11.   He may even have elicited some sympathy by depicting himself to the grand jurors as a defender of the youthful, idealistic Lewinsky.

12.   He tells you this not to horrify or to elicit sympathy, but as a way of demonstrating the kind of day-to-day hazards the severely disabled face.

13.   However, he is no more likable than his abusive father and elicits little sympathy.

14.   In the preposterous plot, Wahlberg manages to elicit sympathy for his portrayal of Mel, a neurotic young hit man.

15.   Of course, for successful, driven individuals, claiming to be overtired is a great way to deflect envy and elicit sympathy.

16.   On the mean streets of Silicon Valley, this does not exactly elicit sympathy, especially from people whose own dreams of instant wealth cratered with the Nasdaq.

17.   Somehow, Broomfield, who seems smarmyhimself, never elicits much sympathy.

18.   That elicited no sympathy from three successive lenders who came to the door of her three-story, aluminum-sided row house four years ago.

19.   That reaction to the broadcast has not elicited much sympathy from Iranian officials.