 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z

Since last year she has traveled across Europe, a sympathetic, high-profile emblem of the global migrant crisis. Is Little Amal Getting Lost in New York? 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z

I think he needed a sympathetic ear, and I provided that, but came away from it feeling like my time had been wasted. Hookups, sexting and unwanted threesomes: first-time dating in the age of Tinder 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z

James Nares felt sympathetic undercurrents running through his interview of an Irish Republican Army fighter for his 1980 video “No Japs at My Funeral.” A Single Voice, a Single Face, a Single Story 2011-08-06T20:13:02Z

This suits the soprano Elena Stikhina — a sympathetic more than a commanding presence, her voice creamy and evenly produced in a daunting role. Nearly 100, the Salzburg Festival Doesn’t Wait to Celebrate 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z

Catching up with the doctor from 2002's Yossi And Jagger, 10 years after the death of his lover, we find him still closeted and struggling to move on in this sympathetic drama. This week's new films 2012-12-01T00:05:52Z

Advertisement Advertisement Nicholas II, in Mr. Lieven’s telling, is also more complex and sympathetic than the hapless monarch of Western lore. Review: ‘The End of Tsarist Russia’ by Dominic Lieven 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z

In the article, Dent claimed that the materials on the course's syllabus "present terrorists in a sympathetic light and American political leaders as greedy, war hungry and corrupt." Literature of 9/11 course under fire at University of North Carolina 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z

At the time, I had a less sympathetic reaction. Revisiting a Symphonic AIDS Memorial 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z

Decisions must be made, and payne sketches the situation with tenderness and sympathetic humor. In a Marathon of One-Act Plays, Boundaries Are Pushed and Pulled 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z

It happens when journalists on state-controlled TV sneak in accurate and sympathetic coverage of the protests. ArtsBeat: Masha Gessen Talks About the Reign of Vladimir Putin 2012-03-07T18:52:16Z

Both "The Woman in the Window" and "Cruel Summer" are particularly interesting because they center female protagonists who are unreliable and sympathetic narrators in their own ways. Cruel Summer and The Woman in the Window explore gendered credibility 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z

It does so through a sympathetic lens, raising questions about her mental health before her death. What’s on TV Tuesday: Super Tuesday Coverage and Taylor Tomlinson 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z

It is desperately sad, the more so for Frank's undimmed likability; his altogether admirable daughter is sympathetic while maintaining a brisk, common-sense approach. TV highlights 23/07/2013 2013-07-23T06:00:19Z

I did write a poor novella about sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll at Hamilton that was gently rejected by a sympathetic editor at Scribner’s. Alex Haley Taught America About Race — and a Young Man How to Write 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z

She seems like a dead-solid lock -- a great actress playing an enormously sympathetic character in a popular show. Critics predict Emmy nods for "Good Wife", "Glee" 2010-06-16T06:46:00Z

Commenters were largely sympathetic to the woman’s woes, with some sharing their own less-than-ideal wedding stories, or slamming the groom for his behavior. Bride claims she's struggling to forgive new husband who got 'really drunk' at wedding reception 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z

She's given a far more sympathetic interpretation than that of the judge at Leeds crown court when he put the real Anne Darwin away for longer than her husband. Canoe Man and Who Needs Fathers? | TV review 2010-04-01T05:45:00Z

Abuelaish knew that his audience was not likely to be particularly sympathetic to his point of view. Gaza doctor Izzeldin Abuelaish 2011-01-16T00:05:32Z

In Ford’s portrait, Henry is weary, choleric and mercurial, while Catherine is completely sympathetic, nothing like the girl — frivolous and promiscuous — that many historians describe. Review | Fans of Hilary Mantel’s Thomas Cromwell trilogy will want to read these historical novels next 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z

More problematic, the missing Jeremy barely exists as a character, and when you finally learn more about him, this arrogant rogue is the movie’s least sympathetic person. Movie Review: ‘Wish You Were Here,’ Directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith 2013-06-07T00:52:00Z

Time to distract the public with another story — preferably a sympathetic one. How do celebrity publicists operate in an era when the truth can mean anything? 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z

Even sympathetic readers will notice Jameson losing some of his earlier finesse, almost starting to rant. Review | You think ‘Star Wars’ is childish? You don’t know the power of the dark side! 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z

Theron is positively chilling as Kelly, capturing not just her look and her cadence, but making her sympathetic as she reveals what makes her tick. Why Margot Robbie could be a dark horse for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

If you are unable to muster a better response than a sympathetic noise, it makes you feel like Bob Dylan’s Mr. Jones, someone who doesn’t get it or even know what it might be. Growing older without growing up: Graffiti artist Borf 10 years later 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z

Even viewers sympathetic to his politics may roll their eyes at how infrequently the film acknowledges trade-offs and price tags, except when the costs relate to the inefficiencies of privatization. ‘The Spirit of ’45’ Review: Here Comes Nationalization 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z

None of this necessarily makes a person who despises Schlafly more sympathetic to her; she still actively worked against the struggle to attain gender parity in the workplace and reproductive rights. In "Mrs. America," Cate Blanchett shines as a frigid firebrand who challenges the feminist movement 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z

David Lan’s sympathetic staging navigates pretty well the sometimes abrupt textual shifts of a play set in 1911 Pittsburgh that builds to a violent conclusion capable of leaving lazier playgoers scratching their heads. Review: A British and an American Revival Intoxicate, for Different Reasons 2010-06-15T14:53:00Z

Choose your actors well, or marry them deftly to the material at hand, and you are at least half way there — though a sympathetic director, let it be said, is important, too. Review: Onstage Risks and Rewards 2010-07-27T11:06:00Z

Others were sympathetic to Currentzis and his musicians, believing that if they expressed opinions on the war they could face punishment in Russia. A Maestro and His Musicians Face Scrutiny Over Ties to Russia 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z

The immersion journalist Barry Werth provided a more sympathetic view of the pharmaceutical industry after taking two deep dives into the workings of a young biotech company. A Doctor’s Guide to What to Read on the Opioid Crisis 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z

But I’m both extremely sympathetic and dead serious about finding affordable things to do. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Can’t keep up with the Joneses in their fancy, new car 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z

After encouraging the sympathetic referee to continue the match, he carried off a postgame interview that takes gentlemanly restraint to levels heretofore unseen outside Victorian drawing rooms. Are American sports fans classier? 2013-01-31T18:33:00Z

Last is always sympathetic, and the premise I feared would seem stale, developed into an original and touching exploration of Max and Adam's friendship, of the ravages of time and of dealing with death. Not the Booker prize 2012: The Notable Brain of Maximilian Ponder by JW Ironmonger 2012-08-22T15:06:29Z

His priorities seem sort of inverted, yet he’s a really sympathetic character. Mimi Lipson on her debut collection, 'The Cloud of Unknowing' 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

But even the greatest heroes have flaws and do bad things, and even the greatest heroes are capable of love and pain and occasionally have moments where you can feel sympathetic for them. George R. R. Martin on the One 'Game of Thrones' Change He 'Argued Against' 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z

Cowell has described Cole as "a complete brat" with an eye for spotting talent Cole proved to be sympathetic, likeable and immaculately dressed - making her an instant hit with viewers. Cole's roles 2011-05-05T15:16:24Z

It is far from easy, or wise, to hold fast to hope and a sympathetic heart in uncertain times. 'Poldark' Episode 5 Recap: Heady vs. Grim 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z

Mr. Wang is sympathetic to poor farmers who yearn for cities with air-conditioning and supermarkets. Architecture: Wang Shu of China Advocates Sustainable Architecture 2012-08-09T15:29:52Z

Her public acknowledgments of her own battles with substance abuse and childhood trauma painted her in a sympathetic light and allowed some staffers to excuse her alleged behavior. How did abuse get baked into the restaurant industry? 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z

"You took an hour and four minutes," she said with a sympathetic lilt. The gift of a lifetime: how trans 'top surgery' changed my life 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z

So slow things down, be sympathetic – and look for the nuggets of hope we all need at the moment to see us through. 'I'm stressed. I shout. Can I do better?': experts advise on pandemic parenting 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z

Chester is a sensitive, sympathetic character whom you root for from the first page. Young Sleuths Hot on the Trail of Their Own Identities 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z

But it is simply impossible, as it is in the “Leningrad” Symphony, that someone could hear Mr. Tarm’s sour take on “Horst Wessel” as a neutral or sympathetic presentation of this material. An Argument for Hearing a Work With a Nazi Reference 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

You can fight renderings of a hypothetical new building with sympathetic photography of the misunderstood old one, or make your own pretty pictures in pixels with ideas for adaptive reuse. Saving Buildings with Social Media 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z

Erin Doherty, who plays second-born child Princess Anne, said that working on the series had made her more sympathetic to the royal family. 'The Crown' welcomes its new royals in Season 3 launch 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z

At the time, he was criticized for getting a dog in an attempt to seem more sympathetic to the public. Why doesn’t Trump have a dog — and should he get one? Experts weigh in 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z

“I’ve adapted other people’s novels, and it’s always been kind of sad to watch two-thirds of it vanish,” he said with a sympathetic sigh. How Ian McEwan, Novelist, Became Ian McEwan, Movie Consultant 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z

Whether he’s addressing the camera solo, or in the company of one of those friends — Rosie Perez is among the most prominent — he’s funny, likable, sympathetic. Review: ‘Rock Rubber 45s’ Looks in the Mirror to Tell a Life Story 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z

If this means just that she’s sympathetic to the problems women face and interested in how they deal with those problems, well then of course. The Wild, Rangy, Unclassifiable Delights of Joy Williams’s Fiction 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z

Rich I’m completely sympathetic, and argue further that Asian-American actors have a particularly raw deal — there are so few opportunities for them compared to other minorities, let alone majorities. The Battle of ‘Miss Saigon’: Yellowface, Art and Opportunity 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

Mr. Toberoff says the nine heirs he represents are “more sympathetic” to James Brown II, though he declined to discuss further how they view the son’s claim. James Brown’s Will: Is It Inching Toward Closure After 14 Years? 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z

I want to know what your relationship with her is as an actor, going in and playing someone who is one of the less sympathetic characters. "Oh, Britta's in this?": Gillian Jacobs on playing a WWII hero and never leaving "Community" behind 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z

There aren’t many sympathetic characters in the text, which the musical changes. The Past Pushes Back in 2 Shows With Contemporary Blackness in Mind 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z

I hope I’ve grown more sympathetic back at my usual job on the other side of the microphone. Diane Rehm on stepping away from the mic for her book: ‘I just had to write.’ 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

Although the patient's narration must dominate, the analyst can steer, probe, wonder and interpret, while he or she maintains a thoughtful, sympathetic professional distance. Siri Hustvedt on the psychoanalyst in fiction 2012-06-08T21:55:19Z

Another writer refers to him as a “lukewarm” atheist and notes that Holyoake “was sympathetic to religion.” Secularists are not atheists 2012-09-09T16:00:00Z

The second episode introduced this kind of sympathetic, funny, interesting guy who confounds the audience. This Is What 'The Jinx' Creators Think of Robert Durst 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z

Norman Maine, recovering in bed, overhears the sympathetic studio head explaining to Vicki how her husband’s career is over. Why we keep gazing at ‘A Star Is Born’: From Gaynor to Gaga 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

Though sympathetic and sassy, he was still a drag queen in an era that did not valorize that. Will the Old Gay Play Have Something New to Say? 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z

She handles Victorian materials, uses Victorian tools, wears and repairs Victorian clothes, in the hope that a kind of sympathetic magic will collapse the distance between the 19th century and the 21st. How to be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman – review 2013-07-12T11:00:01Z

But when we are always being told that books and movies have to have "sympathetic" lead characters – well, here's a documentary that does very well without one. Beware of Mr Baker – review 2013-05-16T14:29:00Z

In the 1930s, Hollywood's Hays Code specifically forbade sympathetic depictions of criminals and killers. Book Review: Solar: A Novel Without an Ending 2010-03-19T20:15:00Z

Domestic workers often ask sympathetic employers for a loan to help pay for a wedding, or to build a house in their home village. High-profile arrest uncovers plight of India’s invisible workforce 2013-12-29T20:00:00Z

Current perspectives on history cast Brown in a more sympathetic light. ‘Emperor’ Review: A Once-Enslaved Man Has a Date With Destiny 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z

Adunni nurtures her dream of becoming a teacher by sneaking into an employer’s library to read, and enlists a sympathetic neighbor to coach her for a scholarship application. In Rural Nigeria, a Heroine Who Wants to Be Defined by More Than Marriage 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z

As the women chat, sliding into a natural, sympathetic vibe, María furtively looks at Rafaela and then offers her a job. ‘Dos Estaciones’ Review: A Tequila Factory’s Story, Sip by Sip 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z

Hill's tips were based on the ancient principles of sympathetic magic: the idea that like counters like. Turned Out Nice Again by Richard Mabey – review 2013-03-08T09:00:01Z

Neither triumphs; Chekhov portrays them as equally sympathetic, equally pitiable. Antaeus Company's 'Uncle Vanya' is a sharp execution of midlife drift 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

“Tell us why you do support ICE,” Mele said to the guest, as if inviting a stock answer from a sympathetic soul. On “Fox & Friends First,” a Congressional Candidate Plays a Prank for the Common Good 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z

I figured he would be sympathetic and that his name would attract audiences. Julius Caesar, young and gay: A groundbreaking 1971 opera gets revived for a new era 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z

Though he is sympathetic to his subject’s struggles — particularly his misfortunes as an artist in the major label system and his deteriorating health — Charnas does not shy away from describing his imperfections. J Dilla Was a Revered Rap Producer. A New Book Deepens His Legacy. 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z

Mediators nodded in sympathetic understanding but needed money up front. Modern Love: In Bitter Moments, Reaching for the Sweet 2010-09-03T19:50:00Z

Being the codependent, overly sympathetic person I am, I offered him a position as an executive within my own company. Ask Amy: Burned-out worker seeks motivation 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z

At first early on in our marriage, I was sympathetic. All the single mamas: Raising kids isn’t always easier with a partner 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z

Seriously, Ron, I’m sympathetic to your angst over your dead dad, even though he apparently ruined your arm at some point. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 6, Episode 2 Recap: Wolves and Lambs 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z

Speaking this week to FarrahGray.com, the younger Cosby found a sympathetic venue, responding to observations like, “Some would describe the attack on your uncle as a modern day media lynching.” Cosby critics aren’t “casting stones” 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z

Mr. Wolohan is excellent as the sympathetic but frustrated Josh, and Mr. Hollmann is a real find as the deadpan young Lincoln, whose tastes in recreation run to the macabre. Review: ‘Verité’ With Anna Camp, About a Memoir or a Tale Barely Like It 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z

Ms Secrest’s incisive, sympathetic life demonstrates great skill in unpicking the web of myths that Schiaparelli wove to reveal the shape of the woman beneath. Nonparelli 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

The incoming Communist regime, to which he was initially sympathetic, showered him with privilege. Celebrating Panufnik, a Polish Composer in London 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z

The costumes for Elektra and the other sympathetic characters are drab gray and yellow, in contrast to the garish outfits for Klytaemnestra and her retinue. Goerke stars in Lyric's blood-soaked 'Elektra' 2012-10-07T14:41:09Z

If only these guys looked like Edward Cullen instead of mid-life crisis vamps, maybe the whole narrative would be more sympathetic to them. "Fright Night" reboot gets sexy "Twilight" trailer 2011-05-18T14:19:00Z

His writing and performance make Gino, especially, a sympathetic and interesting antihero who may deserve a better story than he gets.  'Unorganized Crime' a quirky mob-family melodrama 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z

But sometimes the repertoire that’s left is sort of the roles that aren’t the most sympathetic — you have the sorceress and the witch, and many comic roles. An Opera Diva and a Broadway Star Trade Places, and Advice 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z

Barbara Dever, with her earthy mezzo-soprano, made a powerful Flora, an almost sympathetic character in her reflective moments but more often harrowing in her drunken rages. Critic?s Notebook: Another Season of Change for Spoleto 2011-06-03T22:42:46Z

In fact, he is the most textured and sympathetic villain in the entire series. Javier Bardem: is he the best ever Bond baddie? 2012-10-27T23:21:00Z

The purity of the affection between them is beautifully played, and Asch’s sympathetic depiction of their love is affecting in its honesty. Review: In ‘God of Vengeance,’ a Nice Jewish Family Lives Above a Brothel 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

That newer sense of the word — as an insult for being “soft” or “overly sympathetic,” particularly to women — became more prominent in the 1980s and early 1990s. A Short History of ‘Simp’ 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z

From the start of this debut novel, Cala flexes her prodigious comedic muscles, managing to render the three friends both as sympathetic heroines and as the victims of lives more humorous than they would like. Finding the Comedy in Tween Tragedy 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

Well-rounded, sympathetic characters have always been a hallmark of Harvey’s work, and he’s at his best here. Cold Cases and Hot Emotions: Marilyn Stasio’s Crime Column 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z

She loses her hair, her autonomy, her intellectual armaments — everything that she is, that defines her world — and becomes a warmer, more sympathetic human being? The Out of Towner: Cancer Survivors See the Play ?Wit? 2012-02-16T23:10:38Z

Damian Barr started the Shoreditch House Literary Salon as a theater of ideas where access to sympathetic readers would be, he says, “as valuable as the access to the writers and their thoughts.” T Magazine: Salon Selective 2011-03-23T15:00:51Z

Lily, despite her many flaws is a sympathetic character with a believable inner life. Review: ‘Everybody Rise,’ Stephanie Clifford’s Debut Novel, Features That Old-Money Scent 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z

He was introspective, thoughtful, and his musings lulled us into a sympathetic state. You'd Follow Them Anywhere 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z

I don't agree with how the show handled that, or the reasoning for why it had to be Eskel who died, but I'm sympathetic to the writers who need to untangle these thorny issues. Why "The Wheel of Time" succeeds as an adaptation (and "The Witcher" fails) 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z

As it was widely banned throughout the Middle East for being perceived as too sympathetic to Israel, the effectiveness of its message was presumably limited. Sounds of Belgium – day one: a history of Belgian pop in 10 songs 2012-07-02T12:02:00Z

It isn’t as if these disarming machine-people, many with sweet, sympathetic expressions despite their blocky visages, are the only thing Mark collects. | Mary Ellen Mark and the Robots 2011-10-12T15:41:01Z

Consequences loom: The sympathetic spine of this broadcast-style documentary is her trial, then impending, on charges of stealing from Macy’s in San Diego. ‘The Life & Crimes of Doris Payne,’ About a Real Jewel Thief 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z

However familiar the overall dynamics of “Modern Lovers” might be, Ms. Straub writes with such verve and sympathetic understanding of her characters that we barely notice. Review: In Emma Straub’s ‘Modern Lovers,’ Passion and Regret in Brooklyn 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z

The author places his father, and Mr. Wright, in sympathetic historical light. Books of The Times: One Nation, Still Divisible by Race 2011-08-11T22:00:15Z

But her strong, sympathetic performance fails to transform “The English Teacher” into anything more than a sitcom devoid of laughs, except for a soupçon of literary humor. Movie Review: ‘The English Teacher,’ Starring Julianne Moore 2013-05-23T22:48:55Z

The first time Nora freaked out at them, I tried explaining because most dog owners are sympathetic. Are we good girls yet? My adventures in “modern dog parenting” 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

But this involving documentary, while sympathetic to opponents of the death penalty, isn’t focused on sorting out the ethical rights and wrongs of the practice. | 'Incendiary: The Willingham Case': ?Incendiary,? a Documentary About Willingham Case ? Review 2011-10-06T22:57:37Z

He also praises the filmmaking, saying “no director of his era has as sure and sympathetic a touch with actors as Elia Kazan.” ArtsBeat: Critics' Picks Video: 'East of Eden' 2011-01-10T23:23:52Z

The Good Men Project is being awfully sympathetic to rapists Topics: , , The Good Men Project, If your holiday wish list includes troll bait and trauma triggers, congratulations! The Good Men Project is being awfully sympathetic to rapists 2012-12-13T20:35:00Z

“I don’t feel the need to be sympathetic. I didn’t see much in that character to feel sympathetic with.” John Malkovich: 'I had a lot of violence growing up, but so what?' 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z

However, Katherine emerges from Queen's Gambit as sympathetic, humorous and resourceful. Queen's Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle – review 2013-04-06T10:00:01Z

He was similarly supportive of “Seeing Red,” which was first shown at the 1983 New York Film Festival, and which is arguably the most sympathetic portrayal of American Communists ever put onscreen. Julia Reichert, Documentarian of the Working Class, Dies at 76 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z

Still, the impressions grow to be sympathetic and entertaining, with consistently coarse language that always sounds authentic. ‘The Bullpen,’ Joe Assadourian’s Tale From a Holding Cell 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z

But Neel wasn't always so sympathetic towards her subjects, and her ambivalences give her encounters with her sitters a painted charge. The weird world of Alice Neel 2010-07-07T20:30:00Z

His father was not sympathetic to his plight. Last exit from Brooklyn 2010-04-23T23:16:00Z

Johnson carries off the most challenging role with exceptional skill, revealing Paulina’s objectionable aspects before we get to see a more sympathetic side. Review | Mean girls are at home in Ghana, too 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z

Indeed, Willis' Johnson remains sympathetic even when blood streams from his presidency. 'The Great Society' a bustle of history lacking full LBJ picture 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z

