| express sympathy | 22.45 | Few expressed sympathy. | ||
| have sympathy | 19.49 | He has my sympathy. | ||
| show sympathy | 5.66 | The crowd showed no sympathy. | ||
| feel sympathy | 4.54 | I do feel sympathy for Ellen. | ||
| win sympathy | 4.48 | It is Charles who wins our sympathy. | ||
| offer sympathy | 4.15 | My friends offer no sympathy. | ||
| get sympathy | 3.36 | He gets sympathy. | ||
| gain sympathy | 2.04 | Could have been his way of gaining sympathy for The Movement. | ||
| elicit sympathy | 1.78 | Is he a human who elicits sympathy? | ||
| find sympathy | 1.78 | Such pleas have found little sympathy. | ||
| extend sympathy | 1.65 | We extend our sympathies. | ||
| draw sympathy | 1.45 | Diana drew sympathy. | ||
| generate sympathy | 1.45 | Some of the fall-out coverage actually tried to generate sympathy for the unhappy couple. | ||
| deserve sympathy | 1.25 | Druggies deserve sympathy. | ||
| arouse sympathy | 1.18 | It arouses sympathy for him from us. | ||
| attract sympathy | 1.18 | The employees attract sympathy. | ||
| receive sympathy | 1.18 | She received no sympathy here. | ||
| enjoy sympathy | 1.12 | In Kosovo, the rebels enjoy some sympathy. | ||
| evoke sympathy | 1.05 | His appearance is bound to evoke sympathy. | ||
| lose sympathy | 0.92 | We lose sympathy for both of them. |