Sentence examples for sympathetic mentor from inspiring English sources

Morris proved a sympathetic mentor, one whose confidence and application gave Freud a sense of what it might mean to be an artist.

But much of the transformation of the Queen's image, from the chilly, notoriously philistinic matriarch who couldn't care less about Diana to an ever more droll and sympathetic mentor to pitifully grateful prime ministers is surely attributable to Mirren's superb acting, and to the writers who have increasingly depicted the monarch as – so long as you are not Margaret Thatcher – fabulous company.

She found a sympathetic mentor in her German teacher, who loaned her books and even took her to an opera.

He found a sympathetic ear and a mentor in Sutherland, who came to New York from Jamaica in 1986.

If they're lucky, a sex worker might find a sympathetic friend or unofficial mentor; Dane takes his taxes to a client who mentioned that he did financial counseling.

It is also indicative of a shift among prominent women toward the idea that men — as sympathetic chief executives, corporate mentors and involved fathers — are crucial to the next stage of women's advancement.

An undergraduate mentor is more sympathetic and presses her to approach the research integrity officer.

As part of his initial commitment to reach beyond the party, he pledged at the outset of his campaign to create a Movement for Change in which sympathetic citizens were sponsored and mentored to become local activists.

In our earlier interviews mentors reported a sympathetic approach, to difficulties in contacting women, which was not identified in later interviews.

In early interviews mentors reported adopting a sympathetic approach, trying to establish rapport through telephone conversations and re-arranging numerous appointments.

He's a sympathetic criminal cajoled into freeing his old mentor, who is currently languishing in a Belgian prison – kept safe by his connections to the Serbian paramilitary group the Tigers.