While “Web Junkie” focuses mainly on the teenage inmates, it also paints a sympathetic portrait of the well-meaning doctors and therapists struggling with a phenomenon they know they don’t entirely understand. Rebel without a Wi-Fi connection: China’s war against “Internet addiction” 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z

An insightful and sympathetic account, by one of the foremost historians of Russia. High fliers 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

We can be sympathetic to the disappointment of others even if we have no intention of putting ourselves at risk by attending their parties. My Ex and I Are Friends. Why Won’t His Wife Accept That? 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z

Artists can only work with their materials, to give an impression of their emotional landscape and perhaps provoke a sympathetic response in ours. Tracey Emin and Edvard Munch, Leaning Into Pain 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z

The members of this close-knit family emerge as dynamic characters, flawed but sympathetic, filled with fear and longing, and believable. Sarah Dunant’s ‘Blood & Beauty’: tales of the Borgias 2013-07-11T21:33:10Z

The actor is surrounded by a 16-strong community chorus and, as he describes the girl's condition, they break into sympathetic song. Girl X - review 2011-03-06T17:07:36Z

But Bell not only had a great voice, he had a knack for writing sympathetic songs for other artists. An Underrated Soul Singer Returns 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z

“And I think 40-year-old Matt would be pretty sympathetic to it.” The boring journey of Matt Yglesias 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z

Are we supposed to be sympathetic, or fear them? "Four Daughters" seeks to understand radicalization by ISIS: "People can go to the side of darkness" 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z

In the new film, Hiddleston said "there's something very sympathetic about him." Noble, sympathetic Kong reimagined for 'Kong: Skull Island' 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

Adapted by playwright Tom Stoppard, Wright's "Anna Karenina" takes place mostly in a theater setting and sees the title character more high-strung and less sympathetic than in previous incarnations. After Garbo, Leigh, no defining "Anna Karenina": Knightley 2012-11-16T14:55:55Z

The point is: even a boundary violation mild enough to invoke nudges and winks among less sympathetic people can leave you feeling slimy. On a Shockingly Casual Case of Sexual Assault 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z

When they didn’t follow her advice and wound up in bad shape, Ms. Orman was sympathetic. Suze Orman Is Back to Help You Ride Out the Storm 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z

These marginalized job hunters, victims of an economic collapse and a crazed mass murderer, are credible and deeply sympathetic. ‘Mr. Mercedes,’ by Stephen King

But under Mr. Fugard’s gently paced direction, the performers establish a believably sympathetic rapport. Theater Review: Athol Fugard’s ‘Train Driver,’ From Signature Theater 2012-09-10T02:17:30Z

During the French Revolution, in which the queen was imprisoned and eventually executed, her image appeared on both sides of the English Channel in sympathetic and critical renderings. Marie Antoinette — extravagant French queen has long been a symbol of female excess 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z

To write a character who’s so flawed yet so sympathetic, Fremon Craig says, it’s critical to get “the whole, messy, complicated truth of somebody–even if it’s ugly in places.” Teen Angst With a New Edge 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Mollel is a full-bodied character, a flawed but sympathetic father and widower — and as fearless a cop as in his former life as a Maasai warrior. Africa is setting for three new mysteries 2013-05-08T21:09:14Z

In a sympathetic New Yorker article from 2019, Franken said that after losing his job, he started taking medication for depression; mental health is an issue he has long worked on, he said. For Al Franken, a Comeback Attempt Goes Through Comedy Clubs 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z

Despite the crime, Woods makes Amy so sympathetic, her life so bleak and her options so limited that she becomes a paradigm for the entire valley, robbed of its youth and denied its future. Stabbed in the Convent, Murdered in the Yard 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z

I have very sympathetic young producers, and it’s so meaningful for them. Shhh, Don't Tell Other Directors: Working With Kids Is Easy 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z

There's something to offend those sympathetic to either Palestinians or Israelis here. 'Dirty Story': combative couplings in Intiman festival's opener 2012-07-12T15:38:04Z

But, hey: If the actor wanted to feel like a jazz star for the night, he picked a sympathetic crowd. Bill Clinton is lauded at all-star jazz gala. But he left his sax at home. 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z

When she died in 1997, the narrative was all but set in stone: Charles was dull, stoic and not very sympathetic. Prince Charles is sad and sexy and maybe too nice to be king 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z

But your enjoyment of these characters will likely depend on how sympathetic you find their particular, mostly low-grade distress. The Moral of These Stories? ‘You Are Not as Special as You Think’ 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z

The mix of deadpan humour and flowery voiceovers doesn't always work, but there are sympathetic performances from the two leads. Soul of Flies – review 2012-07-12T21:10:03Z

I feel obliged to get off at the next stop, too, to take a sympathetic look at White City, a place forever being abandoned. London Underground at 150 - a birthday journey 2013-01-09T05:21:53Z

And if not, was the very sympathetic cause behind it enough to justify it? Makoko exhibition opens a window on a Nigerian world 2013-03-28T14:04:50Z

Danny McCarthy is perfect as Mitch, bashful and a little uncouth but with a sensitive and sympathetic heart, destined to be exploited by Stanley for his own selfish ends. | 'A Streetcar Named Desire': Small Space, Big Egos: Something Will Explode 2010-06-18T23:18:00Z

One sympathetic character is vexed by “liberals who walked around all un-blown-up claiming that they liked their civil liberties more than their security.” Book Review: ‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’ May Be the Novel of the Summer 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z

This richly researched, sympathetic yet unsparing portrait of a controversial figure for whom the personal and the political dramatically fused could not come at a more appropriate time in our beleaguered American history. Muhammad Ali, Beginning to End for the First Time in a Book 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

The actual work they do is rarely examined with the kind of rigorous, sympathetic scrutiny that Speth brings to this portrait of a German educator approaching retirement. Best Movies of 2022 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z

His memoir of his wife Iris Murdoch descending into the darkness of Alzheimer’s, “Elegy for Iris” is not “pitiless,” as Atlas asserts, but self-sacrificial and sympathetic. Literary biography: possibility and peril 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z

The Frances of the screen seems more sympathetic — less cold and arch than she appears on the page, and perhaps more insecure and quietly overwhelmed. In ‘Conversations With Friends,’ It’s Complicated 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z

Us Weekly, another AMI publication, has recently run some sympathetic stories about Melania Trump that are implicitly critical of her husband. National Enquirer sent stories about Trump to his attorney Michael Cohen before publication, people familiar with the practice say 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

Is this the voice of Mark Chapman, or someone sympathetic? Readers recommend songs about assassination: The results 2010-08-26T22:30:00Z

Picture Post played an important part in developments that led to the establishment of the welfare state through its sympathetic depiction of social inequality. Unsung hero of photography Thurston Hopkins turns 100 2013-04-12T14:56:00Z

Her change from cavalier brat to sympathetic adult-to-be proves surprisingly credible, especially for someone who at first prompts zero goodwill. 'Ask Me Anything' answers teen questions deftly 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z

Which is why I’m sympathetic to how tempers flare. The Buckley vs. Vidal debates: The original knock-down, drag-out TV 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z

But many were philosophically sympathetic to the idea of religious conscience and government regulation — because of the formal hostility to gay marriage. But I’m a good Mormon wife 2012-06-01T23:00:00Z

Before long Mr. Reed, a self-described shy man, became known for his subtle, surprisingly sympathetic characterizations of Gilbert and Sullivan’s buffoons. John Reed, Master of Gilbert and Sullivan?s Patter Songs, Dies at 94 2010-02-28T04:19:00Z

The rich-toned contralto Meredith Arwady created a sympathetic character and provided most of the work’s slender comic relief as Auntie, the publican and madam. Critic’s Notebook: Aspen Music Festival Embarks on New Era 2013-07-29T21:49:03Z

A third group of commenters discouraged people from posting anything — because in their view, any Paris-related post would inevitably be more narcissistic than sympathetic. Is posting support for Paris on Facebook narcissistic, or heartfelt? 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z

This kind of sympathetic range, encompassing every affected party’s point of view, is essential for giving good advice. How to Pay for College (and Not Lose Your Shirt) 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z

“So, you do remembering anything at all about what happened?” he asked me over his shoulder in a sympathetic sounding voice, forming the words with difficulty. My Prague nightmare: I had never even attempted to kill anyone — why was I under arrest in this foreign city? 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z

They are guides and sympathetic listeners helping her through her angst and inhibition. ‘Touch Me Not’ Review: Our Bodies Examined 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z

“I remember him being very sympathetic with the work that I had to do, and he had been supportive of the N.E.A. all along.” Joe Biden and the Arts: No R.B.G. but a Loyal Promoter of Culture 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z

I asked a sympathetic officer if he could get some plastic garbage bags and some clear tape. My Prison Cell: A War Against the Roaches 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z

Her father, who chaperoned her at the gigs she played when she was underage and responded with love when she came out to him as a young adult, emerges as a sympathetic figure. ‘My Window’ Review: An Out-and-Proud Trailblazer Finds Her Way 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z

If the "South Park" team speaks through its creators, "The Pandemic Special" is both a self-deprecating work as well as a sympathetic one. Vote or die? In its "Pandemic Special," "South Park" presents a mixed message on the election 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z

I found him to be sympathetic, sensitive and humane. Perspective | Great art isn’t always made by good people, but this is getting ridiculous 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z

On the sidewalks and in the subways, in laundromats and at corner stores, sympathetic eye contact is being made. New York Stands Up to Trump 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z

She is wonderful, too, and has the tougher role, I think, because of the two killers, he's the more sympathetic one. ‘The Americans,’ Season 5, Episode 8: The Humanization of Elizabeth 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

They are compelling creations, part sympathetic, part repellent. | 'In God's Hat': Richard Taylor?s Vision From the Gates of Jail 2010-07-26T21:12:00Z

Blowback to the plan has, not surprisingly, emphasized what opponents see as the adverse impact on drivers and traffic. Hawthorne is not sympathetic to them.  Essential Arts & Culture: Beyond the Broad 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z

The defense painted a more sympathetic picture of Rothschild, 28, who worked in retail for streetwear brands and luxury brands like Saint Laurent after dropping out of college. Hermès Wins MetaBirkins Lawsuit, With Jurors Deciding NFTs Aren’t Art 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z

She is clearly not sympathetic to such vagueness as “mixed media.” Her Art Comes Without Trigger Warnings 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z

When the owner found a sympathetic judge, the price tag leapt into the stratosphere, to more than $90 million. Price Tag on a Brooklyn Park Reaches $225 Million, and That’s Only the Beginning 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z

She was sympathetic, ordered a range of fertility tests, cautioned against using a donor I knew, and suggested I look at clinics abroad. I flew to Greece and began solo IVF. Then the world shut down 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z

Yet Mr. Quinto pierces the sympathetic core of a character tormented by his own failings and by the existential agonies of living in Ronald Reagan’s America. Career Zigzag, Changing Coasts And Galaxies 2010-10-22T08:06:00Z

The developers said they were aware of the petition "and in many ways we are sympathetic." Campaign to save listed Manchester building continues 2012-07-10T13:37:09Z

The overly clever construction works against making her a sympathetic figure, and the violence, while arguably not gratuitous, is excessive. Dream Home ? review 2010-11-21T00:08:00Z

She manages a tricky balancing act, making Nadine simultaneously sympathetic and dislikable. Review: ‘The Edge of Seventeen’ Takes Teenage Movies to a Higher Place 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

The girl’s father smiles, sensing a sympathetic parent. 'Orange Is the New Black' Recap: All They're Missing Is a Black Market Etsy 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

We talked about all that stuff, and messed around with versions of Philip where maybe there’s a moment that makes him sympathetic or less abrasive. Jason Schwartzman on why he keeps playing neurotic authors 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z

But the film’s most sympathetic character may be her erstwhile love interest Max — played with clean-cut sincerity by Jake Lacy — who backs her up with empathy, unconditional support and stalwart earnestness. Critic’s Notebook: The sisters of summer

The challenge for Mr. Platt is in making sympathetic a protagonist who exploits a family’s grief to bolster his own popularity. Ben Platt, From ‘Pitch Perfect’ to an Anxious Teen on Stage 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

“You’ve got a president who is clearly sympathetic to some of what they do. And so there’s a feeling that you need to be more aggressive.” A writer denounced our article about hate. We spoke to him to hear more. 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

This usually draws a sympathetic nod or whistle. I didn’t just fall down the stairs 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

As the action catches fire, Abel’s prose turns leaner and more focused, the pace swifter, and the characters — Rush and Vleska, in particular — more singular and sympathetic. Book review: ‘White Plague,’ a thriller by James Abel 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

But the current episodes have more weight and intensity; they come off a shade darker and yet more sympathetic to its cast of co-dependent lost souls. Lisa Kudrow and 'The Comeback' clock in again at dream factory 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z

A sympathetic ballad about a troubled woman, the tune sold more than 2 million downloads and was nominated for a Grammy Award for song of the year. Ed Sheeran: Pop stardom's thoughtful misfit 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z

A bigger stage causes everyone to elocute a bit more: Niamh Cusack as the sympathetic teacher is more goody-goody than she was before. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Untold Stories – review 2013-03-17T00:05:53Z

Feminism is threatening to a lot of, I think, people who would be otherwise totally sympathetic to it. Michael Ian Black: Trump's "anachronistic sense of masculinity . . . is literally killing people" 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z

Putin is seen drifting smoothly through corridors as scared lackeys salute; the girls are inevitably only shown in captivity, with sympathetic choruses from their parents. Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer – review 2013-06-13T11:02:19Z

In general, his playing in the Schubert seemed more natural and sympathetic than in the Chopin. Pianist Wosner shows patience, maturity and virtuosity 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z

That leads to sympathetic reactions to men who take those goods by force. From mansplainers to sexual assaulters, Kate Manne explains how society empowers men to harm women 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z

I now think that in my desire to build independent, resilient kids, I was too hard-headed and not sympathetic enough to their specific needs. How to get your kids to 18, sane and not hating you 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z

This doesn’t mean commenters weren’t sympathetic to the need to warn a child about the known danger. Motherlode Blog: Parental Quandary considered: It's not the sex offender next door we should fear, but the one we never see coming. 2012-01-26T20:31:05Z

In the 1960s and 1970s, a kinetic sense of potential was in the air: Many Americans were sympathetic to the quest for youthful adventures. Thumbs up for three new books that capture hitchhiking’s adventurous spirit 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

There are the usual Baumbauch-ian characters — artistic, bourgeois, alternately sympathetic and repellent — caught in scenarios that feel naturalistic to the point of suspicion, as if torn from the pages of an unsparing notebook. Noah Baumbach Knows What You’re Thinking 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z

Although a serious threat to travelers, with the coming of the Romantic era brigands became sympathetic figures in art and literature: snazzily dressed rebels with hearts of gold who lived outside the law. Art Review: ‘The Path of Nature,’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2013-01-24T22:22:49Z

In academic circles, it serves as a sleepy counterpoint to the hyperawareness of “woke” social criticism, or as a more forgivable, understandable, sympathetic version of the Uncle Tom racial trope. Trapped in the Sunken Place: how Get Out’s purgatory engulfed pop culture 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z

Gwyneth Paltrow Ironically, heavier comedians, actors, and the characters they play are actually more sympathetic, and easier for audiences to identify with, than the svelte. Lionel Shriver: 'If you're thin, you are a kook; if you're fat, you're a failure' 2013-05-11T07:00:27Z

The Citizens Advisory Boards were made up of local leaders, including a sprinkling of those sympathetic to environmentalists, but generally weighted towards the timber industry. The fight to save our off-the-grid forest home 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z

“For the most part the Oliver Stone depicted in these pages — vulnerable, introspective, stubbornly tenacious and frequently heartbroken — may just be the most sympathetic character he’s ever written,” our reviewer Benjamin Svetkey writes. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

In the same year Carter met the now-reclusive founding father of American musical modernism, Charles Ives, thanks to a sympathetic music teacher at his school. Elliott Carter 2012-11-06T03:26:13Z

And Ms. Shackner, to her immense credit, manages to shape a touching and sympathetic portrait of Becca, the still center in the show’s swirling silliness, yearning to escape the complications of her life. Review: ‘Iowa’ Is a State of Absurdity at Playwrights Horizons 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

Some who worked in restaurants were sympathetic to the Arby’s franchise. Minnesota Arby’s tells parents, ‘Only well-behaved children’ are welcome 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

The rampantly heterosexual Douglas might seem a stretch as Liberace, but from that first moment on the Vegas stage he nails the character, which quickly transcends mimicry for sympathetic evocation. Soderbergh’s Behind the Candelabra: Michael Douglas IS Liberace 2013-05-21T18:32:58Z

Once Ray is backed into a corner, however, he reveals a streak of deceptiveness that Mr. Breaux makes equally believable — while still maintaining a sense of forlorn desperation that keeps his character sympathetic. Review: In ‘Red Speedo,’ a Swimmer Faces a Moral Quandary 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z

There were sprawling, complicated narratives, messy and not altogether sympathetic “heroes” and a visual style that seemed to stumble upon scenes rather than stage them. The Best Movies and Shows on Hulu Right Now 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z

Her politics are abhorrent, but this origin story doesn’t indict Serena Joy; it bathes her in a sympathetic light. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Episode 6: Trade Delegation 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

Soprano soloist Maria Mannisto sang agreeably, with clean tone and sympathetic phrasing. Impressive guest turn by symphony’s former principal horn |Classical review 2013-05-03T18:32:51Z

I’m sympathetic to these readings of the book, but something in me resists. Knausgaard’s Selflessness 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z

His partner is an equally believable if less sympathetic figure, a closet sexist who’s angry about his female colleagues’ promotions, and “now he’s mostly known for being gloomy.” ‘Is Fat Bob Dead Yet?’ review: An antic story of scams and gangsters 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

The characters need to remain somewhat sympathetic, or at least identifiable, even as they lapse into nuclear-grade stupidity and criminality. "The Square": Coen-style sunbaked Aussie noir 2010-04-10T00:30:00Z

The music stays cozy, supportive and unobtrusively inventive, placing luminous details behind Mr. Tillman’s sympathetic, ever melodic voice. Father John Misty: The End Is Near, Sing All About It 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z

When Anne Hathaway co-hosted with James Franco, she seemed far more sympathetic. Chris Rock tastes Oscars' poisoned chalice – again 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z

Her voice whispers breathily, swells right up to the verge of tearfulness and then gracefully backs away, ever sympathetic and ever poised. Critic’s Notebook: Albums by Natalie Merchant, Tori Amos and Sarah McLachlan 2014-05-07T21:46:14Z

The always sympathetic Lily has a moment of insight in one of the novel’s most tender scenes, with her and Jack and Francesca. Review | William Boyle captures a slice of Brooklyn in ‘Shoot the Moonlight Out’ 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

How does the writer conjure a sympathetic interior life for someone whose chief preoccupations are getting enough calories and sleep before the next day? A Novel Chases Its Narrator on the Tour de France 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z

“He could play the sympathetic lawyer, the kind aristocrat, the saintly husband, the comforting doctor, or the good lover,” Mr. Furst writes, “the knight not the gigolo.” Books of The Times: ‘Mission to Paris’ by Alan Furst 2012-06-03T22:37:20Z

But just covering one's eyes with one's hand seems gentler, sadder, perhaps even a little sympathetic. Internet English debasing the language? Not IMHO | 2013-05-28T10:10:43Z

Leatherface is even given a rather sympathetic treatment, depicted as being something of a misunderstood, overgrown child whose propensity for tearing off his victims' faces is but an extreme example of adolescent rebellion. Review: 'Chainsaw' loving homage to '74 original 2013-01-04T19:39:21Z

If only we could all hit the lofty heights of being 'not actively terrible'", while simerini was more sympathetic: "I don't like reading reviews that slate artists this hard. Readers' reviews: Maverick entertainers, film plots that technology would have ruined, and more 2011-08-04T22:15:00Z

Embarrassed and sympathetic, she apologized profusely for disturbing him. Their 1st date was in a dental office — they just didn’t realize it at the time 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

So, we decided to make him less sympathetic and to have a contrast between them. Naomi Watts survives "Infinite Storm," a harrowing mountain-climbing tale based on a true story 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z

The sympathetic parson will reassure him, we think, but that’s not what happens. Almost heaven, West Virginia: Driving country roads in search of America today 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z

Even so, “Hive” seizes and holds your interest simply through the drama created by sympathetic characters trying to surmount awful, unfair hurdles. ‘Hive’ Review: In the Aftermath of War, a Survivor Finds Herself 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z

It’s a justifiably beloved performance, by turns snarky, spiky, silly, and sympathetic, as our heroine jots down every stray thought on her journey to quitting smoking, losing a few pounds and finding true love. Stream These 13 Titles Before They Leave Netflix in October 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z

Before the show he was best-known as the father on the comedy series "Malcolm in the Middle," but his role as a sympathetic bad guy has made Hollywood take notice. Actor Bryan Cranston tackles evil role in "Total Recall" 2012-08-02T15:57:35Z

And making the most prominent German officer sympathetic to saving Jewish children avoids reckoning with the depths of the Third Reich’s evils. ‘Waiting for Anya’ Review: Saving Jews as a Rite of Passage 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z

Zor is one of the more sympathetic characters in Morris’ book. The most regrettable comic book villains and who they resemble in the Trump administration 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

The British soprano Catherine Foster is a sympathetic and vocally solid Brünnhilde. Music Review: Wagner’s ‘Ring’ Opens at Bayreuth With Reality-Cam Touch 2013-07-28T21:38:06Z

