Sentence examples for invoke sympathy from inspiring English sources
"invoke sympathy" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It can be used when describing actions or words that are intended to elicit empathy or understanding from others. An example of this phrase in use could be: "The politician's emotional speech about her struggles invoked sympathy from the crowd."
Rather than trying to invoke sympathy, we tried to show how the athletes are normal people but also extraordinary".
The Man of Law uses all his lawyerly tricks to invoke sympathy for the heroine of his tale, almost as if her were pleading her case in court.
In both Dee's ecological musings and Leach's relentlessly winsome jeux d'esprit, such ascriptions of mind to life forms and the elements can be read as an attempt to invoke sympathy with the natural world, which might work more successfully for some readers than a straightforward harangue.
He did not invoke sympathy after going ahead with his birthday celebrations despite the loss to Atletico on Saturday night.
Hume's solution to the puzzle is to invoke sympathy, but "an extensive sympathy," redirected through general rules and the social convention toward society as a whole.
It avoids manipulation of the reader by invoking sympathy or sentiment.
She managed to invoke some sympathy for the vicious school-master's wife, but her performance was to be her last as star of a major film.
Later on, Hollywood started making films intended to invoke heavy sympathy for Native Americans including Last of the Mohicans and Academy Award rapist, Dances With Wolves.
For most people, the sight of a 12-year-old boy in tears at the prospect of his mother being deported halfway around the world would invoke some sympathy.
"The greatest risk in this case is invoking any sympathy," Judge Velis said.
It's a cynical and opportunistic rewriting of history that invokes legitimate sympathies and fears at the expense of justice and transparency.
