Sample sentences for COMPASSION

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Definition

sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help

If I see one hungry child, I feel compassion, but when I hear of a million hungry children, I'm overwhelmed and turn my mind to other things.

compassion = sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help

It is not enough to be compassionate. We must act. It is not enough to act. We must act with intelligence.

compassionate = sympathetic when others suffer

Brain scans showed that while volunteers' recognition of another person's physical pain was immediate, compassion didn't register for some seconds.

compassion = sympathy for another's suffering

We are studying compassion for emotional pain in contrast to compassion for physical pain.

compassion = sympathy for another's suffering

I was partly urged by curiosity, and compassion confirmed my resolution.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

compassion = sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help

...all I can say is, when you and Jem are grown, maybe you'll look back on this with some compassion and some feeling that I didn't let you down.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

compassion = sympathy for another's suffering

But somebody with that much compassion could never be the killer we needed.
Orson Scott Card -- Ender's Game

compassion = sympathy for another's suffering

For HIM she felt much compassion;— for Lucy very little—
Jane Austen -- Sense and Sensibility

compassion = sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help

In the past, I had seen her treat animals with more compassion than she did me.
Dave Pelzer -- A Child Called It

compassion = feeling or showing sympathy for another's suffering

His brother is filled with compassion for him.
Alan Paton -- Cry, the Beloved Country

compassion = sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help

Mrs. Sparsit was resolved to have compassion on him, as a Victim.
Charles Dickens -- Hard Times

compassion = sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help

We talked about one of Morrie's favorite subjects, compassion, and why our society had such a shortage of it.
Mitch Albom -- Tuesdays with Morrie

compassion = sympathy for another's suffering

She thought often with wistful compassion of a wretched geranium that belonged to a town neighbor.
Sarah Jewett -- A White Heron

compassion = sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help

But as I was saying, it is a fact that John has compassion deep inside of him, which is the real reason we got involved with the Pigman.
Paul Zindel -- The Pigman

compassion = sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help

like me, the lady next door who scowls on her way to the mailbox, or the kids who strut down the street, or my atheist friend who enjoys a good conversation, each bear an undying soul and deserve compassion.
Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe

compassion = sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help

My unfortunate guest regards me with the tenderest compassion.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

compassion = sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help

But she did not hear the compassion in his invitation.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

compassion = sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help

Could they turn from their door one, however monstrous, who solicited their compassion and friendship?
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

compassion = sympathy

Still thou canst listen to me and grant me thy compassion.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

compassion = sympathy

Let your compassion be moved, and do not disdain me.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

compassion = sympathy

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