Elba, who produced, lends the film gravitas with his assured, world-weary performance, and McLaughlin carries the film with his sympathetic turn as Cole, a teen trying to find his place in the world. Idris Elba drama "Concrete Cowboy" brings audience along for a crowd-pleasing ride 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z

For months, my sympathetic nervous system made it harder to breathe. Hitting my stack: How yoga helped me understand my trans identity 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z

Jean-Philippe Lafont, the French baritone making his overdue Covent Garden debut as Cinderella's father, was sympathetic, at once tender in his big duet with his daughter and henpecked by his hideous wife. Cendrillon; Rinaldo ? review 2011-07-09T23:06:30Z

The result was roles like his Oscar-nominated turn as Ron Woodroof in “Dallas Buyers Club,” an antihero, in Mr. McConaughey’s view, who is not necessarily a sympathetic figure but a fun one to play. The Carpetbagger: Video: Matthew McConaughey, Chest-Thumper 2014-02-06T13:30:38Z

Among the more prosaic truths he seems to have extracted is the utmost importance of a sympathetic cohort of musicians — or, better yet, a working stable of them. New Music: New Music: Javier Colon and Taylor Ho Bynum - Reviews 2011-11-28T23:08:05Z

And that ignores his movie career as a sympathetic leading man who can pivot on a dime and play a scary sociopath. Music Review: Harry Connick Jr. Performs on Broadway 2010-07-16T21:19:00Z

This is an engaging movie depicting some sympathetic people, and is ultimately worthwhile. Review: Goodbye to Giraffe Meat in ‘Ghostland’ 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

Resisting the modern temptation to make a case for Shylock as a complex, even sympathetic character, Rider presents him every bit as bigoted as his persecutors. The Merchant of Venice ? review 2011-02-10T17:16:00Z

The life of the mind, and the sympathetic practices, the imaginative practices, and the literary and linguistic textual practices that reading evokes. Junot Diaz on reading, writing, and America's amnesia about race 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z

Within such a context, there is no possibility for presenting resistance, rebellion, or revolution by the intruded upon in a way that could be even comprehensible, no less sympathetic. Creating a spectacle of slaughter at the movies: Ambush at Kamikaze Pass 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z

It came out of happenstance, or because I was there and I was a sympathetic interlocutor. “The World Is, of Course, Insane”: An Interview with Errol Morris 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z

“I found,” Sally Bedell Smith writes in the preface to her sympathetic 2017 biography, “that much about Prince Charles was poorly understood, not least the extent of his originality.” Royal Reads: 6 Books About British Monarchs and Coronations 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z

Virgil is sympathetic to the plight of the Hairies due to the discrimination her own people have experienced in the past. Cleverman season one, episode two recap – black sites and beasties 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z

After a visit to the United States, Mrs. Trudeau became infatuated with Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who she found to be more sympathetic than her husband. The Quiet Comeback of Margaret Trudeau 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z

Many of Game of Thrones nominal villains, including Cersei, Jaime and even the Hound, have had sympathetic moments on the show. 10 Actually Happy Things That Happened on 'Game of Thrones' 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

“Bauer is a generous narrator with a nice ear for detail, and his colleagues come across as sympathetic characters, with a few notable exceptions.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

Many of Crystal City’s involuntary residents were not entirely sympathetic characters. ‘The Train to Crystal City’: a WWII detainees camp in Texas 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z

"No Place," a previously unreleased demo, arrived as a lost folk-rock gem carved with soft features and sympathetic emotions. Reunited Jayhawks soar at Vic 2011-01-28T15:02:19Z

What's thrilling is seeing this usually wonderfully sympathetic actress in an entirely new light. Smith admits opening night nerves 2012-09-13T10:39:30Z

What this human interest story offers instead is a simple and sympathetic portrait of a captivating character. ‘Introducing, Selma Blair’ Review: An Actress in Her Second Act 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z

Yet he’s equally sympathetic to the Sea Shepherd leaders who argue that meat shouldn’t be eaten at all, and not just out of compassion for the animals. ‘A Taste of Whale’ Review: Blood in the Water 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z

So he is sympathetic to the idea of calling a moratorium on the development of such arms while some of the more difficult ethical, moral and psychological problems are examined. Fighting Wars Past, Present and Future 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z

Most are sympathetic — but several decidedly are not. It’s bad enough to have a food allergy. But then you have to deal with the skepticism. 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z

“He wasn’t all good. He did some terrible things. But he was a deeply interesting and, I think, deeply sympathetic person.” In This ‘Billy the Kid,’ the Wounds Are Those You Cannot See 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

You are definitely better off doing that with a sympathetic or professionally trained adult than with a young man who’s still developing his own emotional DNA. How do I tell my boyfriend I was raped? | Mariella Frostrup 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z

All change in society passes through a sympathetic collaboration with tape recorders, synthesisers and telephones. Why Kraftwerk are still the world's most influential band 2013-01-27T09:00:03Z

Jones, for his part, leaked a secretly recorded conversation between him and Kelly prior to the interview’s recording in which she came across as sympathetic to his point of view. When Megyn met Alex: Megyn Kelly’s “Sunday Night” interview yielded more for its subject than its host 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z

Harris takes a sympathetic view of Chamberlain, written off by many historians — including his successor, Winston Churchill — as Hitler’s dupe. The Plot to Kill Hitler 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z

I was trying to get the audience to be sympathetic to you before you delivered the MSG bomb- BonAp food boss Carla Lalli-Music: Not only is MSG okay, it is a core staple in the pantry 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z

Mr. Morse earned a reputation as the class clown in high school, where a sympathetic music teacher helped him transfer his energy from the classroom to the theater. Robert Morse, Impish Tony-Winning Comedy Star, Is Dead at 90 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

"I find myself weirdly sympathetic to machines," he concludes. Two men, one robot, many questions 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

In a review, Publishers Weekly called it “a triumphant fiction debut” and a “pulse-pounding thriller featuring a sympathetic, broken lead character.” Krysten Ritter Spins Her Own Mystery in Her Debut Novel, ‘Bonfire’ 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z

Roger Ebert was far more sympathetic, praising its delicacy, before adding, “Maybe you have to be a little idealistic to even enjoy this movie.” The Week Ahead: June 24 — 30 2012-06-26T05:01:01Z

Robert Storr, the dean of the Yale School of Art, said he was also sympathetic to that perspective. Backers of Yale Italian Paintings Show Lament Loss of ?Eye? 2010-08-04T22:44:00Z

"I think in 'Madam Bovary,' she is not the most sympathetic character," said Arterton, who moved to Paris to learn French before production began. 'Madame Bovary' returns to speak to modern condition in two distinct films 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z

She noted that, in most cases, people are sympathetic. Digital Hygiene in the Zoom Era 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z

Penn and Kaufman don't attempt to downplay or hide this, leaving in exchanges where Ukrainian leaders cite their hope that Americans will listen to a movie star who is sympathetic to their cause. Sean Penn's "Superpower" renews Zelenskyy's relationship with Hollywood to sell the politics of war 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z

“Also, I started working when Chris was in high school, so he’s seen me go through things as a working woman that wouldn’t happen to men. It’s made him sympathetic.” A Feminist Romance, but Not a Radical One 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

I’m instinctively sympathetic to career-salvaging efforts on an artist’s part, which this work is rumored to be. Venice Biennale: Whose Reflection Do You See? 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z

Mr. Harden tries to fathom a cryptic, troubled and not entirely sympathetic young man whose circumstances lend themselves to exaggeration. Books of The Times: ?Escape From Camp 14,? by Blaine Harden 2012-04-11T21:17:16Z

But after hearing her recorded version of the recognition scene from “Elektra,” with Mr. Owens as a robust-voiced, sympathetic Orestes, I yearn to hear her sing the role in a production. On the Disc, Not the Stage 2010-09-03T15:19:00Z

Readers young, old and undead will find a sympathetic hero in Lily, who struggles to be kind to all the parts of herself, especially the sick ones. Scary Novels From Nick Lake, Kenneth Oppel and Roseanne A. Brown 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z

Your sympathetic nervous system—which controls the fight, flight, or freeze response—can get activated by the perceived danger of the situation. Hitting my stack: How yoga helped me understand my trans identity 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z

Patty is also highly sympathetic, but not always the kindest person. "Kevin Can F**k Himself" boss talks finale, future & the ending you didn't see 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z

I am sympathetic, as it happens, with your roommate’s disinterest in her paper mail: Nearly all payments, bills, periodicals and interesting correspondence come to me electronically these days. My Brother Should Get a Prenup, Right? 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

One explanation is that Walt has changed, he’s become Heisenberg, he’s moved beyond sympathetic motivation, he’s truly broken bad. Breaking Bad Watch: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? 2012-08-20T12:00:18Z

I believe him: his script is sharp, sympathetic and beautifully nuanced. When a son of a gun turns into a mother… 2012-05-26T23:05:03Z

"I wouldn't call it a sympathetic portrait," Gates writes, "but it is an empathetic one." The seven best books Bill Gates read in 2015 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z

As the anxious, sympathetic Green investigates, she has the advantage of the “awful clarity” of her newfound but still fragile sobriety. Review | Summer escapes: Five new thrillers and mystery novels offer welcome distraction 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

“Something Ventured,” a film showing in the festival’s “Spotlight Premieres” category, brings something almost as unexpected from the normally critical documentary world: a sympathetic eye for the achievements of big business. Festival Films Have Minimalist Themes 2011-02-02T20:05:23Z

You can see that I am incredibly sympathetic to the family, but I deliberately include their human complexities and contradictions.” ‘The Imposter’ and a Sense of Balance 2012-07-06T14:30:00Z

As a sympathetic neighbor notes, “She was a frighteningly intelligent woman — also a fool.” Review | The story of Europe’s infamous witch trials gets the Monty Python treatment 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z

The filmmaker is sympathetic to the Palestinians but not blind to frustrations that erupt in violence. Oscars 2014: Why The Great Beauty Will Win Best Foreign Language Feature 2014-02-28T14:30:16Z

But this condemnation of Lincoln’s suppressive tactics comes with a sympathetic interpretation of the president’s view that the Union could not be preserved without temporary limits on free speech and a free press. The Never-Ending War Between the White House and the Press 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z

And Ms. Danes continues to deliver an interesting and sympathetic portrayal of a character whose trademark is her lack of humor. Review: A Transfer of Power in ‘Homeland.’ Situation Normal, for Now. 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z

But it is also admirably non-judgmental in its sympathetic portrayal of the Kid, and Banks writes movingly on the loneliness of addiction. Lost Memory of Skin – review 2013-02-08T17:50:01Z

The show’s creators cut out most of Bonnie’s romantic plot arcs and made her a much less sympathetic character than she is in the books. The new 007 is a black woman – don't make her a Bond girl 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z

“This Family of Mine,” Ms. Gotti’s sympathetic portrait of the Gotti brood in book form, was rushed out on the eve of Junior’s trial. Victoria Gotti Is Back in a Big Way on Your Teensy Screens 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

A sympathetic viewer might consider it unfair to make a big deal about the social status of Mr. Fischl’s subjects. Art Review: ?Eric Fischl: Portraits? at Mary Boone Gallery 2012-03-01T23:52:35Z

Yet her end – failing to look before she enters a lift – was so chillingly random that it rendered viewers sympathetic. How Rosalind’s fatal lift plummet marked the death of LA Law 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z

Down with him on solid ground is Sam, sympathetic, helpful and devoted. Gaga in Love With Like Crazy 2011-10-27T22:58:38Z

The video is a bit acid-fried and melancholy and puts Bieber's alienation in a new and — dare we say — sympathetic light? Justin Bieber, Diplo and Skrillex release video for 'Where Are U Now' 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z

In response, there is some sputtering about political correctness and thought police, which tends to be the reaction to even the most judicious and sympathetic acts of feminist criticism. Review: ‘Garry Winogrand’ Pictures an Artist and His World 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

While most of Stewart’s followers on Instagram were sympathetic, others criticized the crafty TV personality over the “sad and avoidable” incident. Martha Stewart’s dogs maul and kill her cat after mistaking the pet ‘for an interloper’ 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z

“Her voice whispers breathily, swells right up to the verge of tearfulness and then gracefully backs away, ever sympathetic and ever poised.” Pop, Rock & Cabaret Listings for July 18-24 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

Faigman believes it is because forensic evidence is predominantly offered by prosecutors, and most judges are either former prosecutors or certainly sympathetic to their needs. Can we predict a wrongful conviction? 2012-09-09T14:00:00Z

It’s a strange, complex role: sympathetic in a way, but asking your wife’s permission for an affair is curious. Beyond the negroni: Stanley Tucci's 20 best films – ranked! 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z

The story’s most sympathetic character is Lee, constantly competing with her sister and unable to stay the course in the many projects she mounted. Review | Hear it to believe it: The audio version of Tana French ‘Faithful Place’ is perfect 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z

But let me float another idea for you to consider: Instead of swooping in to fix your girlfriend’s problems, offer a sympathetic ear first. Should I Bankroll My New, Socially Distant Girlfriend? 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z

Actually that’s not true — I am more sympathetic, just not any more interested in her continuing struggle. 'Gotham' Recap: Gordon and Falcone Fight Back 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z

But undeniably, the lovers' sympathetic immediacy is part of the novel's wide appeal. Madeline Miller's faithful approach to Homer was key to her Orange prize win 2012-06-01T08:44:31Z

It’s a book that puts the reflexive anti-Americanism of North Korea’s leaders into sympathetic historical context. Books of The Times: Bruce Cumings?s ?Korean War,? Corrective on Conflict 2010-07-21T21:41:00Z

These vignettes are connected by excerpts from an interview with a sympathetic Sarah Silverman. Review: ‘Punching Henry,’ a Nice Guy Who’s Just Asking for It 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

And it’s also no surprise that with someone like Moonves at the top, the network’s corporate culture isn’t very sympathetic to women like Goldman. Perspective | Amid misogyny and alleged abuse, it’s a constant struggle for women in network TV 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

He draws a sharp distinction between the sympathetic British treatment of native people in the territory and the land-hungry "Bostons," the Chinook name for Americans. 'The Bitter Waters of Medicine Creek': Western Washington's Indian wars 2011-03-05T00:28:40Z

Weatherall's quest hints at possible darkness, but in the end nudges us to consider Bush in a kindler, gentler and more sympathetic light. Review | What was George W. Bush really like? A novelist whips up a campy portrait. 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

Rafferty is probably more sympathetic to Brady because she has had personal dealings with him over a period of almost a decade. Myra Hindley: a new chapter 2012-06-19T19:29:01Z

Indeed it is, until you realise that its sympathetic approach to such subject matter placed it in a category of one. Radio: Esther Waters, a gripping play about a Victorian girl's fight for survival 2013-03-09T06:00:06Z

In another letter, he wrote, “I have never been so sympathetic to any cause as I am to these poor innocent people who are suffering untold agony without having done any wrong whatsoever.” Unlike His Peers, a Studio Chief Saved Jews From the Nazis 2014-04-11T12:00:02Z

With nearly 50,000 buyers every month, it's actually making a profit – largely because it's tart but not truculent, sympathetic but not sentimental, caustic rather than cosy. Simon Hoggart's week: how tickled we are, missus 2012-07-20T16:44:08Z

A widely praised film about a wayward media mogul — with genius galore, but no central sympathetic character — was up against a sentimental, well-wrought family drama set in the U.K. After SAG Awards, Why Oscar-Winner Guessing Game Is Over 2011-02-21T14:05:00Z

As hard as “Twin Spirits” works to build a sympathetic audience for the Schumanns, in the first two-thirds of the piece, the music — the point of Schumann, after all — is too often incidental. Music Review: Sting and Trudy Styler as Robert and Clara Schumann 2010-07-01T18:13:00Z

Determined to tell the truth about Spain, at the same time he was sympathetic to the Left Book Club line that in the age of the masses the truth was impossible: The war that made Orwell 2014-01-11T15:00:00Z

Responding, Todd Lehmacher, a US Airways spokesman, wrote in an e-mail, “We are sympathetic to families traveling together and make every effort to accommodate their request.” Flying With Children: the Bad and the Worse 2011-11-04T18:52:26Z

That its Palestinian terrorists are humanized and sympathetic, while its Jews can be read as slight and self-pitying, has outraged many listeners. Music Review: ?Klinghoffer? Returns, to Be Debated Anew 2011-06-17T22:32:42Z

But he rallied and turned it into something of a public-relations victory, issuing a new song and appearing on "The View" where he found a sympathetic reception. CMT honors 5 top country stars; Hank Jr. pulls out 2011-11-30T10:31:05Z

He said, memorably: “As someone sympathetic once said of my reviews, ‘It’s an invectorium.’” Harold Bloom, a Prolific Giant and Perhaps the Last of a Kind 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z

A friend asked if her parents could use the apartment for one night under very sympathetic circumstances. How Do I Tell My Neighbor to Stop Tending to My Lawn? 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z

It is also more sympathetic to Cohn than either Cohn’s reputation or the familial animosity would suggest. ‘Bully. Coward. Victim.’ Review: The Paradox of Roy Cohn 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

On the surface, these offenders seem unassuming and sympathetic. Review: ‘Pervert Park’ Presents Sex Offenders in Their Own Words 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

Since anything and everything can happen in the berserk world of “Caught,” none of the suspense carries much weight, and no character has time to become particularly sympathetic. Books of The Times: Caught - By Harlan Coben - Never Look Away - By Linwood Barclay - Mom and Pop Thrillers 2010-03-25T22:42:00Z

Photograph: Alamy The duo added sympathetic characters to all the effluvia. Movie 43: a gross-out workout 2013-01-18T15:00:00Z

Monroe’s soft-spoken manner and resilience make her a sympathetic center amid all the story’s ups and downs, which include being judged by others for staying too long with her abusive boyfriend. Tubi Is Rewriting the Rules of Black Indie Movies (for Free) 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z

I kept wanting to be sympathetic, but when they interviewed the poor little things, their agenda was simply: “We’re going to protest!” Talk: Peter Marino Likes Playing Bad Cop 2012-03-09T20:36:00Z

I confess to feeling mostly sympathetic, and a little bit startled by this sense of resignation. For a Former Addict, Recovery Brings Only Temporary Relief 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z

“Certain words in a certain specific order” — isn’t this what fiction is, a way to tell a story so that the person becomes sympathetic, legible, forgivable? “Breaking Bad’s” hell on earth 2012-07-15T14:30:00Z

“I was very lucky to have a loving and caring and sympathetic mother and not a stage mother,” he told The Associated Press in 1989. Dean Stockwell of ‘Quantum Leap,’ ‘Blue Velvet’ dies at 85 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z

Did Neeson assume that a certain audience for this interview would be sympathetic, or even find his anecdote relatable? Liam Neeson's "black b**tard" revenge fantasy and racism's violent truths 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

As a journalist, I am sympathetic to, and tempted by, the impulse to record. The Travel Selfie: I Was Here, Give Me a Discount 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

Expelled from school three times, Morton discovered her acting skills when a sympathetic teacher encourage her to audition for a drama workshop run by Central TV. Samantha Morton apologises on radio for knife threat to girl when she was 14 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z

Despite being a hitman in the film, Affleck's character is a sympathetic figure, said Cynthia Addai-Robinson, who plays a government employee tracking Wolff's criminal ties. Ben Affleck delves into intricacies of autism for 'Accountant' role 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z

It features an appealing menagerie of puppets, including a very sympathetic grey-and-white pussycat called Jennifer and a bat who is good on the euphonium. The House Where Winter Lives; Hansel and Gretel; Pinocchio – review 2012-12-30T00:06:25Z

Much like every role McKean plays, Chuck is a study in complexity and nuance — a ruthless legal powerhouse and a mentally ill shut-in, a sympathetic figure and a cruel betrayer. Michael McKean: “Better Call Saul” is about “the American escape hatch instead of the American dream” 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z

It’s that ruthlessness that is otherwise missing here, and also in other basically sympathetic portraits of literary artists. Onstage, the Pen Is Usually Duller Than the Sword 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z

The two of them are in perfect harmony – which, considering the extent to which time and cigarettes have wrought havoc on Faithfull's voice, says much for how sympathetic an accompanist Frisell is. Marianne Faithfull/Bill Frisell – review 2013-06-24T17:20:25Z

He was a lot of things when he tried to rob that bank, as this sympathetic documentary makes clear, including a man in love. Movie Review: ‘The Dog’ 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

Sad, confused, sullen, she gets Velázquez's sympathetic insights along with his observations of her jowly Hapsburg features. The 10 best portraits of queens 2012-06-02T23:06:01Z

Her voice sounds both guileless and cutting; she can be tough, sympathetic, vulnerable or brusque, bouncing syncopated syllables against tracks that often stay cannily unadorned. Pop and Jazz Fall Preview: 70 Albums, Shows and Festivals 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

Here all are human, with very real, and very sympathetic expressions. In Transit Blog: Woven Stories of War in Washington 2011-09-23T18:01:30Z

Who is, of course, not really human, but rather more than human in a glowing, otherworldly, endlessly sympathetic way. Movie Review: ‘The Odd Life of Timothy Green,’ Starring Jennifer Garner 2012-08-14T22:10:05Z

The understanding Nottingham social services comes out of the story well, as does the indefatigable Margaret's sympathetic husband and young children. Oranges and Sunshine ? review 2011-04-02T23:09:00Z

