All 5 Uses of
compassion
in
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
- Caroline had watched David Henry often enough at the clinic to believe in his compassion.†
p. 62.9compassion = sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help
- I'd bring a great deal of experience and compassion to this position.†
p. 92.3
- He seemed compassionate.†
p. 99.0compassionate = feeling or showing sympathy for another's suffering
- Caroline did not like Leo March—he was not likable—but whatever animosity she held for him was complicated by compassion.†
p. 100.8compassion = sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help
- She met his eyes and saw the same sadness and compassion she remembered from so long ago, when they were both much younger.†
p. 250.6 *