Sentence examples for note of compassion from inspiring English sources

The testimony of Linus, rendered years before personal tragedies turned him into a sociopath, suffuses his later crimes with a grace note of compassion.

When he turned to his potential legacy as president, he continued on a note of compassion, saying he would like to be known for having "helped the American people with good jobs and with a bright and prosperous future".

Heine's tone is merrily vicious, but he inserts one note of compassion: had Platen lived in Roman times, "it may be that he would have expressed these feelings more openly, and perhaps have passed for a true poet".

Cameron and Hague look unusually handsome and dignified standing beside her in a luxuriant Burmese garden; Hillary Clinton's heartfelt embrace strikes just the right note of compassion and respect; at a press conference in Norway before they flew to Ireland, Bono watches her with benign fascination.

The audiobook is made even more moving by the fact that the author herself narrates, lending an intimate note of compassion to the tale.

As Aryeh Lev, he adds grace notes of compassion, underlining the father's struggle to understand a son who doesn't fit his idea of what a Jewish man should be.

And yet, tellingly, Cuaron's film contains a top-note of compassion that strays at times towards outright sentimentality".

As he matured, and especially during the tumultuous period of 755 to 759, his verse began to sound a note of profound compassion for humanity caught in the grip of senseless war.

Her character, Sister Hilde, a missionary working in South Africa, delivers the movie's summary benediction: a rambling, eccentric message from the great beyond that makes the film's closing note of cosmic compassion ring painfully flat.

Even when Mr. Langella is writing with an unusual frankness about great actors displaying their human frailties, the overriding note is one of compassion and fellow feeling.

Bullying in the name of compassion.