In this cycle, nature becomes a sympathetic go-between for two lovers separated by distance, with the forest, clouds and streams carrying the poet’s missives. Review: ‘Book of Hanging Gardens,’ Sung by Christian Gerhaher 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z

Mr. Jackson, an adept and sympathetic interviewer, engaged both artists in conversation onstage, without knocking the performances off balance. Music Review: Derrick Hodge and Aaron Parks at 92YTriBeCa - Review 2011-10-28T23:42:57Z

Though the tourists she speaks to are generally sympathetic to the Sherpas, there are a few moments when their frustration reveals attitudes that are a little discomforting. On strike at 8,848 metres: Sherpa and the story of an Everest revolution 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z

The larger point of the kidnapping caper, however, was to set up a simpler, more sympathetic plot: Jane’s struggle to adjust to motherhood. ‘Jane the Virgin’ Season 2 Premiere Recap: ‘Chapter Twenty-Three’ 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z

In the finale the lines are there, all right, readily apparent and needing only a sympathetic interpreter to let them breathe and expand. Music Review: Mahler?s Third, Whimsy-Free Version 2011-02-27T22:42:49Z

Despite such extreme moments, Roy ended the film not as a villain but as a sympathetic creature tormented by his own mortality. Rutger Hauer obituary 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z

It's a loaded question, seeing as the entire point that Mitch's arc this season sloppily seems to make is that "canceled" people are still people, and can even be good, sympathetic people. "The Morning Show” and making sense of Mitch and Alex's wild ride in Italy 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z

He is alternately sympathetic and less so; in some episodes about childhood he is the bully and in others the victim — but he talks about both experiences with a kind of understated, exploratory openness. Caveh Zahedi Has So Many Stories to Tell 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z

So this time Westwick is really, truly bad—not just a smug but ultimately sympathetic jerk. Chace Crawford and Ed Westwick Are Both Coming Back to Television 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z

This was real danger in a land where, if there was a suggestion you were sympathetic to one of the most famous living traitors, your whole life was at hazard. The way we left Cuba 2012-12-31T18:00:00Z

Owen, who manages the park, is the more sympathetic of the two surrogate fathers who dominate Duncan’s days and fight, implicitly, for his young soul. Movie Review: ‘The Way, Way Back,’ From Nat Faxon and Jim Rash 2013-07-04T12:00:44Z

They needed to be sympathetic characters, though, for people to want to root for them. "The Misfits:" British superheroes just want to be teens 2011-08-11T22:12:00Z

It’s tempered by very real, sympathetic characters struggling to find meaning in themselves and in their mission. Best science fiction and fantasy books in August 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z

If you’re prone to sympathetic vomiting, you’ll want a smock, too, because most of what the inebriated narrator does in this novel is vomit. Review | James Frey’s ‘Katerina’ is a million little pieces of narcissism and may be the worst novel of the year 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

Chemicals associated with the sympathetic nervous system begin to take over. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z

But letters to the board, and interviews with people sympathetic to both camps who were granted anonymity to discuss a matter that is under investigation, provided a fuller, but still incomplete, account of the dispute. Carnegie Hall Faces Internal Strife Ahead of Anniversary Season 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z

I felt very sympathetic, because I was picked on in high school, I guess. ‘Impeachment’ Focuses on the Women Behind Clinton’s Scandals 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z

What Would Beyoncé Do? introduces Omielan at 30: professionally unfulfilled, devastated by a breakup and more jealous than sympathetic when a family member attempts suicide at Christmas. Luisa Omielan: destiny's comic 2013-07-29T18:29:00Z

The show’s creators — and even Ness — appear to view the enterprising ex-policeman as less sympathetic than the aging mob boss he targets. ‘The Untouchables’ TV Series: Old-School Gangster Trapping 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z

Mr. Dargel was tasked with writing for string quartet, surrounding his new creation with sympathetic pieces by other composers and linking it all to one of the museum’s exhibitions. Music Review: Fragments of Egyptian Statuary Set Stage for Songs of Fragmentation 2011-01-24T22:37:30Z

Are Artie Bucco's attempts to stay on the straight and narrow among his mobster buddies any more or less sympathetic than Poot being one of the rare hoppers who manages to escape the game? The Wire re-up: season five, episode seven ? The Wire v The Sopranos 2010-03-29T23:15:00Z

There he announced himself to be trying to develop “an intermediate position that is sympathetic and skeptical at once.” Two Views of the Tumult on American Campuses 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z

As this smart and sympathetic profile shows, Dock Ellis didn’t need a no-hitter, stoned or otherwise, to define himself; he was his own best work. ‘No No: A Dockumentary’ Looks at Dock Ellis 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

If your boss is not sympathetic, you will have to create a daily stopping point for yourself. My Sister Is Being Bullied at School. Should I Intervene? 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z

It does not have a single sympathetic character, and every philosophical principle seems to be contradicted by another. Review: Shakespeare Meets Elevator Repair Service. Mayhem Ensues. 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z

What follows is a picture of the struggle by Deans and the diva's sympathetic gay pianist to get her through the season. End of the Rainbow - review 2010-11-23T01:04:00Z

Damien Hirst, Thomas Demand and Robert Gober, artists who have worked with her for years, say she is sympathetic to the trials that go with their work, given her experience designing fashion. The Prada Foundation’s New Arts Complex in Milan 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z

His fine, reverberating consciousness sets off a corresponding reverberation in the sympathetic reader, who can’t help but admire the way Italy liberates an appetite for sensual experience in this most cerebral of authors. Tuscany as Henry James Knew It 2010-06-24T20:43:00Z

Mr. Cranston managed to keep Walter sympathetic through sheer force of personality. Television: Sustaining a Crisis Into Three Seasons on ?Breaking Bad? 2010-03-18T22:44:00Z

Fair enough, but the sympathetic version of the list in full is actually hurt, sad, confused and immature. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: He was hesitant about marriage — until she moved out 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z

Who writes such books any more and who still reads, with any sympathetic interest in their theological implications, the earlier novels of this kind? Notes From the Book Review Archives 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z

Despite the risk of making such a provocative film, Gharavi was able to find a sympathetic producer who gave her the connections to make the Iran shoot possible. I Am Nasrine director Tina Gharavi: 'The British public has been hijacked' 2013-02-08T17:27:05Z

Indeed, Hunt and Liddy are portrayed as being slightly pathetic, but also sympathetic, if in a bumbling kind of way. ‘White House Plumbers’ Revisits the Fringes of Watergate 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z

“It was the first time I read a script where the Muslim character was sympathetic and at the heart of the movie,” Rahim said. Tahar Rahim breaks out in Guantanamo drama ‘The Mauritanian’ 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z

Expressive, with a soft and sympathetic upper range, he was also at times less steady and assured at full voice — unable to match the quaking turmoil of “Und siehe da” following Jesus’s death. Review: A ‘St. Matthew Passion’ Balances Grandeur and Calm 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z

Another account, paints a more sympathetic picture of Galliano, and has the designer criticizing the woman’s handbag after she had called him ugly. T Magazine: John Galliano Suspended From Dior 2011-02-25T15:53:22Z

Mr Menoret’s sympathetic study of this enduring subculture is both fascinating and disturbing. Fast and furious 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

Bob, for instance, is endearing and sympathetic and claims, “I was the ordinariest of slaves,” but his speech frequently rings with a kind of well-educated, modern-day eloquence that sounds anachronistic: ‘Free Men’ review: A dark mystery, a gruesome crime, a relentless chase 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z

And if you still feel sympathetic to Wanda as she makes mincemeat of our heroes, it’s because of Olsen’s efforts to ground the character in something that feels specific and intimate. How Elizabeth Olsen Came Into Her Powers 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z

But if the push was angry or deliberate enough to require more than a gentle correction, then approach the parents as a sympathetic fellow parent who knows that toddlers do toddler things. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Toddlers will be toddlers 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

When Mitchell first documented her accident, on 31 July, her followers were largely sympathetic. The mystery of the influencer and the Instagrammed motorcycle accident 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

Ms. Mirren’s portrayal of this sometimes fearsome woman who doesn’t suffer fools is ultimately sympathetic; her chilly reserve and aristocratic manners camouflage a reservoir of feeling. Review: ‘Woman in Gold’ Stars Helen Mirren in Tug of War Over Artwork 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

In the series, Hanks plays a familiar morally upright, sympathetic and occasionally hapless police officer named Gus Grimly. Colin Hanks hopes to finally break Mr. Nice Guy mold with 'Fargo' 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z

But August is unquestionably a sympathetic character, and an endless source of fun, inventiveness, tall tales and generosity. Carsten Jensen's top 10 seafaring tales 2010-04-14T11:04:00Z

As a tall guy, I’m sympathetic to these passengers. Perspective | Why tall passengers hate air travel, and what they’re doing about it 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z

The presence of a sympathetic performer like Watts, though, eases doubts even as it deepens the stakes. ‘Infinite Storm’ Review: Climb Every Mountain, Ford Every Extreme 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z

He’s more sympathetic—and apparently more vulnerable—in this forum: “Their communication feels much more intimate than the communication they exchanged when the woman was herself.” Mary South on Content Moderation and Trauma 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z

The "sympathetic nervous system," he said, "has been out of control right now, unleashing cytokines, compromising the immune system, and increasing the levels of cortisol" in the body. Deepak Chopra's urgent message: We need to start a 'pandemic of joy' 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z

A stylish and well-informed writer, Thompson brings a snobbishness of her own to her sympathetic account of Mitford’s life. The Arbiter of Aristocracy: And No, It’s Not Downton’s Dowager 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

It’s an excruciating game of cat and mouse, all the more gripping because the reader may find the stalking cop unexpectedly sympathetic. Review: Richard Price’s new novel, ‘The Whites’ 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z

The basis of any real band is the personalities more than technical talent: The Clash had personalities which were conflicted and sympathetic at the same time. Julien Temple on The Clash and punk 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z

Each of these women, in Mr. Kobek’s hands, is interesting and sympathetic. Review: When the Digital World Is Judging Your Every Thought 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z

Increased historical rigor may explain why his portrayal of Nixon’s life was deemed judicious by comparison, and even why, to the great chagrin of his liberal fans, “W.” was judged a sympathetic portrayal of Bush. Oliver Stone Rewrites History — Again 2012-11-25T03:37:22Z

Jo Firestone, a New York-based comedian, expressed a similar desire to skip big parties this year and watch the returns with a few sympathetic pals. The Worst Party of the Year? Election Night 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

In an interview published on Thursday he complained to Izvestia newspaper, which is sympathetic to the Kremlin, that "Leviathan" had no positive characters. Oscar-nominated 'Leviathan' ruffles feathers in Russia 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

Rapp's seesaw script alternates genuinely sympathetic moments of human yearning, grief and despair with melodramatic plotting. Last part of Adam Rapp's trilogy is often tedious 2011-02-25T18:06:15Z

Shakespeare’s depiction of Shylock might have seemed uncommonly sympathetic in the 1590s, but today it comes across as baldly anti-Semitic. The election is on everyone's mind as SCR presents 'All the Way' and 'District Merchants' 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

Earlier this year, photographs of Sarkozy relaxing on a beach with the heavily pregnant yet glowing Bruni showed a tender, sympathetic side to the conservative president. France counts down the days for Bruni-Sarkozy baby 2011-10-11T12:48:26Z

Yet Williams was also capable of more nuanced work, receiving a best supporting actor Oscar for playing a sympathetic yet troubled psychologist who comes to Matt Damon's aid in 1997's Good Will Hunting. Obituary: Robin Williams 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

Even so, it’s a good story, one that reveals the complicated history of the post-bellum South, a world that included brave freedmen, occasionally sympathetic white men and genuine commitment to law and order. Puncturing the Allure of Robert E. Lee, and Other Civil War-Era Histories 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z

The piece is directed with a goofy, sympathetic sense of fun by Billy Hopkins. | Summer Shorts 5 : It Takes a Headless Lady to Cause New Yorkers to Stop 2011-08-21T22:22:34Z

From the most sympathetic angle, Joffrey is the nightmare-inducing result of helicopter parenting gone not just wrong, but psychotic. “Game of Thrones’” overstuffed finale 2012-06-04T15:26:00Z

A sad reality, enliven in the books by wonderful and sympathetic characters. World literature tour: Indonesia 2011-07-18T11:22:40Z

A common response in some social media circles, and to which I’m sympathetic, is that it’s not our problem. Perspective | So, what should we do with the Kyle Kashuvs of this world? 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z

Lamar has previously proved himself to be a sympathetic observer of female experience, and of the ways in which, for women, the pressures of home and street can intersect. Kendrick Lamar’s Capacious New Record 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z

At the Stone on Monday, Garth Knox breathes new life into an old instrument, the viola d’amore, whose sympathetic strings resonate even as they remain untouched by the bow. A Verdant Treat, and a Period Viola 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z

"After that, she was much more complex, more interesting and sympathetic." Frozen-mania: how Elsa, Anna and Olaf conquered the world 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z

It’s also a book about a sympathetic and complicated genius you’d die to spend time with. Diderot Was Way Ahead of His Time — and He Knew It 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z

Her cohort in this kind of triumph was a sympathetic conductor, James Conlon, who assertively balanced Strauss’ domineering orchestra against a lone soprano. L.A. Opera's 30-year-old 'Salome' is back, and not a kid anymore 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

The other strings vibrate with sympathetic overtones, forming a halo over every note. 100 Years After Debussy’s Death, He Remains the First ‘Modern’ Composer 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z

There are softly chiming gongs and ethereal winds, lyrical and sinuous strings and sympathetic, Romantic orchestral surges. Music Review: On the Internet, Nobody Knows You?re a Youngster With Issues 2011-06-30T20:57:46Z

His oppressed wife is more sympathetic but totally ineffectual. Mary Broome ? review 2011-03-21T18:27:12Z

Such sympathetic treatment is rarely extended to invented ones, who are typically objects of ridicule or loathing in comedies of different degrees of blackness. Who would want to be an author in film? 2012-02-09T18:28:20Z

Eastwood might have cast her as the monster in his horror show, but Walter subverted that impulse to deliver a performance touched by vulnerability and the sympathetic spark of mutual understanding. Jessica Walter and George Segal personified a time when movies grew up 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z

This detour from mocking to justifying dad humor is short, but filling in this caricature with a sympathetic motivation introduces an unusual twist in sketch comedy: heart. Critic?s Notebook: Harvard Sailing Team Breathes New Life Into Sketch Comedy 2012-01-30T21:58:14Z

Elizabeth Banks, as a sympathetic police psychologist, co-stars. New DVDs | 'Man on a Ledge,' 'Goon,' 'Coriolanus' 2012-05-25T22:14:08Z

Hochheiser said that cross-examination can backfire for the defense if it makes the witness appear sympathetic to the jury. Weinstein rape trial shows #MeToo accusers should prepare for courtroom grilling 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z

They shone a wry but sympathetic light on to a world which his new audience had then experienced only through the cold war they saw on the news. Witold Starecki obituary 2011-08-08T16:41:24Z

A sympathetic uncle gives him $500 to study art abroad and he’s gone. Always Leave Them Smiling: The Art of Al Hirschfeld 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z

So I think people are starting to feel a little more sympathetic towards her I hope. Sophie Turner on Defending Sansa Stark and Her Surprising Dream Role 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

Mr. Zhao’s camera is a stubborn, patient witness to some shocking scenes of bullying and intimidation, and he also offers a sympathetic ear to the ordinary people whose government hardly seems to care. | ?Petition?: In China, You Can?t Fight City Hall 2011-01-14T00:04:43Z

These films mock an unjust system but are also sympathetic to those who make compromises inside it. Critic’s Notebook: A Richard Pryor Retrospective, ‘A Pryor Engagement,’ at BAM 2013-02-05T23:21:42Z

To a sympathetic observer, the lack of campaigning films in Attenborough’s oeuvre might look like a canny political calculation about the most effective way to shift popular opinion over the long-term. The real David Attenborough 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z

In 1915, The Birth of a Nation celebrated America's reconstruction after the Civil War with African-Americans played by white actors in blackface, together with a sympathetic attitude to the Ku Klux Klan. Attempting the Impossible: why does western cinema whitewash Asian stories? 2013-01-02T13:48:00Z

O’Connor can make lyrics like these sound sympathetic, righteous. Listen to Sinéad O’Connor 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z

A review in The Guardian called it “a flawed attempt to reclaim the narrative” that is “by turns sympathetic and absurd.” Prince Harry’s Memoir Has Record Breaking Sales 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z

That globe-spanning ambition could easily have dissipated the novel’s focus, but Alderman keeps her story grounded in the lives of four characters who are usually sympathetic, sometimes reprehensible: ‘The Power’ is our era’s ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z

Mix lent the uneducated and defeated Milcolm, despite his crackpot political tirades, an air of sympathetic vulnerability. Review | UrbanArias turns conspiracy theory into opera 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z

They also targeted the whole Airport disaster movie franchise, and snagged a powerful, sympathetic producer at Paramount, Howard W Koch, who had once headed the studio and lent heft in casting roles. Airplane at 30! The ride of their lives 2010-08-22T20:30:00Z

Ms. Atik’s sympathetic distillations of their questions and worries and factoids are lovely. Review: In Centuries-Spanning ‘Bump,’ It’s Always Labor Day 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z

A sympathetic partner, he mustered robust climaxes but never overplayed. Music Review: Steven Isserlis at the 92nd Street Y 2013-01-28T22:31:28Z

In London’s sympathetic news media, Mr. King’s feud has been framed as a classic David-and-Goliath tale. The ‘Consummate’ London Restaurateur Is Briskly Shown the Exit 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z

The stories here, about people who drink and flirt too much, and suffer afternoon hangovers of regret, come from lived experience but also show a wry and sympathetic understanding. The Eavesdropper’s Secret: On John O’Hara 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

Cecily Strong is wonderful as the sympathetic but psychotic loser at its center, and things get even better when Aidy Bryant shows up as her monstrous mother and pulls everything into full-blown southern Gothic territory. Saturday Night Live: the 10 best sketches from the 44th season 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z

But as authors wrote sympathetic or at least humanizing books about Milligan, his alleged victims – including three young women and very possibly several male murder victims – vanished from the narrative. "Monsters Inside" examines how a criminal's claims of dissociative identity disorder made him a star 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

There’s something authentically Greek, something primordially visionary and speculative, in Lee’s imaginative, profoundly sympathetic approach—and that, too, risks becoming a source of misunderstanding. Spike Lee’s Necessary, Overwhelming “Chi-Raq” 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

“I’ve always been very sensitive and sympathetic to artists or creative people and they sense that,” she said. | Snapshots from Spoleto, the Ultimate Arts Festival 2013-07-25T18:45:05Z

“We therefore thought she would be sympathetic to our message.” Michele Bachmann and the Making of an Acolyte 2011-09-23T21:25:59Z

His books offer sympathetic portrayals of officials struggling – and often failing – to maintain integrity. Wang Xiaofang exposes world of Chinese bureaucracy 2011-02-25T19:19:44Z

These details arrive in Adam Begley’s “Updike,” a sympathetic new biography that’s the first but unlikely to be the last of this great American writer — the great American writer, in many regards. Books of The Times: ‘Updike,’ Adam Begley’s Look at a Novelist’s Career 2014-04-08T17:28:46Z

Lake’s spare yet sympathetic writing doesn’t shy away from big questions. Scary Novels From Nick Lake, Kenneth Oppel and Roseanne A. Brown 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z

Displaying its own media savvy, Jack is sympathetic to Kevorkian but not polemical. Movie Review: Pacino as Dr. Death 2010-04-15T15:36:00Z

The world evoked by Strömholm’s pictures is insular and sweetly intimate and deeply sympathetic. Art Review: Christer Strömholm at International Center of Photography 2012-06-21T21:06:23Z

"And what does that actually mean? What is the experience looking at that from the inside? I wanted to make something that was inside-out, that was also light-hearted and sympathetic toward that experience." New series "Strut" normalizes sex work with a group of friends who start an escorting agency 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z

Even Bankson, so sympathetic to her cause, wonders, “When only one person is the expert on a particular people, do we learn more about the people or the anthropologist when we read the analysis?” ‘Euphoria,’ a novel based on Margaret Mead, by Lily King

First of all, I now feel far less sympathetic towards Elliot and more sorry for him. ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 2 Finale: Fade to Black 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

The film’s most daring move is not so much its premise but that neither Sarah nor her double are sympathetic — Gillan plays both with brusque exasperation and no-filter frankness. Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z

It’s set in Europe during World War II and features a sympathetic young Nazi. Anthony’s Doerr’s ‘All the Light We Cannot See’ Hits It Big 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z

And so, right there by the guard station, just by lending Malcolm a sympathetic ear, I literally got in on the ground floor. Where do art and the humanities belong? David Kipen on the new American Writers Museum 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z

With a flag pin in his lapel and a silver tie to match his silver hair, Obama fixes the camera with that familiar sober, sympathetic gaze. Can Obama’s Hope Sway the French Election? 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z

In throwing away his son’s insulin to show his trust in God, Mr. Parker certainly employed bad judgment; he and his wife deserved more than the probation they were given by a sympathetic judge. Review: ‘Bad Faith,’ a Dr. Paul A. Offit Book on Religion and Modern Medicine 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z

Camus was sympathetic to the cause of Muslim rights. Algiers: a city where France is the promised land – and still the enemy 2013-01-27T00:06:03Z

