Sentence examples for sympathetic recognition from inspiring English sources

But the most courageous aspect of "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys" may be its sympathetic recognition of how young and vulnerable its characters really are.

"The most courageous aspect of 'The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys' may be its sympathetic recognition of how young and vulnerable its characters really are," Stephen Holden wrote in The New York Times.

"The most courageous aspect of 'The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys' may be its sympathetic recognition of how young and vulnerable its characters really are," Stephen Holden wrote in The Times.

In your worst moments — which may appear superficially to be your best moments — what you need most of all is the sympathetic recognition of someone who says, if only in a small smile or half-nod, yes, I have been there too, and I too have tried to shore up my insecurity with exhibitions of pettiness, bluster, overconfidence, petulance and impatience.

But his name usually prompts a flash of recognition, and the occasional sympathetic inquiry: "How are you doing?" "I don't know what they expect.

Viewed in a sympathetic light, Maimonides' elitism stems from the recognition that few people will be satisfied with this.

"You're a very, very emotional comedian" he once told Briers, a recognition that he could convincingly bring sympathetic depth to a comic role.

Alone with Perry in his cell, Capote is stunned: this beautiful sociopath is material — a gold mine, in fact — and also a sympathetic human being whose miserable childhood and need for recognition match Capote's own history and ravenous hungers.

May I also make a plea for the recognition of Willy Russell's The Wrong Boy, another sympathetic book about a special needs (or supposed special needs) child who is misunderstood and misdiagnosed.

But after hearing her recorded version of the recognition scene from "Elektra," with Mr. Owens as a robust-voiced, sympathetic Orestes, I yearn to hear her sing the role in a production.

"When I go to work with City Ballet, I go with a recognition of what their tradition is: what their assets are, what in me is complementary, sympathetic -- or even argumentative at times -- with that.