The phrase "drawing sympathy" is correct and can be used in written English.
One example of using this phrase could be: "Her story of losing her home in a natural disaster was so heart-wrenching that it was drawing sympathy from all those who heard it."
The mayor confirmed his friendship, perhaps, because the timing was good -- he was drawing sympathy for his diagnosis of prostate cancer.
It's also that it is a strategic disaster for the US, drawing sympathy to terrorist groups and swelling their ranks, placing American civilians and servicemen captured abroad at risk of the same treatment, undermining strategic cooperation with other nations, and making the future prosecution of terrorist suspects impossible.
The communists are also presumed to be the protagonists and the audience is led along that line of thought by drawing sympathy for the inevitable fate of one of the communists.
"It's a delicate balance, being provocative enough to get attention and still draw sympathy".
A global outpouring of support drew sympathy and attention but few lasting resources.
His cause has drawn sympathy from movie actors and world leaders, from Ed Asner to Nelson Mandela.
The PPP is trying to draw sympathy from an emotional television campaign that relives Ms Bhutto's final moments.
He drew sympathy from Kuchar, who said: "I think he's nice to everybody, but he's fighting some demons.
In a further attempt to draw sympathy from the reader, Fred blames class distinctions for his actions.
General Kagame drew sympathy as a leader of Rwanda's decimated Tutsis after the genocide of 1994.
Ms. Norgrove's death — and the drama surrounding the failed rescue attempt — has drawn sympathy on both sides of the Atlantic.