Unlike Richard Bean, who authored The Heretic, its writers seemed receptive and sympathetic to the idea of human impact on the environment, even as they felt duty-bound to occasionally introduce an oppositional voice. The Living Newspaper: America's rapid-response drama 2011-03-28T16:56:16Z

He began to find redemption with a sympathetic role in Tucker: The Man and his Dream, the 1988 Francis Ford Coppola film that garnered Landau his first Oscar nomination. Oscar-Winning Actor Martin Landau Dies at 89 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z

In taking on the figure of the alienated assassin, they found much in him that resembled themselves; both the film's makers and its audience were horrified and sympathetic, repelled and complicit. Assassination at the movies 2012-10-04T07:00:02Z

The very threat of these and other reprisals is often enough to deter victims from seeking redress from a legal system that is not exactly sympathetic to their claims in the first place. Is the Egyptian state using sexual torture against women? 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z

Eddie may start out as a figure of repugnant chauvinism, but he emerges as a sympathetic victim, trapped in a macho archetype that serves him ill. Before 'La La Land' and 'Dear Evan Hansen' there was 'Dogfight' 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

“I’m sympathetic to both sides” in the San Francisco dispute, said Andrew Bales, president of Symphony Silicon Valley. San Francisco Symphony cancels concerts, tour during strike 2013-03-19T05:21:40Z

Beautifully supported by Elder's sympathetic accompaniment, Hope played it with restrained refinement. LSO/Elder 2010-06-14T21:31:00Z

Adam, reeling from grief, finds distraction in studying Spanish and a sympathetic companion in Cariño. ‘Language Lessons’ Review: Who’s Zooming Who? 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

There’s a school of thought, one I have long been sympathetic to, that believes that stand-up without a live audience isn’t stand-up at all. Does a Comedian Really Need an Audience? 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z

Depending on local conditions, confiding in a sympathetic teacher or counselor may help. My Son Is Being Bullied, and I Don’t Know What to Do 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

When information about a particularly important stand at Tenmile was suppressed, our neighbor Paul got an accurate map to a sympathetic board member, and she was able to block its sale. The fight to save our off-the-grid forest home 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z

Farrell's intelligence and maturity as an actor is why he can make this not-too-bright man sympathetic and pathetic. Colin Farrell's best, most quietly smoldering roles, from "Banshees of Inisherin" to "Phone Booth" 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z

The acting is so good, the characters so sympathetic, the story line so compelling and heartbreaking. ‘The Night Of’ Season 1, Episode 7: A Test of Faith 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z

So I was less than sympathetic and more than a little impatient. What I cooked for dinner when the doctors told me my husband was going to die 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z

“Any portrayal of someone in the priesthood or a religious order that is nuanced, complex and sympathetic is a welcome surprise.” In ‘Living Biblically,’ a Man Teeters Down the Straight and Narrow Path 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z

Frances’s circumstances often seem to be at war with her sense of entitlement, the idea, no doubt carefully nurtured by sympathetic parents and progressive schools, that her specialness makes her immune to failure. Movie Review: ‘Frances Ha,’ With Greta Gerwig 2013-05-16T21:27:33Z

The decision to have one particularly sympathetic character’s death take place off screen, unusual in a show that emphasizes numbingly graphic killing, is an easy sign that the person will reappear. Haven’t Watched ‘Squid Game’? Here’s What You’re Not Missing. 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

Cora is such a sympathetic character and her survival is so constantly threatened that the story charges along with incredible power. Oprah’s book club pick: ‘The Underground Railroad,’ by Colson Whitehead 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z

Among a uniformly outstanding cast, Christopher Magiera, a handsome baritone, stands out as a warm, brave and sympathetic Captain. Music Review: ?Klinghoffer? Returns, to Be Debated Anew 2011-06-17T22:32:42Z

Unsparing as Hu’s anatomy of moral drift may be, there is something graceful in his sympathetic attention to lives defined almost entirely by disappointment and diminished hope. ‘An Elephant Sitting Still’ Review: Bleak, Graceful Realism 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z

The more or less good guys and the more or less bad guys often share a joking camaraderie, and everyone is sympathetic in some degree, however small. Television Review | 'Justified': On FX, an Elmore Leonard Lawman in Kentucky 2010-03-15T21:40:00Z

In “Burning Bridges,” she watches, sympathetic but helpless, as a friend careens toward self-destruction. New Albums From Lucinda Williams and Christopher Owens 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z

“I have encouraged the president to reach out to media beyond Fox News and sympathetic conservative media,” said Christopher Ruddy, a Trump friend and the chief executive of the conservative Newsmax media company. After Putin summit, Trump once again anoints Fox as favored network 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z

Carlson’s commentary drew an angry response online because it was seen as sympathetic to Rittenhouse or offering justification for murder. Fox’s Tucker Carlson takes heat for Kenosha commentary 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z

I was curious if you think having faced the fear of having to pack your knives and go will make you a more sympathetic judge? "We'll all get there together": Chef Edward Lee on restaurants' resiliency and #MeToo in the kitchen 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z

I don’t get it and am tired of making generic sympathetic comments. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Does moving out have to be the end for a couple, or can it be a beginning? 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z

“In a Better World” affirms the modern version of this faith — human rights abroad, therapy and wholesome food at home — by subjecting it to a sympathetic critique. | 'In a Better World': A Do-Gooder Vision Clouded by Blind Spots 2011-03-31T22:22:34Z

Throughout the interview, Obama came across as sympathetic, wise, well-meaning, dispassionate. “WTF” with Barack Obama 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

Child psychologist Laverne Antrobus is a sympathetic guide to what autism does inside a person's head, and inside their family's home. TV highlights 13/08/2012 2012-08-12T18:59:01Z

It's not that Gaylors are spies uncovering a secret Swift wants hidden, but rather that Swift is trying to communicate her queerness to and only to a sympathetic audience capable of piecing together her hints. How Gaylor Swift conspiracists think like QAnoners 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z

Lest there be a similar misunderstanding that “Marsh u Nebuttya” is sympathetic to Nazism, I examined a copy of the score. An Argument for Hearing a Work With a Nazi Reference 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

He flayed “folks on the left” who “view her as some sort of sympathetic figure — the pretty princess in the tower locked up by the orange ogre with the bad comb-over.” In New York, searching for the reclusive and elusive Melania Trump 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z

It’s a fascinating topic and, like Ms. Li and Ms. Jun, unsteady yet sympathetic, the movie’s real draw. | 'Snow Flower and the Secret Fan': Ties That Bind: Life-Sustaining Friendships Transcending Life?s Brutalities 2011-07-14T23:41:45Z

It’s not easy to make such a bureaucratic monster sympathetic, but by plumbing Zeiger’s existential crisis, Hofmann manages to reach his essential humanity. Review | ‘The Standardization of Demoralization Procedures’ is a story that John le Carré might have written for ‘The Twilight Zone’ 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z

“When you speak with someone face to face, you tend to be more sympathetic,” he said. Documentaries Have a Celebrity Moment 2010-06-23T22:07:00Z

As her sympathetic neighbor and her children work to discredit the claims, her story becomes a broader — and often very funny — examination of the “destructive power of rumor.” 15 New Books Coming in June 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z

Thornton won a Golden Globe for his performance in Season 1, and he’s just as good this go-round — wily and shockingly sympathetic for someone who’s a lowlife and a drunk. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

Here are two nice examples: You feel sympathetic to the underlying feeling, but – honestly! – what total cod. Reading is overrated 2011-02-17T15:48:22Z

I said, “An actor has to walk in other people’s shoes and live in other people’s skins. This does tend to make us more sympathetic to politics that are more tolerant.” Barbra Streisand Can Hear Herself Again 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z

You have to articulate where you’re coming from, at the same time feeling respectful and empathic and sympathetic to the other person’s grievance. Fran Drescher reveals the role she turned down out of principle: "Who am I if not my word?" 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z

She was a sympathetic character at first, unable to get past the loss of her child, but eventually was revealed to be manipulative as well. Showtime’s ‘The Affair’ Expands Its Points of View 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z

But not all the actors thrive under this sympathetic and ultimately mawkish approach: Mr. Pang is a neat sketch in hypocrisy, but Ms. Tan’s calamitous Michelle just never adds up. Review: In ‘Unlucky Plaza,’ a Comic Hostage Crisis via Tabloid Storytelling 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

“I never took a backward step,” she tells a sympathetic friend. ‘I Am the Kind of Woman I Would Run From’ 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z

His view of the living rarely seems genuinely sympathetic, but that is part of the enduring strength of his images. Art Review: ?Weegee? at International Center of Photography - Review 2012-01-19T23:35:18Z

An Irish friend is sympathetic to Xuma’s plight, but in a world of mounting racial injustice, there is one divide between them that cannot be breached. Peter Abrahams, whose novels detailed South Africa’s racial injustice, dies at 97 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z

I was more sympathetic to Ronald Reagan, for example, and later to George W. Bush, for sure. Cold War historian finishes epic on George Kennan 2012-04-19T17:08:13Z

In “Mistress America,” Gerwig plays a character less like herself, and less sympathetic—Brooke is fun, nutty, and a bit of a jerk. Noah Baumbach, Kicking and Screaming Into Middle Age 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z

If it did, it would take a black heart not to be sympathetic. The David Laws story is nothing to do with gayness. It's about money 2010-05-29T23:06:00Z

There is “no full human dignity and personhood possible for women until we demand the control over our own bodies,” she insisted. Her audience was sympathetic but unprepared for such directness. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z

Mr. Hearne is hardly sympathetic toward those who wrong women, but I hear “Consent” as compassionating all of us who have been bequeathed unequal, curdled social relations. 12 Surprising Reasons to Be Grateful for the Arts in 2017 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z

Zsuzsanna Griga told The Miami Herald that the movie's depiction of the gang as sympathetic bumblers just trying to get ahead is "ridiculous." Survivors angry over 'Pain & Gain' depiction 2013-04-04T11:31:06Z

His characters are closer to ordinary sympathetic humanity, with ordinary foibles and absurdities. Amour – review 2012-11-15T15:29:01Z

The new play, which opened at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on Tuesday, replaces that final showdown with a new scene, and shows the leading lady in a more sympathetic light. Fatal Attraction back with a twist 2014-03-26T12:39:38Z

Mr. Lawther is sympathetic and appealing as Billy, but Ms. Styler seems to mistake broad strokes for stylistic daring, and her colorful but diffuse movie never jells. Review: In ‘Freak Show,’ the Boy Who Would be Homecoming Queen 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

Even in the hands of as sympathetic a reporter and critic as Kienzle, it’s a story the demons tend to dominate. “The Grand Tour: The Life and Music of George Jones” 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

The two came up with a decor that was not only sympathetic to the architecture but also tailored to the Southern California climate and the personalities of the convivial owners. Real-Estate Maven Kurt Rappaport's Striking Malibu Home 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z

Pryce is an amiable, sympathetic presence, with legible facial expressions and an impressive ability to make himself understood in four of the five languages spoken onscreen. ‘The Two Popes’ Review: Double Act at the Vatican 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z

The Judd in this picture is similarly haughty but eventually more sympathetic. Same Character, Different Film: Recurring Roles in Non-Sequels 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

In her review, Jessie Thompson finds the couple, at times endearing and sympathetic, and the points about racism in Britain eloquently made. ‘Harry & Meghan’: What People Are Saying about the Netflix Series 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z

Watching his performance made me sympathetic and uncomfortable at the same time.  What we can learn from Philip Seymour Hoffman 2014-02-03T23:58:00Z

“They strike them as sympathetic, understandable, and a sign of being a real human being.” Books of The Times: Lawrence Osborne’s Alcohol Quest in ‘The Wet and the Dry’ 2013-07-23T18:57:11Z

And she was quite sympathetic to me struggling to navigate the sourdough starter. Blind date: ‘I felt self-conscious about my filling’ 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z

Anxiety over his own identity perhaps generated his sympathetic portrayal of diverse ethnic types. LACMA purchases long-lost masterpiece, once kept under a couch 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z

That seems to me to be a sympathetic thing.” Julian Fellowes: The Creator of ?Downton Abbey? 2011-09-11T05:00:22Z

Or it renders the royals, not those African leaders or nations seeking full autonomy, as the sympathetic ones. How Meghan Markle Makes Me Feel About Race and the Crown 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z

We witness their bond build a bit, and thanks to DiDonato, McKinny and van Hove, it’s affecting, with De Rocher’s sympathetic mother and the victims’ furious parents adding some external pressure to the central pair. Review: ‘Dead Man Walking’ Opens a Met Season Heavy on the New 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z

Mr. Cox, who settled in Australia as a young man in the 1960s, was known internationally for his ruminative, sympathetic, sometimes autobiographical explorations of the lives of marginalized people: the lonely, the aging, the dying. Paul Cox, Independent Filmmaker Who Explored Postmodern Life, Dies at 76 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

Some worried that the movie, rather than critiquing societal issues, might instead be painting an overly sympathetic portrait of a man whose descent into brutal villainy echoes the back stories of actual mass shooters. ‘Joker’ Opens Strong at Box Office, Despite Controversy 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z

Jones, in the final movie, never seems so sure of herself and is far more sympathetic. Lost in space: the Rogue One Disney didn't want us to see 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z

Either way, it's Dominic, the disembodied voice on the Internet, who emerges as not just painfully funny but genuinely sympathetic. A drunk dial goes viral 2011-03-31T18:06:00Z

Advertisement On Broadway, however, there is no debate, reflecting the ideological tilt of creators and audiences, and the sympathetic, and often historical, context in which the immigration issue is framed. Immigration: A Hard Line in Politics, but an Applause Line on Broadway 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z

And is it sacrilege to say that, by making her the narrator, the parody makes Sansa more immediately sympathetic than the books and series do? Spring Break Is Coming: Watch the Parody School of Thrones 2013-03-12T13:10:04Z

The odds are good that it will be sympathetic: When Mr. Weintraub was the subject of an adoring HBO documentary, “His Way,” George H. W. and Barbara Bush were among the people interviewed. Critic’s Notebook: TV Shows for Summer: Finales, Imports and New Series 2012-05-31T21:54:13Z

I enjoyed the part by his older sister- it showed how as much as she is sympathetic to her brother, she gets incredibly jealous. Wonder by R.J Palacio - review 2013-02-26T15:00:00Z

Browning, an ex-circus performer, shocked audiences by portraying them as sympathetic humans rather than victims or monsters. Hugh Jackman’s new film celebrates PT Barnum – but let’s not airbrush history 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z

It was a naturally sympathetic situation, and she stayed poised. G.O.P. Convention Begins With Trump Written All Over It 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

And just as in the latter seasons of Breaking Bad, Plemons steals the show by creating one of the most unnerving, yet oddly sympathetic monsters in modern pop culture. El Camino: is the Breaking Bad movie worth the wait? Discuss with spoilers 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z

Now, ironically, I’m more sympathetic with sleepers and also more direct. My Boyfriend’s Parents Are Ignorant About Race. Why Should I Have to Teach Them? 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z

There was no particular upside to Tony’s more effectively running the North Jersey mob, save that some even worse mobsters might die, or a more sympathetic character might escape being collateral damage. Review: How Nurse Jackie Taught a Clinic in Antiheroism 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z

So enjoy the play instead as a nimble entertainment and a first-rate workout for your sympathetic nervous system — if I still bit my nails I would have no nails left now. ‘Selling Kabul’ Review: Trapped in a War, and an Apartment 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z

But Harrelson found himself fascinated by, if not terribly sympathetic to this shadowy symbol of the Watergate era. ‘White House Plumbers’ Revisits the Fringes of Watergate 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z

But two months morphed into nine months after Presley asked her manager, Pop Idol mogul Simon Fuller, to put her in touch with some sympathetic British songwriters. Lisa Marie Presley: Why I left LA 2012-10-19T06:49:01Z

We are, all of us, ill-equipped to solve the cosmic riddles framed by Mallarmé's work, but acts of sympathetic translation such as Manson's make the challenge ever so slightly easier. The Poems in Verse by Stéphane Mallarmé, translated by Peter Manson - review 2012-06-15T21:55:09Z

The city countered that Florentine failed to qualify for the protection, in part because the filmmakers had a "longstanding sympathetic relationship with the plaintiffs." Court backs documentary maker Burns in battle with NYC 2013-02-20T00:25:35Z

Though she shares the screen with Weaver and with the Australian star Asher Keddie, who plays a sympathetic but self-righteous local librarian, Browne draws you right to her. ‘The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart’ Review: The Right Kind of Melodrama 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z

Focusing mainly on the songs from her new recording, “Are We There,” Van Etten led a sympathetic backing quartet through an hour-plus set that occasionally lurched but mostly percolated around her aching melodies. Sharon Van Etten delivers a stately performance at the 9:30 Club

When he landed on a B flat, the walls suddenly vibrated with sympathetic resonance. He Turned the Met Museum’s Collection Into an Orchestra 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z

While conservative-themed documentaries and faith-based dramas often have their premieres in regions that are sympathetic to those principles, some distributors are finding particular success in Texas and using the state as a springboard. Texas Monthly: ‘2016’ Obama Film and the Case for Conservative Texas Premieres 2012-09-16T06:48:06Z

Anne Tyler’s novels tend to walk a narrow line between the moving and the sentimental, the sympathetic and the maudlin, the evocative and the banal. Anne Tyler’s 20th Novel, ‘A Spool of Blue Thread’ 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

He is very sympathetic to visual artists, and he generously gave me some excellent feedback on my situation. My Chuck Close problem 2012-07-10T14:03:00Z

What emerged all the more clearly as a result – particularly in this sympathetic acoustic – was an acute sense of Schubert's extraordinary harmonies, as well as the crucial milestones in his tonal landscape. Paul Lewis ? review 2011-02-08T18:15:17Z

One hitch: The sympathetic vampire died early, while feeding on Arlene to build up her strength, and dissolved in a puddle of black sludge in Arlene’s lap. 'True Blood' Recap: Jason Had the Best Dream... 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z

This helped them lend a sympathetic ear to scientific nutritionists’ repeated warnings that good taste — that is, pleasure — is the worst guide to healthy eating. Did slaves catch your seafood? 2012-05-21T14:26:00Z

Somehow he remains, if not sympathetic, then human. Why The Black Panther can hold its head up high 2012-06-06T15:46:19Z

He also creates some of the earliest sympathetic portraits of Jewish and Hindu characters. Scotland's image-maker Sir Walter Scott 'invented English legends' 2010-08-16T16:21:00Z

Mr. Far doesn’t like seeing “youngins stomping round with big chests” instead of working, but is sympathetic. Review: In ‘This Land Was Made,’ Huey Newton Walks Into a Bar 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z

Either way, Claire’s fear that Frank would prefer her death to her infidelity makes me feel less sympathetic to his loss, and totally on board with Claire and Jamie’s quivering lips. Outlander Recap: Claire and Jamie's Road to Star-Crossed Love 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z

Do you have a good response to convey I’m not sympathetic and maybe remind them we’re all in this together and must do whatever is necessary? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Friends fear another covid lockdown — yet barely locked down for the first 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

Nowhere Boy's real achievement is that, by exploring this, it manages to make Lennon a vulnerable, sympathetic character, though in real life many people found him flinty, rude and difficult to handle. Nowhere Boy is everywhere faithful to John Lennon's teenage years 2012-10-11T09:02:08Z

The movie includes a sympathetic interview with Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson. Japan court blocks 'The Cove' protests at theater 2010-06-25T08:40:00Z

What attracted you to playing Bonnie, who is sympathetic but not always likable? Stephanie Beatriz of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” goes dark in “The Light of the Moon” 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z

All that is required is a liberated imagination, a sympathetic heart, an eye for luxury and an appreciation for the morphology of winged insects. ‘The Duke of Burgundy’ Is an Erotic Hothouse Flower 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

“The landlord didn’t want to turn it over to a big chain, we were sympathetic to the location, and it evolved from there.” In Transit: London Pair Behind St. John to Open Hotel 2010-12-22T11:00:23Z

The only elements that keep this thriller trundling along are Mr. le Carré ’s atmospheric, movielike opening, set in the British territory of Gibraltar, and his sympathetic portrayal of Kit and Toby. Books of The Times: ‘A Delicate Truth,’ by John le Carré 2013-04-30T18:00:41Z

A Grecian mansion was no replacement for a sympathetic ear. Is Richard Simmons missing? Or is he just dearly missed? 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z

Reactions to the protesters from those attending the ceremony were almost overwhelmingly sympathetic. Turner prize won by Susan Philipsz 2010-12-06T23:24:00Z

“They would often laugh at their humor, and spend time unpacking the symbols, titles, and landscapes that looked familiar. That said, I don’t think Buck’s work is particularly sympathetic to its subjects.” Buck Ellison’s Great White Society 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

So trust your judgment and hold your ground, even as you remain sympathetic to her hard, utterly valid feelings. Carolyn Hax: Dad fell in love with her. Can his daughter at least fall in like? 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z

With Shania Twain,” an odd and sympathetic show beginning Sunday that’s part episodic biography, part comeback tale and part confrontation therapy. | 'Why Not? With Shania Twain': A Country Star in Search of Her Voice 2011-05-06T23:37:40Z

Nate Miller is charming in a standard-issue role as a sympathetic health aide, and Glenn Fitzgerald is very good in a second-act appearance as a disturbing figure from one of the women’s past. Review: ‘Ripcord,’ a Comic Tale of Adversaries 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z

