Sentence examples for expressions of compassion from inspiring English sources

Expressions of compassion for the victims in New York and Washington sounded curiously callous.

On the stump, he stresses competence over flowery expressions of compassion.

Declarations both outrageous and outraged abound, but so do expressions of compassion as people come to terms with their losses.

37 Hevesi's Erudite Oratory As Alan G. Hevesi, the city comptroller, campaigns for the Democratic mayoral nomination he seems to take genuine delight in the arcana of municipal government and finance while avoiding flowery expressions of compassion.

For a week and a half, the tragic plight of the 118 officers and sailors trapped aboard the sunken Russian nuclear submarine Kursk drew expressions of compassion and offers of assistance from around the world.

Re Barbara Garson's essay Close-Up Death Oughttoto Change a City" (Sept . 16: The content and emotional tone fell far short of the admirable expressions of compassion for the victims and their loved ones pouring out from people from all over the world.

I asked her what she made of the Pope's recent expression of compassion for victims.

But is a maquiladora really an expression of compassion for the people who work in it?

Instead, according to the report, the motivation for the two was personal, and was mostly an odd expression of compassion.

His homily at Saint Patrick's (a more interesting talk) opened with a fraternal gesture toward the Muslim community and an expression of compassion for the pilgrims who were crushed to death in the recent stampede at Mecca.

The text was handed to the bishops, but instead of actually speaking it Francis engaged the bishops informally, and the prepared expression of compassion, while released by the Vatican press office, was not delivered as written.