widespread sympathy

collocation in English

meaningsofwidespreadandsympathy

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widespread
adjective
uk
/ˌwaɪdˈspred/us
/ˌwaɪdˈspred/
existing or happening in many places and/or among ...
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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 ofwidespreadandsympathyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is oftenwidespreadsympathyin a natural disaster.
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In debating future policy, we must surely consider this small group, for whom there iswidespreadsympathy.
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At the same time, there will be deep andwidespreadsympathyhere for those who are being made to suffer so severely for it.
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There is undoubtedlywidespreadsympathyfor the nurses and midwives.
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There iswidespreadsympathyfor the genuinely jobless.
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There iswidespreadsympathyfor the police.
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I sympathise strongly with the objectives of all the new clauses, and there is no doubt that there iswidespreadsympathyin the country for them.
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Luck, or perhaps foresight is the better word, was involved in choosing this subject, which we are well aware is of considerable public interest and commandswidespreadsympathy.
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Congress publicised the fasts as a political action that generatedwidespreadsympathy.
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Moreover, the hunger strike gainedwidespreadsympathyfrom the population at large and earned the student movement the moral high ground that it sought.
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Support for the demonstrators rested upon broad discontent andwidespreadsympathyfor their position.
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