Sentences with phrase «insincere sympathy»

Women in this country reject insincere sympathy when it is offered in response to reprehensible victimization undertaken for political gain,» Smyth's statement says.

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The Company Men frustrates more than lesser movies because it tackles a timely real topic like an insincere Hallmark sympathy card and isn't even as effective as that would be at relieving the pains of crisis.

Along the way, Isabel ponders or discusses: the nature of genius; child prodigies and pushy parents; our responsibility to future generations; the art of judging social cues; insincere compliments and heart - sink friends; dress codes and personal hygiene obligations; arguments about nothing; projectile vomiting; answering the telephone; the criminality of illegal parking; the morals of unearned money; the expiry date of sympathy; when does a reward become a ransom; loyalty to government, country and family; the ownership of leftovers; email expectations; and, of course, clouds.

Apologies that merely expressed sympathy worked only inconsistently because many plaintiffs took them to be insincere, which sometimes caused more indignation on the plaintiff's part, rather than less.