“How sympathetic you look, Anne…as sympathetic as only seventeen can look.”
“Now, Anne, don't look as if you were trying to understand. Seventeen can't understand.”
“My mom beat me up," I informed my reflection. It looked back sympathetically.”
“Arnie sighed and for a quick moment looked genuinely sympathetic that someone could dream up something this elaborately sad.”
“A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.”
“We shared a sympathetic look, mutually marveling that kids who commit grown-up crimes still have their little-boy sweet tooth.”