Sentence examples for a certain amount of sympathy from inspiring English sources

Portsmouth are entitled to a certain amount of sympathy but ought not to try to milk the it.

It's a risk to focus on someone so unappealing, yet Jean, while not exactly likeable, commands a certain amount of sympathy.

Other human rights analysts expressed a certain amount of sympathy for the US troops, noting that Guantanamo is a tough assignment.

Mankind is hardwired to "take pleasure in the society of his fellows, to feel a certain amount of sympathy with them, and to perform various services for them".

Johnson says he feels "a certain amount of sympathy" for MPs like Patrick Mercer who have been caught by undercover journalists investigating lobbying.

Even if they openly mock the less-fortunate or declare they're proud to be assholes, they can assume they'll have public opinion on their side and a certain amount of sympathy from the cops.

Shashi Tharoor: The arguments have been surprisingly well received in the sense that a number of Britons, including Conservatives, have reacted with sympathy to the arguments and with a certain amount of chagrin about the record of their forebears.

A certain amount of sigh in it.

And a certain amount of crazy".

That makes a certain amount of sense.

But a certain amount of unease remains.