At first, Mr. Eizenstat said, the Russians seemed sympathetic to the restitution cause, and even announced the return of a work at the news conference that followed the issuance of the principles, in 1998. Five Countries Slow to Address Nazi-Looted Art, U.S. Expert Says 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z

The outlandish world presented by "Tiger King" is funny, gross, frustrating, contemplative, and ultimately sympathetic. Netflix's "Tiger King" is an enthralling yet humane look at when the outlandish becomes an obsession 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z

Johnson removed military commanders seen as sympathetic to the Radicals, and then further antagonized his foes with an annual message in which he asserted that blacks lacked the qualities required for self-government. The political battle after the Civil War 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

Much more interesting is Ms. Lum’s willingness to portray herself as less than sympathetic, acknowledging — to some extent — her own preconceptions and serving as a stand-in for a skeptical and conflicted audience. Television Review: ‘Seeking Asian Female’ on PBS Shows an Internet-Order Bride 2013-05-05T21:53:16Z

With a thoroughly vacant Lucia, the opera is imbalanced: the men, perversely, are the sympathetic ones here, down to the crisp conducting of Patrick Summers. Music Review: Dessay Is Pale in ?Lucia di Lammermoor? 2011-02-25T08:38:16Z

Over the years, films like “An Inconvenient Truth” and “Food Inc.” have probably left a considerable long-term impression on their viewers, but those viewers were likely to be sympathetic before they bought their tickets. A movie about online sex-trafficking might actually get laws changed 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z

But I got more sympathetic as we worked on the piece. Dance: ?Angel Reapers,? About Shakers, Returns to New York 2011-11-27T05:00:12Z

He is thirty-something and bald with sympathetic eyes and a warm smile—which can’t hurt in his line of work. A nice place to rest 2012-10-07T20:00:00Z

Much of the narrative is told from Imelda's point of view, though it is only partially sympathetic. Review: David Byrne revisits disco in new work 2013-04-24T02:11:13Z

Thereafter, the audience feel sympathetic, right until the moment when she says: 'I must kill the children.' Medea: the mother of all roles 2012-10-02T18:04:21Z

By turns evocative and verbose, sympathetic and enigmatic, Ms. Knox says she wants to set “the record straight” in this volume. Books of The Times: Amanda Knox’s Memoir, ‘Waiting to Be Heard’ 2013-04-21T21:44:27Z

So if actors get upset, or they act childlike, or childish, or anything, I am totally sympathetic with them. Director Jim Jarmusch Talks New Film 'Paterson' 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z

I just was under this correct notion that people wouldn't listen to the stories at all if there was one thing that smacked of something that was not sympathetic enough. "Animal" author Lisa Taddeo: "'Bad women' are not allowed to tell their stories" 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z

Drugs, an unavoidable topic, are mentioned in sympathetic tones as an overworked performer’s self-medication. Review: A Reverent Elvis Doc Separates the Trailblazer From His Tragedy 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

Casting director Allison Jones loved her, though, as did Samberg for the way she made her overeager character sympathetic and relatable. An Andy Samberg roll call on 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' cast 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z

The first, as Bishop’s comment implies, is that they can involve a deadly combination of boredom and sympathetic embarrassment. Poetry in Performance in New York 2011-10-06T22:17:39Z

This sympathetic approach allows Meacham to draw out Bush on the most emotional moments of his life and tell them with dramatic verve. Jon Meacham’s ‘Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush’ 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

Sometimes I am sympathetic, as when the request is spurred by a sudden deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan. Modern Love: Making a Judgment on Love - Modern Love 2011-10-20T21:23:25Z

Lucien deserves most of his comeuppances, but he remains sympathetic because Voisin captures his insouciance as a striver and social climber. "Lost Illusions" is a sumptuous period piece on the allure of fame, followers and fake news 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z

Yet sympathetic as he is to his subject, Bell never softens his focus or smooths over Stone’s less admirable traits. Review | An unvarnished look at the troubled life of novelist Robert Stone 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z

If he remains sympathetic it’s because it’s painful to see a legend fall so far. 'God Looked Away,' and so should you: Why Al Pacino's play falls so short of expectations 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z

Since the announcement of the specialty beverage’s launch, baristas, and some sympathetic customers, have been tweeting out against anyone ordering the Tie-Dye frap. Starbucks’ new Tie-Dye Frappuccino launches, sparks mixed reviews 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z

“They were shapeless, cavernous spaces that were not at all in scale or sympathetic to the art.” Metropolitan Museum Completes American Wing Renovation 2012-01-05T23:11:11Z

O’Connor presents Charles as a kind of Hamlet-on-the-Thames, stooped under the weight of his own ennui, by turns annoying and sympathetic. ‘The Crown’ Has Had Its Scandals, but There’s Nothing Like Diana 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z

The guitarist composed the 17 typically genre-mingling tracks in seclusion, but this gifted band fires up the contemplativeness of the originals with a sympathetic energy fuelled by both classical and improv approaches. F&M playlist 2011-07-28T21:50:01Z

Consciously slow and deep breathing activates the parasympathetic nervous system – the “rest and digest” response that is opposite to the “fight or flight” sympathetic nervous system. How to take the perfect breath: why learning to breathe properly could change your life 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z

The previous two narrators were more sympathetic and lovable protagonists. “My narrator is starving, both literally and metaphorically”: Teddy Wayne and Alexandra Kleeman on anxiety and alienation in their new books 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

"Windfall" chronicles the mounting distrust and battle between both sides, focusing on various interesting and sympathetic individuals. 'Windfall': Shedding light on dark side of wind-energy project 2012-03-01T20:51:09Z

Most actors want to push you the other way: “I’m willing to behead seven people, but can I at least be sympathetic?” Hugh Grant and David E. Kelley Discuss the ‘Undoing’ Finale 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z

The young offenders, played by non-professional actors who perform brilliantly under Loach's sympathetic direction, are introduced at Glasgow's City Court when pleading guilty to a variety of crimes. The Angels' Share – review 2012-06-02T23:05:32Z

Frances, your Divorce character, is not always sympathetic. Sarah Jessica Parker on 'Divorce' and 'Sex and the City' 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z

Impulsive, vain and sometimes cruel, she is hardly the most sympathetic character in 19th-century literature, but she is among the most vivid and complicated. Review: ‘Madame Bovary’ Features Mia Wasikowska as a Notorious Adulteress 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

Funny in Susiraja’s case pulls us in, makes us sympathetic and possesses a depth whose bottom we may never reach. Iiu Susiraja: She Has Issues? No, You Have Issues 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z

I am thinking she was developed as this bratty trust fund baby but she is actually the most sympathetic character to me, with Cole a close second. Sarah Treem on ‘The Affair’ and Why She Loves the Character You Hate 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

But few seem to care: the rare British comments on the internet range from mildly sympathetic to "they got what they deserved". Japan is right to be angry at QI atom bomb joke 2011-02-08T15:30:00Z

Consequently, although this Court is sympathetic to AFSCME-represented employees’ needs, the State’s needs and the public interest weigh against an injunction.” Judge backs Quinn on blocking workers' raises 2011-09-08T16:46:00Z

Don't let that deter you, however: Blacker is a gifted writer with a sympathetic eye for detail and nature, a disarming frankness about himself and a cheery inability to escape a foreign culture. Travel books for your Christmas wish list 2010-12-18T00:08:01Z

Ms. Kakutani called the stories in “The Other Language” “magical” and “fleet-footed,” saying they showed off Ms. Marciano’s “sympathetic, but wryly unsentimental knowledge” of her characters. Lorrie Moore Among Finalists for Story Prize 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

As it happens, I'm sympathetic to the motives that impelled Eyres to write his dotty hymn of praise. Horace and Me by Harry Eyres – revew 2013-07-07T09:00:00Z

They will even rally en masse against journalists they see as being sympathetic to her. 'I love fame': how Caroline Calloway survived being cancelled 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z

Simon, a recovering gambling addict with an ailing wife, is a sympathetic secondary protagonist. Revenge and corruption plays a part in Jo Nesbo's thriller 'The Son' 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z

The movie, set in the 1950s, stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as a charismatic cult leader who captivates a tortured but sympathetic World War II veteran portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix. Anderson: 'The Master' inspired by L. Ron Hubbard 2012-09-01T18:16:04Z

The PEN report may be broadly sympathetic to students, but some of them may be hard to win over. Can Cries of ‘Free Speech’ Be a Weapon? Students Say Yes 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z

And yet, as an American living through a global health crisis requiring us all to stay away from other people and stay sane while doing so, I find myself more sympathetic to viewers’ personal habits. Perspective | Jimmy Kimmel can surely have fun with a virtual Emmys show, but will TV ever feel like a shared experience again? 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z

Yet this sly, elegant picture is sympathetic to both men and women: each side has plenty to lose, and the final shot is a melancholy sonnet. The Beguiled Explores the Dark Side of Female Desire 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Pope is at once sympathetic and terrifying, and it's a measure of Washington's performance that she has to reassure me she's nothing like Pope in real life. Kerry Washington: notes on a Scandal 2013-06-28T22:00:00Z

In a largely reactive role, Ms. Coesens, a sympathetic presence, keeps you engaged if never enthralled. | 'Illegal': A Woman With a Son, but Not a Country 2011-03-24T21:23:03Z

The king they despise, however, as presented by Rossini and as sung by Mr. Flórez, seems a sympathetic, dashing figure. Review: A ‘La Donna del Lago’ With Melting Tenderness at the Met 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

She has found a sympathetic director in Margot Bordelon, who gives the play’s fluid structure a strong grounding in reality that never interferes with its elliptical aura. Review: ‘A Delicate Ship’ Plumbs the What-ifs of Love and Heartbreak 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z

The man who runs the Illinois lottery, superintendent Michael Jones, said he is sympathetic to the winners' plight. Illinois winner could face 'lottery curse' 2012-04-17T20:27:00Z

The story of the underdog immigrant is inherently sympathetic, so that’s the story we tell. Lionel Shriver Warns Readers Not to Meet Their Favorite Authors 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z

His only flaw as a literary character is that while he is smart and sympathetic, he is ordinary almost to the point of being dull, and not interested in anything besides fly-fishing. 'Assumption': a trio of gripping crime stories 2011-12-28T21:48:07Z

If the science seems too mind-bending to follow, the author is a sympathetic guide, wedging in clear explanations without slowing the story line. David Walton’s ‘Superposition’: When physics collides with sci-fi 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z

Entering the film, I wondered if Jesse would stay a sympathetic character. "El Camino" is a worthy continuation to the dark history of "Breaking Bad" 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z

In court he worked both to undermine some of the charges and to persuade the jury to be sympathetic to Bunton. How Goya's Duke of Wellington was stolen 2011-08-05T21:55:05Z

A few years ago, it would have been unthinkable for a sane and sympathetic character to refuse cancer treatment. Who's afraid of the big C? 2010-09-18T23:06:00Z

Simply put: Beth was sympathetic, but Carol was cool. 'The Walking Dead' recap: 'Coda' puts an end to one story 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z

It’s a tour de force of sympathetic scholarship, in which Olsen finds uncanny echoes of her own fiction in Davis’s life and work. Tillie Olsen Captured the Toll of Women’s Labor — on Their Lives and Art 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z

The addictive “My Husband’s Wife” is populated with messed-up yet sympathetic misfits who remind us that the past can maintain a stranglehold on the future. Best mysteries and thrillers to read this month 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

For example, the precise explanation for his nickname would be an opportunity for some gentle backstory comedy, and meet the all-important need for him to be a sympathetic character. The French Connection: shock of the old 2011-07-14T11:24:26Z

I don't harp on all this in order to plead for a sympathetic treatment of rapists on film, but to emphasize how un-David Simon-like the handling of this whole subplot seemed. "Treme's" cheap, ugly showstopper 2011-05-09T03:09:00Z

Put simply, you are still allowed to be poor on TV, you can even be poor and sympathetic, so long as you are demonstrably useless. Poor, capable and funny: the return of Roseanne, the sitcom that broke all the rules 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z

Let’s dare to imagine a world in which millennials are not merely annoyed by Gen Z, but rather, sympathetic. The Jean War between millennials and Gen Z cannot be won 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z

She always gets lots of sympathetic reactions to these posts. Perspective | Ask Amy: Online pity parties don’t elicit hugs 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z

The film introduces farmers sympathetic to his ideals, even if some have strayed. Review: Rural Kentucky With Poet-Farmer Wendell Berry in ‘Look & See’ 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z

Shostakovich so gleefully mocks just about everyone that Kovalyov encounters that the noseless major seems almost sympathetic. ?The Nose,? and the Eye and the Ear, at Metropolitan Opera 2010-03-11T19:52:00Z

The most important thing, or at least the basic thing, is that the moviemakers took a villainess and turned her into a sympathetic character. Love's True Kiss: 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z

At passport control at Charles de Gaulle Airport, he scanned the agents, looking for the one he thought would be most sympathetic. For Its Star, ‘Dheepan’ Was the Role of His Lifetime 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z

So eager is Lind to be sympathetic to populists that he begins to take their talking points at face value. Why Do Trump Supporters Support Trump? 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

Fans fear the 65-year-old landmark, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, might be in peril if a sympathetic buyer isn't found. Giant ketchup bottle up for sale in southern Illinois 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z

High point: "A good, sympathetic review is always a wonderful surprise." Joyce Carol Oates, writer – portrait of the artist 2012-08-14T19:59:01Z

It’s annoying, and the other details that he shares — a failed marriage, assorted deaths of loved ones — are pretty generic, so latching onto him as a sympathetic character is difficult. Review: ‘Phalaris’s Bull,’ or How a Man Comes to Terms With Life 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z

The actor deftly shows Greville's development through each expected phase of his spy work, and his character is very sympathetic. Benedict Cumberbatch is a tense & meticulous spy in Cold War thriller "The Courier" 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z

I wouldn’t wish White’s end on Trump, but I do take heart in the fact that among these characters, it’s the sympathetic men whose endings have created the most debate and unrest among fans. Mad Men: how Don Draper and Walter White prepared us for Donald Trump 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z

Department of Homeland Security officials announced last month that a federal working group will use what's known as prosecutorial discretion to determine more sympathetic cases and put the full focus on deporting hardened criminals. Immigrants hope for deportation reprieves 2011-09-11T02:12:00Z

At times, they follow the Amtrak right of way, and we see lots of trains whizzing past and the occasional conversation with a sympathetic railroad worker or less sympathetic armed security guard. In ‘The Last Patrol,’ Sebastian Junger Zeroes in on Manhood 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z

We need someone sympathetic, but capable of cruelty – someone who starts with our sympathy and loses it of his own volition. Casting the news: Craigslust for artificial life ? the synthetic bacterium story 2010-05-21T11:15:00Z

His sympathetic profiles of his fellow researchers around the world suggest that, like this vital but often invisible player in the ecosystem, they don’t command the respect they deserve. Armchair Traveler: Book Review: Adventures Among Ants 2010-06-10T18:38:00Z

“I said yes to the project before I even really understood that the Monster was a sympathetic character,” Hughes said in an interview. An Opera Composer of Intimate Spareness Returns to Myth 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z

It's cautiously sympathetic to McGowan, who says he now regrets some of his actions, as do other Front members who were part of a cell that was broken in an extensive FBI investigation. 'If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front': a balanced look at destructive actions 2011-07-21T19:31:04Z

People are also defending the mother monster, insisting she’s a sympathetic protector, not a villain. A Walk Through the ‘Barbarian’ Basement With Zach Cregger 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z

Ms. Molaskey is as sympathetic an interpreter of his work as Blossom Dearie, with whom he used to perform. Music Review: Bernie, Dorothy and That Interior Voice 2011-03-22T20:00:28Z

Even sympathetic readers might mistake this extraordinary work for merely a catalog of white sins. A Cry From the Heart: Michael Eric Dyson Addresses Race Head-On 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

So I think it makes you sympathetic, but not necessarily. "We'll all get there together": Chef Edward Lee on restaurants' resiliency and #MeToo in the kitchen 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z

“Our reporter was extremely sympathetic and courteous at all times” a spokesman for DailyMail.com said, referring to an unreleased transcript of the conversation with the director. Second Wachowski Sibling Comes Out as Transgender Woman 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z

The series revamped some villains from the comics, like Mr. Freeze, who was given a sympathetic back story. ‘Batman: The Animated Series’ Predicted the Bat-Future 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z

She is a sympathetic reader whose notes are unembarrassed about identifying with, or feeling sorry for, fictional characters. From the margins 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z

Williams plays Gillars as a not particularly clever or sympathetic tough cookie doing what she needs to do to “survive.” ‘American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally’ Review: Prosecuting a Propagandist 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z

The screenwriters’ union was torn over whether to assist the Tony Awards, with its eastern branch, filled with playwright members more sympathetic than the affiliated western branch, which is more Hollywood-oriented. How America’s Playwrights Saved the Tony Awards 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z

But in this overly sympathetic film he’s a superhero without feelings, curiously bloodless except for the moment just before the China jump, when his mother presents him with his stepfather’s ashes for inspiration. Movie Review: ‘Waiting for Lightning’ Stars the Skateboarder Danny Way 2012-12-07T03:15:37Z

However sympathetic are the characters and Ms. Exarchopoulos, who produces prodigious amounts of tears and phlegm along with some poignant moments, Mr. Kechiche registers as oblivious to real women. Critic’s Notebook: Many Films Still in Running at Cannes for Palme d’Or 2013-05-23T22:01:08Z

Turning Logan’s anxiety into a parade of comic tics and uncertain outbursts, Finneran is endearing and even sympathetic in her attempts at righteousness, no matter how wrong they go. Review: In ‘The Thanksgiving Play,’ Who Gets to Tell the Story? 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z

By sympathetic magic Crosby’s youthful discretions are made to disappear. DVDs: Just Like the Ones You Used to Know 2010-12-25T03:53:01Z

With this book, he joins a group of detractors of modern-day American conservatism who are sympathetic to many of the ideas of conservatism but harshly critical of how it is now practiced. ‘Chicagonomics’ and ‘Economics Rules’ 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

However, he grew sympathetic after she presented him with a tally of verbal abuse on one of her trips to school: 20 comments, or one per minute. Women who travel the world share a universal problem: Sexual harassment 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z

Singleton made all of them both feel real, sympathetic and lovable, without sacrificing any of the harshness of their lives or the ways some had to lash out against their circumstances. John Singleton found a perfect marriage of movie and moment 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z

The Prince Edward of Powell’s account is somewhat more sympathetic. 3 Books That Take Us Inside the Lives of Britain’s Royals 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z

Being by temperament more interested in bar stools and conversation than Pilates classes and 10K races, I am sympathetic to Ms. Roiphe’s arguments in “In Praise of Messy Lives.” Books of The Times: ‘In Praise of Messy Lives,’ Essays by Katie Roiphe 2012-11-27T16:27:18Z

While they are strong, tough characters — and sympathetic as they suffer — you could be accused of being a misogynist. Steven Shainberg on directing Noomi Rapace in the claustrophobic thriller “Rupture”: “It’s a dream, a nightmare and a sexual fantasy” 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z

Mr. Hanson was a sympathetic director of women, but he was an equal opportunity filmmaker: He gave Mr. Douglas one of his greatest roles in “Wonder Boys” and scored with Eminem in “8 Mile.” Curtis Hanson: A Filmmaker of Sunshine and Noir 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

The other is that Ms. Brunstetter, who wrote the play in part to explore her parents’ opposition to gay marriage, has gone to such lengths to make Della sympathetic. Review: ‘The Cake’ Is Well-Baked but Not Quite Filling 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z

Carpignano, infinitely sympathetic to these young people and studiously unsentimental about their prospects, doesn’t put a thumb on the scales. ‘A Chiara’ Review: A Mobster’s Daughter Dares to Ask Questions 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z

In “The Testaments,” Aunt Lydia becomes much more complex and sympathetic, a victim as well as a perpetrator. ‘I’m Too Old to Be Scared by Much’: Margaret Atwood on Her ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Sequel 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

The objections to "Klinghoffer" have mainly revolved around the sheer poetic eloquence of Alice Goodman's libretto and Adams' score, which allows the hijackers to seem momentarily sympathetic. A predicament right out of a melodramatic opera 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

The immediate comments were largely sympathetic, which made Ms. Smilovic feel uncomfortable. Surviving Fashion’s Summer From Hell 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z

It was Mr. Blunt who “persuaded Brookner to move on to an M.A. in art history,” offering “genial and sympathetic tuition” that led to her doctorate on Greuze, The Guardian reported. Anita Brookner, British Art Historian and Novelist, Dies at 87 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

They are real life as seen through a pair of ironic but undoubtedly sympathetic lenses. I found my inspiration in Bradford, but future students might not be so lucky 2013-06-07T16:50:50Z

David is a generous and sympathetic biographer, even if she underlines some points too heavily. Olivia Manning: A Woman at War by Deirdre David - review 2013-02-16T08:01:01Z

Ms. Paulson’s performance was a sympathetic one, and it’s been a year of redemption for Ms. Clark. Emmy Awards 2016: Emmys Welcome Surprises Along With the Favorites 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z

But while it offers a largely sympathetic portrait of the transgendered Pauline, it tips over into all the tired old stereotypes in a final, failed bid for dramatic life. Tuesdays at Tescos ? review 2011-08-09T18:15:01Z

“Under Pressure” is sympathetic to the impossibility of ever effectively managing one’s human relations, yet it demands optimism, some faith in the beauty of the whole enterprise. A Truly Perfect Thirty Seconds of Queen 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z

