Sentences with phrase «at gaining sympathy»
No your poorly written and rambling article which is a transparent attempt at gaining sympathy from the public didn't help me understand how you aren't breaching your fiduciary duties when you use an open house to score new clients.
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We might even find ourselves confiding our emotional pains publicly in social media rants in an attempt to gain sympathy — or at least empathy — when we should be sharing our pains and sorrows with the only one who can provide sustainable relief.
His impotent attempt to gain sympathy by claiming he was upset by an anti-Semitic comment which was obviously an attempt at humor is a new low even for him.
But he gradually gains our sympathies, particularly when the government siphons his paychecks and he's left at the mercy of a sinister, know - nothing coach.
He gains your sympathy fast but at the same time, you don't know whether or not he deserves it, which makes the story all the better.
If Charney hopes to gain public sympathy, he has — at least as evidenced by a poll put out by Lat, which shows that 64 percent of readers side with Charney.
At the far end of the spectrum sit the diagnosis of Munchausen syndrome (feigned pain to attract attention / sympathy) and malingering (fabricated pain for the purpose of a secondary gain).
[The claimant] may well gain the sympathy of the [Employment Tribunal] so that it is carried along the acquittal route and away from the real question — whether the employer acted fairly and reasonably in all the circumstances at the time of the dismissal.»
I can only guess that she's trying to gain sympathy from the public, i.e., presenting the message of «look at the risks I take on when I hold an open house — pity me!!».