1. to feel or express compassion or understanding for someone’s suffering or difficulties
Usage: third person singular present tense of ‘sympathize’
2. to share or agree with someone’s feelings, opinions, or cause
Usage: often followed by ‘with’

Examples

• She sympathizes with families who have lost their homes in the fire.
• The teacher sympathizes with students who struggle with math.
• He sympathizes with the workers’ demands for better wages.
• My friend always sympathizes when I’m having a bad day.
• The politician sympathizes with environmental concerns.
• She sympathizes with anyone who has experienced loss.