Sentence examples for sympathetic hands from inspiring English sources

On such occasions, Mr. Byrne's sympathetic hands seem repellently waxen.

Robinson and the engineers had to trust that they would be carried far enough, and into sympathetic hands.

"They want their stories told, and they somehow persuade themselves that in the right, sympathetic hands … readers will appreciate the challenge, the complexity, the sheer human variousness of what it is like to be them".

We happily follow Theodore to a mythical and sui generis city that, in Krusoe's sympathetic hands, is famed not for the fires that occasionally break out on its river but for its bountiful breakfasts and the geniality of its inhabitants, whose helpfulness and spirit of community keep the plot in motion.

They want their stories told, and they somehow persuade themselves that in the right sympathetic hands their most embarrassing moments will be redeemed, and readers will appreciate the challenge, the complexity, the sheer human variousness of what it is like to be them.

Give them a state fair packed with white southerners, gun-owners and married couples with children, and they do an expert job of putting leaflets into sympathetic hands.By contrast, the Democrats at the fair seem out of their comfort zone.

Gatland, whose shrewd and sympathetic hand on the tiller has played an equally crucial role in Wasps' rise, rammed home the same point.

What interests me is not the details of what happened, but that implicit in the lack of sympathetic hand-wringing over Mr. Mortenson's exposure is a kind of righteous vindication.

Throughout, Shields extends a humane and sympathetic hand to her characters, many of them intent on eking out their lives, on creating something lasting or valuable in the face of loss and absence.

Like pillows or bandages or a sympathetic hand on your shoulder.

But "Honey Boy" isn't just some butch vanity project; it's a moving portrait of fame, family and personal growth, directed with a poetic touch by Alma Har'el, who lends a light, sympathetic hand to what at times plays like a devastating symphony.