mutual sympathy

collocation in English

meaningsofmutualandsympathy

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mutual
adjective
uk
/ˈmjuː.tʃu.əl/us
/ˈmjuː.tʃu.əl/
(of two or more people or groups) feeling the same emotion, or doing the same thing to or for ...
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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 ofmutualandsympathyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The rowdy boys scarcely moved; the whole audience seemed bound by amutualsympathyand interest which charged the air with emotional tenseness.
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Therefore, we may have amutualsympathyon these matters.
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I hope that they will grow stronger in time, withmutualsympathy.
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This can certainly form a basis formutualsympathyand future understanding.
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We want to see them bound together inmutualsympathyand trust by working together for a common object.
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The truth is that self-government is not possible to a community unless themutualsympathythat binds the members of the community together outweighs the mutual antipathy that divides them.
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Mutualsympathyfor it opens the door to the world of show business.
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People in a security community are also bound by the sense of community, themutualsympathy, trust, and common interests.
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Smith proposes thatmutualsympathyheightens the original emotion and disburdens the person of sorrow.
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He makes clear thatmutualsympathyof negative emotions is a necessary condition for friendship, whereas mutual sympathy of positive emotions is desirable but not required.
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