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"Compassionate" in a Sentence (23 examples)
You men, you're all selfish and heartless, and us women, who are always loving and compassionate, we're forced to obey you!
Therefore, putting on one side imaginary things concerning a prince, and discussing those which are real, I say that all men when they are spoken of, and chiefly princes for being more highly placed, are remarkable for some of those qualities which bring them either blame or praise; and thus it is that one is reputed liberal, another miserly, using a Tuscan term (because an avaricious person in our language is still he who desires to possess by robbery, whilst we call one miserly who deprives himself too much of the use of his own); one is reputed generous, one rapacious; one cruel, one compassionate; one faithless, another faithful; one effeminate and cowardly, another bold and brave; one affable, another haughty; one lascivious, another chaste; one sincere, another cunning; one hard, another easy; one grave, another frivolous; one religious, another unbelieving, and the like.
Tom is compassionate.
You're compassionate.
To give a person one's opinion and correct his faults is an important thing. It is compassionate and comes first in matters of service. But the way of doing this is extremely difficult. To discover the good and bad points of a person is an easy thing, and to give an opinion concerning them is easy, too. For the most part, people think that they are being kind by saying the things that others find distasteful or difficult to say. But if it is not received well, they think that there is nothing more to be done. This is completely worthless. It is the same as bringing shame to a person by slandering him. It is nothing more than getting it off one's chest.
I think Tom is compassionate.
Tom was compassionate.
Tom is very compassionate.
Were you compassionate?
The more you suffer in life, the more compassionate you become.
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The Compassionate, the All-Compassionate
As a compassionate Turcoyse which doth tell By looking pale, the wearer is not well,
1675, Robert South, A Sermon preached at Christ-Church, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, London: Thomas Bennett, 1692, p. 574, […] there never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender, and compassionate.
He was by nature so exceedingly compassionate of anyone who seemed to be ill at ease […] that he shook hands with Mr. Micawber, at least half-a-dozen times in five minutes.
[…] the compassionate pangs I felt for soon-to-be redundant workers were not overwhelming in their frequency; our job required a degree of commitment that left one with rather limited time for such distractions.
compassionate leave; a compassionate visa
It boots thee not to be compassionate: After our sentence plaining comes too late.
[…] seeing them die so wofully in the flames, he compassionated them.
The Justice which Mr. Allworthy had executed on Partridge, at first met with universal Approbation; but no sooner had he felt its Consequences, than his Neighbours began to relent, and to compassionate his Case;
And yet I could not help bitterly compassionating the honest fellow, brought to the gallows, as he was, strictly speaking, by the machinations of that devil incarnate, Mr. Tyrrel.
“[…] if she were a nice, pretty child, one might compassionate her forlornness; but one really cannot care for such a little toad as that.”
Helen laughed at these sentimental remarks, and wondered that Madame herself did not compassionate her lodger, and console him
I explained the circumstances of the past two days, which had driven me to the woods, and he deeply compassionated my distress.
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