Sentence examples for local sympathy from inspiring English sources

Her mother was the object of some local sympathy.

It appears Eta militants can no longer count on the cushion of local sympathy in activist circles that they may once have enjoyed.

Strong local sympathy for al-Qaeda fugitives in the harsh hills that line the Afghan frontier with Pakistan has been a major advantage.

Similarly, local sympathy for the Taliban along the Afghan-Pakistani border is driven as much by a lack of jobs as it is by religious or security concerns.

What marked the crime out was a groundswell of local sympathy for the perpetrator: the apparently charming, helpful and sweet-natured Tiede was held in much more affectionate esteem than the crabby 81-year-old he killed.

Al-Shabaab has reportedly been distributing weapons and may count on local sympathy if it clings on, seeking to test Kenyan soldiers' stomach for battle in prolonged urban warfare.

Yet neither side has hesitated to play to local sympathies.

Republicans acknowledge that running against a widow who has engendered local sympathies presents a challenge when it comes to going on the attack.

But by winning local sympathies, the army hopes to make Helmand sufficiently hostile to the insurgents to be able to do its work.

The trouble is these raids are not forceful enough to dislodge the terrorist threat but just heavy-handed enough to turn local sympathies against the state.

"The P.K.K. has lost considerable physical and political strength in recent months due to strong and sometimes critical government policies," said Umit Firat, a Kurdish intellectual and writer, referring to recent military and legal clampdowns on the rebel group, and adding that local sympathies had been shifting.