Even among people who disagree with all those views, Francis commands sympathy.
But while the Duchess of Cambridge commanded sympathy, Mr. Romney found himself on the defensive.
Despite a detachment that amounts to emotional cruelty, she commands sympathy and even admiration.
Too self-centered and autocratic to command sympathy, she is instead sinister.
She commands sympathy and reverence only so long as her conduct is irreproachable or her husband's isn't.
For the first time since Mr Blair entered Downing Street, it is imaginable that Labour could actually lose the next election.In some respects Mr Blair commands sympathy.
He jacked up the schizoid factor, substituted homicide for suicide, and, by showing how easily mania could be impersonated, undercut the authenticity of the suffering writers whose ills had commanded sympathy.
His Catholicism and Scottish ancestry ensured him wide support in Ireland and the Scottish Highlands; his cause also commanded sympathy among sections of the Welsh and English gentry and, arguably, among the masses.
Among the second tier, Biden commands sympathy and emotional response; my own preferred candidate, John Kasich, brings uncommon enthusiasm to a fairly common-sense policy program that found consensus in Ohio, including for his earnest engagement on matters of racial justice.
In the stark final scene, with Nora and Torvald lying on the ground on opposite sides of the stage, both characters command sympathy equally.
