public sympathy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpublicandsympathy
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public
adjective
uk/ˈpʌb.lɪk/us/ˈpʌb.lɪk/
relating to or involving people in general, rather than being limited to a particular group ...
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sympathy
noun
uk/ˈsɪm.pə.θi/us/ˈsɪm.pə.θi/
(an expression of) understanding and care for someone ...
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(Definition ofpublicandsympathyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In an era of estrangement between army and society, some wanted to restorepublicsympathyfor the army.
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Frequent references to atrocities by managers or the police were an easy and quick way for union leaders to gainpublicsympathyand strengthen resistance.
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The radicalization of the civil servants and the widespreadpublicsympathywith them surprised the government.
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He demonstrates how these representations of 'truth' could arouse greatpublicsympathy, generate moral panics and force deep self-examination among readers and observers.
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The villagers, who were apparently familiar with urban forms of protest, pursued the more restrained course of petitioning the administrator in person and arousingpublicsympathyfor their plight.
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It is important thatpublicsympathyshould be with the victims.
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This is a strike by determined men, sustained bypublicsympathyand by a desire for justice.
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Some disasters strike a chord ofpublicsympathy, and thousands of people wish to play some part in offering practical help.
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You took away a great deal of thepublicsympathythat supported the unions up to that time.
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I do not believe there is any subject on which it is more easy to arousepublicsympathyand goodwill than housing.
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It has been suggested that there will be littlepublicsympathyfor this debate.
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I am afraid they are losingpublicsympathywhich has been built up over many years.
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If the farming community raises animals and birds without heart and feeling, it will losepublicsympathy.
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Yet it has a huge amount ofpublicsympathy.
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The unemployed are by no means the only group who might well have such a claim onpublicsympathy.
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I fully understand how it engagespublicsympathy.
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The making of unreasonable demands would greatly alienate thepublicsympathywhich this cause has already won.
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These people have not thrown themselves onpublicsympathy.
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