Kerr also turned down the choice role of Charles Lindbergh in Billy Wilder's The Spirit of St Louis, because, he explained, "the American hero was sympathetic to Nazi Germany". John Kerr obituary 2013-02-10T16:26:52Z

The food train from the neighbors only lasts for so long, and childless friends are less sympathetic when you're still dealing with sleep deprivation six months on. Mother's Day is gaslighting 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z

Sting, in Asia for his "Symphonicity" tour, said he's sympathetic to the save-the-dolphins view in "The Cove" but that the best approach is "through dialogue," noting that many Japanese are also outraged by dolphin killing. Sting meets dolphin advocate, hopes for debate 2011-01-19T13:46:04Z

Meanwhile, at 37, I do whatever work people will give me and lately that means writing truncated, sympathetic versions of convicts’ life stories for a criminal attorney. My sister’s perfect life 2012-07-04T00:00:00Z

And what if they come across the sympathetic articles about Lance? ‘We didn’t recognise that he was dangerous’: our father killed our mother and sister 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z

Instead, she lived briefly on the streets of Santa Cruz, Calif., where she said she survived on broken cookies supplied by a sympathetic bakery owner. The Vibe Was Electric and That Was Before the Coffee Buzz 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z

In his chapter he was warm and sympathetic, trying to be accommodating to Alison whenever possible. ‘The Affair’ Season 3, Episode 4: Is Alison O.K.? 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z

Mr. Bayes called such commedia stylized, codified, desperate — though there is a kindness about him, and he sounded sympathetic, not censorious. The Professor of Pratfalls 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z

Even contemporaneity, proximity, and a sympathetic sensibility aren’t enough to put you in the room. Big Bang in Berlin 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z

Crowley has an immunity to such “occult thinking,” he told me—but he’s nonetheless sympathetic to those sorts of interpretations. Reimagining a Shadowy Medieval Brotherhood That Probably Didn’t Exist 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

The accusation prompted an outpouring of sympathetic comments online for the teenager and criticism of Wu. Chinese-Canadian pop star arrested on suspicion of rape 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z

They also never discuss the "Crook Factory" — an anti-fascist spy network that Hemingway organized in pre-World War II Cuba to discover whether any influential Cubans were secretly sympathetic to fascism. Ken Burns' vicious Hemingway smear: PBS series totally ignores writer's lifelong leftist politics 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z

The MS Stubnitz is still moored in King George V Docks, where it's being used as a novel afterparty destination and a sympathetic home for one-off leftfield electronic nights such as this. Clubs picks of the week 2012-11-10T00:06:20Z

It’s a facile version of muckraking, in which those who agree with Mr. Spurlock are given a platform and the camera is used to make them look sympathetic. Critic’s Notebook: For CNN, Fame Trumps News on Sunday Nights 2013-06-21T20:32:48Z

His first piano teacher, after his bout with polio, was not sympathetic. Horace Parlan, jazz pianist who overcame disability, dies at 86 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z

Ray tells her she’s a phony who uses people, but that she acts that way because she’s insecure, so that makes her sympathetic. Girls Recap: Metaphorical Puking 2014-02-02T22:10:00Z

Most actors would have found something sympathetic in his reclusive author, but Connery chose to imbue the character with a steely aloofness that's much more him. Sean Connery should stage a comeback to retire on a high 2010-09-03T13:37:00Z

Although “Behind the Candelabra” is based on Mr. Thorson’s memoir, and Mr. Damon makes Scott an acutely sympathetic presence, this is very much Mr. Douglas’s movie. ArtsBeat: Cannes Film Festival: A Sympathetic Tale of Marriage and Celebrity 2013-05-21T14:47:41Z

The result is that the often repellent beliefs these men hold are presented with an unnervingly sympathetic understanding. Sex Goddess, Celebrity and the Best Hope for Her Country 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z

The idea slowly dawned on me that I might be able to ask my small but sympathetic group of Internet readers to chip in a few dollars apiece to cover the cost of my surgery. The Internet bought my vagina 2014-05-05T21:30:00Z

Viewers have responded with heart emojis and thank you’s, but reactions have not always been sympathetic. The Unfiltered Faces of Monkeypox 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z

In a larger sense, the butcher hopes that her ethical pig farming will help combat what she identifies as the “bad information” that is fueling the vegetarian movement, a diet choice she remains "sympathetic" towards. Vegetarian becomes butcher after trying a burger to satiate pregnancy craving 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z

Michiko Kakutani called it a "revealing" book that "gives us a sympathetic appraisal of Wallace's life and work, tracing the connections between the two, while mapping the wellsprings of his philosophical vision." ArtsBeat: Q. and A.: D. T. Max on David Foster Wallace 2012-09-12T16:30:39Z

When they all combined, new sounds emerged from the ether; imaginary horns, harps, organs and choirs suited a glorious cathedral awash in sympathetic lights and projections designed by Luke Savisky. Music Review: Stars of the Lid in a Rare Concert in Brooklyn 2013-12-19T23:34:29Z

The Bipolar Whose Mom Asked for Her to Be Happy as a Christmas Gift: Great ideas, thanks, and a sympathetic wow to your mom’s wish list. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: You! Are! Calm! even though Mom always says to ‘calm down’ 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z

Before its release there were reports of studio-mandated reshoots to make Franco's character more sympathetic and to expand the dialogue of a talking monkey. Warner Bros v Disney: the fight for Oz's yellow brick road 2013-03-15T19:08:33Z

Abusive men struggling with their own personal problems become the sympathetic protagonists, the real victims, while the women they hurt are relegated to collateral damage. Armie Hammer’s substance abuse problems shouldn’t shield him from accountability 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

“When I expressed how uncomfortable I was doing the voice of the character, they were very sympathetic and supportive,” Azaria said. Why Hank Azaria Won’t Play Apu on ‘The Simpsons’ Anymore 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

This campaign included systematic leaks of information to his parents by family members who were sympathetic to his affection for someone outside of their race. Modern Love: Bringing Home the Wrong Race 2011-06-03T20:16:10Z

Though her subjects’ faces are cropped, hidden or turned away, the artist’s sympathetic interest imbues them with life. Women Win at the Art Show 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z

There's a collective commitment in the company's performance that gives a true and sympathetic reading of the ballet's period style. The Bolshoi Ballet: Spartacus 2010-07-20T13:45:00Z

Though dialogue explains why Arthur behaves as he does — ordering his wife’s execution and destroying his country’s peace — song makes him sympathetic. When ‘A Little Touch of Star Quality’ Is a Little Too Much 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z

“There were some problems, for sure,” she said, “but I’m sympathetic.” What happened with ‘Hamilton’: How the blockbuster strained Kennedy Center 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z

The filmmakers said they were always careful to not exploit the tragedy and include voices that were both sympathetic toward Malvo and not. Documentary series revisits 2002 Washington sniper case 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z

And yet I find him a fascinating subject — complicated, tragic, at times oddly sympathetic. Obama’s Inspector Javert 2012-07-17T11:45:00Z

Mr. Daisey’s listeners are his not always sympathetic confessors in “The Great Tragedies,” a wildly uneven, often messy, profoundly affecting quartet of monologues, whose premiere at Cal Shakes is Mr. Daisey’s debut there. Mike Daisey on Shakespeare and His Own Failings 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

And there is no reason why Artie has to be a sympathetic fellow, especially given the way he carries on with Bunny in front of his wife. Stiller, Falco pace 'House of Blues Leaves' 2011-04-26T00:31:01Z

Most baseball movies are about dreams; “Calvin Marshall” is a sentimental comedy about self-delusion, and the young actor Alex Frost can’t find a way to make sense of Calvin, or to make him sympathetic. | 'Calvin Marshall': Covering the Bases 2010-08-20T00:40:00Z

Still, outside of his home region — and to be frank, even a little bit within it — Yelawolf is an artist in search of sympathetic ears. Music Review | Yelawolf: Alabama Rapper at Brooklyn Bowl, With ?Trunk Muzik? Mixtape 2010-03-09T22:31:00Z

It’s too clever for that, too sympathetic toward addiction and grief, and too understanding of the loneliness of the unloved. ‘Butt Boy’ Review: Compulsion as Comic Noir 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z

They can be sympathetic, or at least pathetic. The Morning After: Back Into The Thick of It 2012-09-10T11:32:30Z

Well, they were artists – visual artists – and sympathetic to my desire to be creative, too. Claire Danes's secret diary 2011-04-01T23:03:12Z

Despite a sympathetic sister, Henry's family is not as supportive as Alex's. Gen Z's coming out still faces hurdles, according to TV and movies 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z

What really registers is how frustrating Krisha’s erratic, furtive behavior would be if she were part of your family—and how deeply sympathetic she is because, thankfully, she is not. Review: Indie Drama Krisha Maps a Wanderer's Return to the Family Fold 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z

Mr. Lewis turned a traitor sympathetic, and Ms. Danes found the appeal in an unappealing heroine. The TV Watch: Two Faces of National Security on ‘Homeland’ 2012-09-27T12:49:42Z

Rather like her character, it’s a performance that’s easy to dismiss without a closer look: Bong’s film isn’t morally one-sided in its class war, and her oddly sympathetic vacuity is instrumental to that tension. For your consideration: this season's most overlooked film performances 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

Repugnant yet strangely sympathetic, her Bessie steamrollers on -- valiantly and deplorably -- through the wreckage of Depression America. 'Awake & Sing!' at Odyssey Theatre: A sensation is back, fiery as ever 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z

In private, I and many of my Black friends received more sympathetic emails or Black Lives Matter solidarity texts from our white colleagues than ever before. Prince Harry Finally Takes On White Privilege: His Own 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z

“All they usually need is someone who takes the time to be personal and sympathetic.” Turkey Trouble? At Butterball, Operators Are Still Standing By 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z

He is gaunt, lined, ascetic, a face redolent of wisdom leavened with a touch of kindly and sympathetic wit. Peter Bradshaw on John Hurt: 'A virtual folk memory of wisdom and style' 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z

Williams has crafted a slick, intelligent techno-thriller that never allows the melodramatic storyline to swamp the cast of sympathetic characters. Science fiction roundup ? reviews 2011-02-05T00:05:29Z

And she had a sympathetic collaborator at the Met in Richard Hudson, who designed the sets and costumes. Music Review: Rossini?s ?Armida? Has Its Premiere at the Met 2010-04-13T20:20:00Z

It seemed almost paradoxical, then, that a guest appearance by Josh Groban, a young pop crooner of operatic fervidity, brought out some of Ms. Fleming’s most sympathetic singing in a brief medley from “Brigadoon.” Music Review: Ren?e Fleming With Orpheus Chamber Orchestra 2012-04-08T21:51:26Z

In this sense, she is present as an artist but also as an ad hoc therapist, or perhaps merely a sympathetic listener.  Marni Kotak: ‘Mad Meds’ 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

When the summer riots of 2011 broke unexpectedly on the capital, commentators sympathetic or otherwise could reach for numerous historical parallels, stretching as far back as 1780. A People's History of London by John Rees and Lindsey German – review 2012-06-22T21:55:20Z

Douglas Boyd, a top oboist as well as a conductor, brought a player's sensibility to instrumental detail and chose unrushed, sympathetic tempi in a fresh interpretation that will deepen. The Pearl Fishers, Le Nozze de Figaro 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z

I want to be as sympathetic as possible to the character — or as empathetic, at least. What It’s Like to Play Putin in ‘Patriots’ 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z

Mr. Alexander and Mr. Mathias are certainly skilled at defining sympathetic characters in song. | 'See Rock City & Other Destinations': Brad Alexander and Adam Mathias?s Musical at the Duke 2010-07-26T02:22:00Z

In this endeavor, he relies on an extraordinarily sympathetic partnership with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, which he founded 32 years ago and leads as music director. Budapest Festival Orchestra at Strathmore 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z

Beyond Milligan's treatment as a Hollywood star — a feat not even Ted Bundy could brag about — "Monsters Inside" is rife with interviewees with predominantly positive or highly sympathetic words to say about Milligan. We need to stop giving the Ted Bundy treatment to violent men like Billy Milligan 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z

Of the sympathetic representation that places Democrats and Republicans in the same boat, Ms. Coe conceded that it might be seen as optimistic, even sweet. Casting a Critical Eye, From the Slaughterhouse to the White House 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z

In a refreshing gender reversal, Philip is the more sympathetic protagonist, both a warmer parent and more conflicted spy. Matthew Rhys: agent provocateur of ‘The Americans’ 2014-04-22T23:25:31Z

They, and others, used their time for relentless attacks on Cohen’s credibility, which accomplished the seemingly impossible job of making him look sympathetic. Perspective | The Michael Cohen hearing wasn’t a hearing at all. It was cheap theatrics. 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z

Kelly's intention is not to make easy gags, although the premise could work perfectly well as a comedy sketch: his eerie, strange but gentle film is sympathetic to the gamers and their private, creative worlds. Vimeo: where young film-makers fly Concorde 2010-06-01T10:56:00Z

With strong and mostly sympathetic performances from Duplass and Lynskey, “Togetherness” accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do, building toward an ending that could serve as either a cliffhanger or a parting gift. ‘Togetherness’: What? An unhappy married couple? In Los Angeles? Again? 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

Under Jonathan Bank’s sympathetic but listless direction, the show feels both overstuffed and undernourished. Review: In ‘The Price of Thomas Scott,’ Puritanism Prevails 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z

We all know that this is a culture that wants a jolly good read, with a beginning, a middle and an end, and sympathetic characters that they can identify with. Will Self, on himself 2012-08-20T11:45:00Z

Ms. Ade, who at 40 is closer to being Ines’s peer than Winfried’s, is sympathetic to both of them, but not exactly neutral. Review: In ‘Toni Erdmann,’ Dad’s a Prankster Trying to Jolt His Conformist Daughter 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z

For all his naivete and cunning, Benward never makes Buddy particularly sympathetic — especially when he insists on going into the basement, rather than escaping the house when he has the chance. Nic Cage's "Grand Isle" falls short of the Southern Gothic crazy it promises 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

These gaps leave us with a sketchy understanding of Eliot's emotional life, which is particularly unfortunate since his least sympathetic side is so well documented. The Letters of TS Eliot, Volume 3 - review 2012-07-13T21:55:08Z

Each victim is especially accomplished or interesting or otherwise sympathetic. Books of The Times: ‘The Shining Girls,’ a Novel by Lauren Beukes 2013-05-26T20:23:12Z

But it is an opera without a hero or even a thoroughly sympathetic character. Music Review: Haydn’s ‘Orlando Paladino’ at Manhattan School of Music 2014-05-04T21:38:14Z

But Ms. Gerwig also makes her a complicated, sympathetic and ridiculous human being, able to speak her mind clearly even when her inner and outer life threaten to become hopelessly muddled. Movie Review: ?Damsels in Distress,? From Whit Stillman 2012-04-05T12:00:00Z

Indeed, Ms. James gave readers protagonists who were less than sympathetic — “frequently meanspirited, selfish, or simply victims of profound emotional exhaustion,” critic Martha Duffy wrote in Time magazine. P.D. James, who brought a gritty realism to the British detective novel, dies at 94

But here, she draws a believable and often sympathetic portrait of Turk Bauer, despite his abhorrent racist views. ‘Small Great Things’ is the most important novel Jodi Picoult has ever written 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z

They become at the same time odder — the “cuckoo” is quite a bizarre little creature — and also more sympathetic. Review: In ‘The Emperor,’ Apologizing for a Corrupt Regime 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

To the sympathetic observer recalling Lohan’s early promise, this fall from grace—largely played out in the public eye, and punctuated periodically by halfhearted stabs at a comeback—has seemed both painful and interminable. The Precarious Spectacle of the Girl Boss in “Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club” 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z

That vacancy, however, was filled by Washington's beleaguered wife Lesley, the second sympathetic character on "House of Ho." Challenging patriarchal practices makes "House of Ho" more than just a Vietnamese Kardashians clone 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z

He was also a very generous and sympathetic man, who set up a charity for distressed musicians, and bequeathed the royalties of the Messiah to benefit the orphans of the Thomas Coram Institute. Handel and me 2012-11-30T22:55:12Z

Dean’s family learns about King’s death, for instance, from a sympathetic, distraught white couple at the ballgame. Can ‘The Wonder Years’ Break Through the White Noise of Nostalgia? 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z

Some young Muslims may be sympathetic to terrorism, but clearly most are not. Doreen Lawrence: 'I could have shut myself away, but that is not me' 2013-04-20T22:26:39Z

If Hay is ultimately sympathetic, it’s because, like Fields, he never quite succeeds in disguising his essentially childish nature. DVD: Will Hay and Norman Wisdom Comedies on DVD 2013-01-19T15:00:00Z

It is spilled not long after the arrival of the play’s fourth character, a strapping and sympathetic nurse played by Connor Barrett. Review: ‘The Purple Lights of Joppa Illinois’ Revels in Unease 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z

In one frenetic chorus, they voice their earthly desires to this sympathetic stranger and ply him with gifts. A Lively, Stylish Met Debut For Rossini?s Last Comic Opera 2011-03-25T14:01:52Z

She and Bialik make Abigail’s filial loyalty as sympathetic as it is exasperating, and as rife with difficult truths about aging as it is understatedly hopeful about growing up. ‘As They Made Us’ Review: If the Apple Falls, Who Retrieves It? 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

My husband has never been a sympathetic person. Perspective | Ask Amy: New mom needs respite and empathy 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z

"After 9/11, the cartoonists organized and did a series of message strips around Thanksgiving Weekend ... but it was also reflective and sympathetic to everyone who suffered," he said. Cartoonists plan Sept. 11 anniversary tribute 2011-08-30T09:31:05Z

Angela, an emotionally fragile older woman, is the most sympathetic of the trio. A wisecracking female journalist, on the case of a long-dead baby 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z

He is, at once, both a sympathetic hero and our angry surrogate. NYFF: Revisiting Indonesian acts of killing in 'Look of Silence' 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z

Among them were prominent Muslims who were sympathetic to our plight, but fearful of what would happen if Rushdie came. Clash of the Booker titans 2013-05-23T13:57:00Z

You're a little more sympathetic to women's desire for these stories, so tell me, why do women love stories about true crime so much? "We all want to be the final girl": Sady Doyle on true crime, slasher films and surviving patriarchy 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z

The memoir was praised for offering a sympathetic account of race and class without slipping into naïveté or excessive sentimentality. E. R. Braithwaite, Author of ‘To Sir, With Love,’ Dies at 104 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

It is not difficult to understand why politically sympathetic readers were prepared to make extravagant, extra-literary claims for Obama's book during his presidential campaign. The invention of Obama 2010-04-23T23:06:00Z

Figuratively, however, they're the means by which Nazis secured sanctuary in sympathetic countries after the war – countries such as Ireland, where hatred of the British spawned tolerance of Germans, no matter how heinous their crimes. Thrillers – review roundup 2013-02-22T09:01:00Z

On a recent episode when Ben Affleck waxed sympathetic about hard economic times in America, Kimmel soon hinted that no one wants to hear a megastar fake emotion for the little people. Why you should be watching Jimmy Kimmel 2010-12-05T00:01:00Z

The show's tour takes in some stately homes in west Wales, and they'll make a richly sympathetic backdrop. Miss Julie 2010-06-18T21:30:00Z

The farm’s black work force is frequently on screen and is presented as sympathetic to its employers, but the workers rarely speak. | 'Mugabe and the White African': Farmer Who Fought Zimbabwe Land Reforms 2010-07-22T21:13:00Z

From the synopsis of the original, it would appear this film has improved on plot elements to make the characters in their middle age more sympathetic if not downright tragic. Nazi thriller "The Debt" set in wrong period 2010-09-07T01:47:00Z

Now, I am also sympathetic with your mother. I Support My Parents Financially. Can I Have a Say in Their Spending? 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

She said she didn't see the 1974 movie, and when the subject of Lucille Ball's negative reviews came up, she was sympathetic to the "great lady." Angela Lansbury's spirit and star power burn as bright as ever 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z

Andrew Dice Clay was more sympathetic than I imagined writing the husband. ArtsBeat: Woody Allen, Standup Guy 2013-07-17T13:03:53Z

The song that emerged — “Quiet Town” — is like something from Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska” in its sympathetic yet clear-eyed look at a small town and their sorrows. The Killers detour into a new and rich sonic landscape 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

The movie presents Riefenstahl as so sympathetic to Owens, and the silent, simmering hostility he faced in Germany, that she comes off as practically heroic. Review: Jesse Owens Biopic 'Race' Fails Before the Finish Line 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z

Green is sympathetic, but does not seek to make them more intriguing than they are. The Killers of the ‘Sex Money Murder’ Gang and the Cops Who Went After Them 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

Cohen quickly proves herself as sympathetic to the very old as she is to the very young. Review | The perfect summer novel: ‘Strangers and Cousins’ is an unusually substantive comedy 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z

Yes, Diana is sympathetic — but when is she not? Kristen Stewart stuns in the moody "Spencer," a gorgeous yet superficial biopic of Princess Di 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z

Watkiss's sonorous tones and dynamic subtlety hit the right balance of magisterial and sympathetic, too, in his role as player/coach Satchel Paige. Shadowball 2010-07-01T21:00:00Z

No one here is a villain — even the nurse responsible for the switch is sympathetic — but every character is nuanced. ‘Like Father, Like Son’: a moving switched-at-birth tale 2014-02-13T22:08:46Z

