All 4 Uses
empathy
in
The Guardian, by Nicholas Sparks
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- Anyone who could move from anger to empathy as effortlessly as she had was a treasure, and he was lucky to have found her.
Chpt 18 *empathy = the ability or tendency to understand or share in others' feelings
- In the office, everything about her demeanor suggested a desire to appear empathetic and kind—the way she leaned forward with sad eyes, nodding steadily as he told one terrible story after another about his childhood.†
Chpt 21
- However, as a woman, she also found herself empathizing with Julie in a more personal way.†
Chpt 30empathizing = understanding or sharing in another's feelingsstandard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
- the way the streetlights played on her features as they walked the late night streets of Boston ....how she'd stared at him across the table at dinner ....the following weekend at Cape Cod, where they had strolled on the beach and had a picnic in the sand ....or a picnic and a hot-air balloon ride ....Jessica and Julie ....so much alike ....his thoughts of them combining into one ....images joining together ....Julie ....her tears as she watched Phantom of the Opera ....the sensual touch of her fingers as she cut his hair ....her empathy when he lied about his mother dying unexpectedly ....how proud she seemed when she introduced him to her friends at the bar ....God, he loved her.†
Chpt 37empathy = the ability or tendency to understand or share in others' feelings
Definitions:
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(1)
(empathy) the ability, tendency, or act of understanding and sharing another's emotional state
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)