He’s a more sympathetic, more interesting character than we knew from Breaking Bad, more than just an ethically challenged slickster in a cheap suit. Better Call Saul’s Bob Odenkirk: ‘Trump’s ego is so destructive, it’s hilarious. Until he gets elected’ 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z

However, Marryat portrays the vampire as a sympathetic figure, showing how upset and confused she is by her powers, challenging the preconceptions of the Victorian audience. Three essential tales of black vampirism 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z

The New York region is already sympathetic ground, thanks to a large Italian-American population. Guarding the Sanctity of Italian Food, One Meal at a Time 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z

And indeed Blue is a sympathetic witness to a zero-sum conflict. France’s Colonial Conflict, Filmed From Both Sides 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z

And why does she likewise give Tom, at first, only the sympathetic ones of a disappeared father, a brave mother, a gay Indian buddy and a love of Bartok? Review: In ‘Actually,’ a Case of She Said, He Said and They Said 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z

The characters were neither sympathetic nor evil enough to make their downfall worthwhile. 'Bottle Grove,' by Daniel Handler book review - The Washington Post 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z

You can see why people might slink away from them, outwardly sympathetic but secretly repelled and even subconsciously fearful of contagion. Rabbit Hole burrows into our ideals 2011-02-07T13:39:43Z

“This is a somewhat sympathetic deployment of the technology, but nonetheless, there are a number of concerns about where this goes.” Taylor Swift Said to Use Facial Recognition to Identify Stalkers 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

That goes to integrity — no matter how sympathetic your circumstances. I Lied About My Degree to Get a Job. How Do I Come Clean? 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z

For the lead characters in “This Is 40” “a sympathetic show of their lives and issues is something that I think needs to be made,” Mr. Apatow said. Judd Apatow’s Life as Art in ‘This Is 40’ 2012-11-14T15:13:43Z

Amid the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s, many buildings in Austin lay empty, and a sympathetic developer let her use a space rent-free, permitting her years of extensive innovation. A Composer and Her (Very) Long String Instrument 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

Lighten up, this is not high drama, but Mr. Neesom always presents a sympathetic character,one of a "good" guy beating up on bad guys. ‘Taken 3,’ Starring Liam Neeson 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

At that time he is merely the chairman of the Long Island State Park Commission, and his antagonists are not yet sympathetic proles but out-of-touch gentry. ‘Straight Line Crazy’ Review: The Road Rage of Robert Moses 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z

You think Isabel is going to be the most sympathetic character in the opera. Review: A Long-Awaited New Opera Is a Raucous Beauty 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z

Irene is a sympathetic, attractive, purposely opaque character with a quick mind and tongue, a richness of character that Hall’s filmmaking and Thompson’s performance convey in exacting, illuminating detail. ‘Passing’ Review: Black Skin, White Masks 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

Your friends, peers and sympathetic adults will help. Ask Amy: Gay teen wants to come out in time for prom 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z

With that kind of ambition things occasionally went awry, and Snoo needed an editor and a strong and sympathetic director. Snoo Wilson obituary 2013-07-05T17:57:52Z

The fact that audience members could answer the question, “who is most sympathetic in the film?” in several different ways is in and of itself an endorsement of the movie. Is Gone Girl Feminist or Misogynist? 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z

Floundering after a brief marriage in her mid-20s, she found herself living with a sympathetic aunt in suburban Philadelphia, holding down day jobs and taking classes at night at the nearby Hedgerow Theater Company. An ‘Impossible Dream’ Comes True, Again, for Marylouise Burke in ‘Epiphany’ 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z

Davies found Nashville musicians sympathetic to the project. New album highlights unsung local hero Ron Davies 2013-03-27T02:53:42Z

His naturally sympathetic manner and clean looks, together with his own refusal to stray too far from French-Italian bel canto territory, have set him apart as a musician of rare intelligence and self-discipline. Carmen; Juan Diego Fl?rez ? review 2011-01-23T00:06:31Z

But both the play and the production, directed with equal measures of sensitivity and theatrical flair by Michael Greif, favor a sympathetic, not to say credulous, view of the events. ‘Our Lady of Kibeho,’ a Katori Hall Drama Set in the 1980s 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z

More than being wittily offhand, they were sympathetic to the idea of feeling good. On the Runway Blog: That Positive Feeling, and Why It’s Shared 2014-01-24T22:11:25Z

In one scene, a sympathetic teacher urges her not to lose "the ability to not let others define you. It's a gift." How Edgar Allan Poe became the darling of the maligned and misunderstood 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z

While Muniz finds and photographs characters for a brilliantly conceived art project, Walker traces the subjects' emotions with interviews, following them on deeply sympathetic journeys into their favelas and families. London film festival ? review 2010-10-16T23:07:00Z

With Chisholm’s forceful voice reverberating in one’s ears, it’s hard not to see the vases as an audience: receptacles for sympathetic vibrations. How white tables set with black vases serve as a reminder of the struggle for civil rights 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z

Kovalevska's lustrous tone, the delicate shadings of her voice, and her sympathetic and understated acting made her a memorable Mimi indeed. Vittorio Grigolo promising in Met opera debut 2010-10-17T22:31:00Z

Some of the first listeners and performers heard these songs as sympathetic, humanizing portrayals. Is Stephen Foster's song "My Old Kentucky Home" pro-slavery or anti-slavery? 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z

It's not a particularly compelling or sympathetic subject. John Oliver deploys Michael Bolton to make the IRS feel sexy 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

But he enchants, too, in more sympathetic incarnations: Pierre in War and Peace; the young Brian Wilson in Love & Mercy, the biopic about the Beach Boys. Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan on their new creations - an acclaimed film and a baby daughter 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z

Shrimpy was having trouble with his wife, a sour-faced nightmare of a mother played with persuasive relish by Phoebe Nicholls, but he had a sympathetic ear in Lord Grantham, who felt his pain. Rewind TV: Downton Abbey; Restless; Loving Miss Hatto; The Girl; David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul – review 2012-12-30T00:06:04Z

The local cops hunting a serial killer are sympathetic, if flawed, human beings, who even take a horse in from the cold when it starts to snow. Chinese directors master Nordic noir, shoot-'em-up Western 2014-02-13T15:12:54Z

Here was one of the great acts of sympathetic imagination in theater history, in which the effort to bring a musical centerpiece to life improbably reflected the long and laborious gestation making a great painting. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Lives of the Artists 2012-09-20T16:23:38Z

Knowledge of the murder, a secret that circulates haphazardly through the family, inspires responses both outraged and pragmatic, and the perpetrators of the killing remain crucial and, in some ways, sympathetic characters. At Film Comment Selects, Period Pieces Lead the Way 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z

His likable persona balances the snark and the silliness, and it’s hard not to be sympathetic to his dilemma as “the Silkwood of Swag.” Theater Review: ‘The Junket,’ Mike Albo’s Take on the Freelancer’s Life 2014-03-24T22:49:15Z

As is often the case in Mr. Newman’s satire, the tone lands somewhere in between scathing and sympathetic, making earnest points amid ridicule. The Playlist: David Bowie’s Unreleased Songs and a ‘Putin’ Satire 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z

A sympathetic fairy transforms the rabbit, which already believes it has been made real by the boy’s love, into a living animal. Spare Times for Children, for Nov. 23-29 2012-11-22T20:56:47Z

Almost saintly in the purity of his concerns, victimized by the xenophobic nature of the times, Celestino gradually registers as the book's most sympathetic character. 'The Widower's Tale': novelist Julia Glass' sprawling saga of a very extended family 2010-09-16T22:20:00Z

Richard Nixon comes off as a sympathetic character, banished from center stage but still trying to influence foreign policy through secret notes and furtive phone calls. ‘Finale’ review: A novel of the Reagan years that’s packed with real-life barbs 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z

If one of the group appeared overwhelmed, others would quickly seek to console them, offering tissues, a hug or a sympathetic ear. An African American mother and daughter journey to their family's... 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

Fortunately I had a very sympathetic professor, who told me to go now – because once I had a mortgage and family, I wouldn't. Oliver Ford Davies, actor – portrait of the artist 2012-12-18T19:30:01Z

Given the atrocities committed by Nazi Germany, it's hard to be sympathetic — then or now — to the ethnic Germans expelled from Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary and other nations. Nothing 'Orderly and Humane' about this chapter of WWII history 2012-07-25T21:47:13Z

But it’s an interesting footnote, a spin-free picture of the personal cost of campaigning; speaking as a disclosed Obama voter, I found it humanly sympathetic regardless of political sympathies. TV Review: Mitt 2014-01-24T13:32:24Z

Maddy, unencumbered by the baggage or history of a long relationship, is the only one who is sympathetic to Ethan’s plight. Rage Sets a Couple on a Collision Course. Who Will Absorb the Impact? 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z

While Ms. Goldstein is sympathetic to the unionized public-school teacher, she also thinks the profession is hamstrung by a defensive selfishness, harboring too fine a memory for ancient wounds. ‘The Teacher Wars,’ Dana Goldstein’s History of Education 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z

Alpharaoh offers a sympathetic presence in the middle of a controversial issue. The 99-Seat Beat: DACA drama, Lenny Bruce and new Nick Payne 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

For one thing, he’s more sympathetic — and much more winning — than we’re used to seeing in bad guys. Producer of ‘Bourne’ series turns his hand to a low-budget, psychological thriller. 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z

This novelistic re­imagining of the “third-rate burglary” proposes surprising motives for the break-in and the 18-minute gap, and has a sympathetic Nixon. 100 Notable Books of 2012 2012-11-27T16:28:12Z

The first judge assigned to the case, Irving Levey, was not sympathetic to de Rivera’s request. How a Thirteen-Year-Old Girl Smashed the Gender Divide in American High Schools 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z

Sadly, Goode’s knack for playing sympathetic cads doesn’t quite register — or smolder — here; he’s not having his usual fun. Review | In ‘The Crown’s’ new season, a delicious friction between Elizabeth and Jackie 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z

Gillan added that the "angry, bitter and twisted" Nebula is more sympathetic in the sequel. Family ties test the unconventional 'Guardians of the Galaxy' 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

Who, with any empathy at all, would pan Indigenous activists saying lines from “Antigone” into Rau’s sympathetic cameras? ‘Antigone in the Amazon’ Review: The Drama Is Brazil’s Land War 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z

You were left to feel horrified, sympathetic or some swirling mixture of the two as you chose. The Iraq War; Mothers, Murders and Mistresses; Confessions of a Male Stripper: First Cut – TV review 2013-05-30T06:00:17Z

I definitely got the note throughout the development process from people who were reading the script that he might not be the most sympathetic character. ArtsBeat: Tribeca First-Timers: Lou Howe 2014-04-18T16:30:17Z

He's generally sympathetic and he loves his daughter, there's no question. Ben Foster on his role in indie hit “Leave No Trace”: Stripping down to “whatever is essent... 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z

Capote soon became Babe’s favorite lunch date and weekend guest, who could be counted on for gossip, flattery and a sympathetic ear. ‘The Swans of Fifth Avenue’ review: Would you trust Truman Capote? 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z

Besides, divorced men are often seen as less sympathetic. Stand by Your Man? On TV, as in Life, There Are Alternatives 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z

Apart from being such a magnificent writer and so impressive and sympathetic a presence, Toni was a total professional to work with editorially, which is the way in which I knew her best. ‘How We Weep for Our Beloved’: Writers and Thinkers Remember Toni Morrison 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z

It isn’t a legal proceeding — a sympathetic elder tells him it’s permissible to lie — but rather one of many local traditions established to keep up appearances and rein in unruly behavior. ‘No Bears’ Review: A Film That Critiques Itself 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z

The Death of Convict Leasing In the North, the prison abolition movement went viral, embracing not only workers’ organizations, sympathetic rural insurgents and prisoners, but also widening circles of middle-class reformers.  Why Etan Patz still haunts us 2012-05-25T18:00:00Z

When I paged through them, I understood my husband’s look of incredulity and pity: it was a sympathetic stare that one offers to an idiot. On Being Photographed by Richard Avedon 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

As a character study it is rich and insightful, frank in its judgments but deeply sympathetic to the man Gabler regards as “the most complex of the Kennedys.” The Best of the Kennedys? 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z

To win his approval, prospective clients had to be charming, sympathetic, and prepared to spend lavishly for exquisite objects, textiles, and skilled craftsmanship. A New Book Explores the Work of Geoffrey Bennison 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z

We may not all relate to Belly's exact circumstances or identity, but we don't need to when Tung creates such a vivid, sympathetic character that even has us forgive her many missteps. The best breakout TV performances of the year, from twins and vamps to werewolves and superheroes 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z

He is sympathetic to the Dreamers he meets in private, but is willing to place their lives and futures in jeopardy to feed the passions of his supporters. How Donald Trump’s Obsession With Immigrants Has Shaped His Presidency 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z

I thought that would be sort of challenging, to make her sympathetic. Molly Ringwald Talks About the Most Embarrassing Part of Filming 'The Breakfast Club' 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z

But when the creators of the Netflix series “You” approached her about an interesting new role — another killer, but a deeply sympathetic one — she couldn’t turn it down. That Intense New Character on ‘You’? Victoria Pedretti ‘Had the Tools’ 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z

Murphy and co-creator Brad Falchuk have again cast her as an imperious, jealous, yet somehow sympathetic diva, this time with a Teutonic twist. REVIEW: Freaks and Shrieks on American Horror Story: Freak Show 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

Nearing the end of his monologue, Chappelle struck a more sympathetic tone. ‘Saturday Night Live’ Sends Off Trump With a Ballad 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z

Mirren gave a subtle, stinging and eventually sympathetic portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II during this tumultuous time, showing real vulnerability as the queen struggled to find the right tone. Olympics inspire list of Queen Elizabeth II movies 2012-07-30T19:46:04Z

Her installations are planted like vegetation in sympathetic soil, and she noses out overlooked nooks and crannies or the spaces-in-between-spaces existing in any human-built environment. Sarah Sze and the Art of Tracking Time 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z

“Of course, I am incredibly sympathetic to how he was treated, but even when you are doing the show, your opinion on his actions changes daily.” ‘Radicalisation of Bradley Manning’ Hits Home in Edinburgh 2013-08-04T21:20:18Z

But because it doesn’t peer very deeply into the souls of these spoiled, marginally sympathetic narcissists, whose ties to one another seem superficial, its commercial future in America seems problematic. Movie Review: ‘Little White Lies,’ From Guillaume Canet, With Jean Dujardin 2012-08-23T21:35:51Z

Ms. McCullough’s fiction was prized by readers for its propulsive plots, sympathetic characters and sheer escapist potential. Colleen McCullough, Author of ‘The Thorn Birds,’ Dies at 77 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

Herzog, a 34-year-old graduate of the Yale School of Drama, is a connoisseur of dislocation, a sympathetic chronicler of the tenuous hold we have on our ordered lives and comforting beliefs. Down and Out in Paris: Amy Herzog’s Belleville 2013-03-06T13:00:15Z

Happily, a sympathetic friend comes to the rescue. ‘Lucky Us,’ by Amy Bloom, America’s Victor Hugo

Woolf described that nagging interior voice thusly: “She was intensely sympathetic. She was immensely charming. She was utterly unselfish. She excelled in the difficult arts of family life. She sacrificed herself daily.” Perspective | In 2020, women’s pandemic-era rage exploded on screen 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z

Some people see Weiner as a sympathetic character; others remain disgusted by his lack of self-control and peculiar sexual habits. Can a new film make Anthony Weiner more than just a punch line? 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z

And it set up a more sympathetic view of Megan’s own dangerous situation after a series of poor decisions leads her to accidentally commit treason. Rosie Perez Hates Flying, but She Soared in ‘The Flight Attendant’ 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z

The series is engrossing because of its powerful story, Ling’s dogged and far-ranging reporting, its sympathetic characters, compelling scenes, and a patient, well-paced narrative. “Uncover: The Village”: A Serial Killer, Toronto’s Gay Community, and a Podcast That Transcends True Crime 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z

The characters — both sympathetic, both impassioned — hold forth about their radically different views on the nature of time, regret and the criminal justice system. 'Time Alone': A prison inmate and a mother, trying to make peace with the past 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z

He's been following blogger reactions to the film, noting that many have mixed yet ultimately sympathetic views of Sorkin's version of Zuckerberg. Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin makes friends with Facebook for 'The Social Network' 2010-09-24T23:23:00Z

Whatever judgment history has now passed on such a camp, Russell portrays some of the officials who worked there in a sympathetic light. ‘The Train to Crystal City’: a WWII detainees camp in Texas 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z

She’s sympathetic to a little girl whose father, at a parent conference, exclaims, “Wow, Crystal’s in second already?” Katherine Heiny Shows Readers How to Pay Attention to the Little Things 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z

Even a sympathetic viewer has to tread carefully in the first half-hour, as acutely observed humor vies with the more obvious farce of pratfalls and eggs tossed at car windshields. 'Tamara Drewe' review: Sex, Cows and Rock 'n Roll 2010-10-07T16:10:00Z

At Wine School, we are sympathetic to arguments in favor of terroir. Rioja Gran Reserva, a Wine Beginning to Be Shaped by Time 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

Demme was always human, sympathetic and compassionate in his representation of his characters and their lives, and he was a masterful craftsman and creator of mood to boot. Jonathan Demme, Oscar-Winning Director, Is Dead at 73 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

Many comics might also be sympathetic to Mr. Tosh because they understand that live comedy requires repeated public failure. Critic’s Notebook: When the Comic and the Heckler Both Take Offense 2012-07-17T22:36:45Z

“Unsparing as Hu’s anatomy of moral drift may be, there is something graceful in his sympathetic attention to lives defined almost entirely by disappointment and diminished hope,” A.O. What’s on TV Monday: ‘An Elephant Sitting Still’ on Criterion and a PBS Documentary 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z

“The options were swimming or sprinting,” Dr. De Mars recalled, and, thanks to one sympathetic instructor, judo. Too Good to Be Ignored: Women Who Reached the Top in Sports 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z

It gradually emerges that Mario was once part of a brutally repressive auxiliary police force in Paris made up of Algerian Harkis sympathetic to the French occupation of Algeria. A Comic Book Artist Who Makes the Invisible Visible 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z

Conductor Piotr Gajewski presided over a sympathetic ensemble with Bailey in the concerto and an elegantly shaped and graceful performance of the Mozart “Prague” Symphony No. 38 to end the evening. National Philharmonic’s program of Haydn, Mozart favorites delights young audience members 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z

She is an acute, sympathetic observer of Chinese society, skilled at capturing the discomforts, hypocrisies and uncouthness of everyday life, and the way that guilt and grievance corrode relationships. The Bathing Women by Tie Ning – review 2013-03-22T08:00:01Z

“Women are very much more sympathetic,” she said. Two Cities, Two Countries, Common Ground 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z

Dad gets the same request, minus the sympathetic preamble. Carolyn Hax: Grandpa-to-be’s decision to start a new family upsets daughter

Like in the film, the judge was sympathetic to Woodruff’s plight but ruled that legally he could not distribute the drug, though he was allowed to use it for his own purposes. The True Story of Dallas Buyers Club 2013-11-08T18:24:22Z

Cassie underwent a significant transformation in “Euphoria” last season, going from a sympathetic character to a more questionable one as she complicates her friendship with Maddy by falling for Nate. Sydney Sweeney Scores Two Emmy Nods, for ‘Euphoria’ and ‘The White Lotus’ 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z

Little wonder that Mr. Glass, who is from a secular Jewish family sympathetic to Quaker teachings, is drawn to Eastern spiritual traditions that require the same rigorous daily practice as music. Review: Philip Glass’s ‘Words Without Music’ Tells of a Life Full of Changes in Rhythm 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z

Notable at least in part for its fumbled potential, this health-care-industry melodrama possesses all the right ingredients: an idealistic young lawyer, a corrupt corporate villain and a sympathetic victim. | 'Puncture': ?Pucture? Stars Chris Evans and Mark Kassen ? Review 2011-09-23T04:13:02Z

It’s sympathetic to both of them, painting Monica as naïve and terribly young. Review: ‘Clinton the Musical’ Proves Unimpeachably Amusing 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z

The second is sympathetic, a recognition of the pain that comes with dismantling my flawed worldview.  Why I left the GOP 2012-09-10T13:30:00Z

The coach, sympathetic to the young man's spirit, fuels his self-delusion by technically keeping him on the team but keeping him forever on the sideline. Steve Zahn shines in low-key gem "Calvin Marshall" 2010-08-23T04:29:00Z

He is the most dislikable character aboard the boat; the only sympathetic passenger is the son, Luke. Movie Review: Halle Berry in ?Dark Tide? 2012-03-29T23:00:09Z

He may be old and in failing health, but he's still sympathetic to the way romance motors life along. Top-notch 'Stupid ... Bird' zings with audacity 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z

In a media climate seemingly dominated by sympathetic portraits of the white working class, “Braddock, PA” feels like a refreshing corrective. “Braddock, PA,” a Brisk, Remedial Documentary of a Rust Belt Town 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z

I would be sympathetic to the theories, now circulating on Twitter, that the First Lady’s perverse choice to wear this coat constitutes a deliberate attempt to derail conversations and to bait denigrations. Interrogating Melania Trump’s Statement Jacket and its Fast-Fashion Fascism 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

On one level, I am sympathetic to the principle that gay marriage ought not to be imposed by the government. 500 years of church intolerance 2011-02-15T07:30:02Z