Sentences with phrase «win sympathy»

When they show people - sexy out - of - it friends or strangers in crowds regardless of their milieu - they create intimacy, win your sympathy or represent freedom.

Autodefensa has elements of a populist uprising, and the grisly sights of such things as heads of decapitated victims lined up like ducks in a shooting gallery or a woman's story about the barbarous murder of a little child can not help but win sympathy for their argument for self - defense — especially when the Mexican government is, at best, ineffective when it comes to protecting its citizens.

That could be the ground being prepared by her to win your sympathy and eke some money out of you.

Many are wondering if the controversial politician ordered to have his badly damaged Prado Land Cruiser V8 at the election grounds to win sympathy votes in the crucial regional election.

We are fatigued on understanding how and why Samuel Mills could open his mouth so wide to give people evidence that he is NOT from KEEA and is just trying to use his late brother's name to win sympathy votes.

Even the present suffering from a rare ear disease known as Meniere's disease by President Muhammadu Buhari will not win any sympathy to save our action against the federal government.

The Bishop made a vigorous, polished but superficial speech attacking Darwin's theory and concluded by trying to win the sympathy of the audience with an appeal to Victorian sentimentality concerning women.

I still say that it makes me laugh when first some Atheist will throw out the point that there are so many Christian denominations... but in an attempt to win sympathy the same Atheist will state that all of the denominations all think exactly the same.

The brutality of the police in the south being shown on TV helped win sympathy for the civil rights movement in the sixties.

His silence has not won him sympathy from U.S. District Judge William Alsup, the judge overseeing the case, who earlier this month said Waymo has «one of the strongest records I've ever seen» showing that Levandowski took the files.

When a person acts on behalf of someone who has won his sympathy, the welfare of the other person has become his interest — it is a new self - interest altered by the genuine concern for the welfare of the other.

Similarly with Esau: After the famous scene in which Jacob comes disguised as Esau to receive their father's blessing in Esau's place, it is Esau who wins our sympathy, speaking with an anguish we never hear from young Jacob.

The division between Pharisee and Sadducee is clearly reflected in the New Testament, particularly in the question on the resurrection put to Jesus by the Sadducees, 23 and also when Paul used the fact to advantage by winning the sympathy of the Pharisees and thus causing the Council to be divided and to end in an uproar.24 This division serves vividly to illustrate the strong differences of opinion which existed in the Jewish setting of the time of Jesus.

He wins sympathy from Ratelle, who says, «The trade was tougher on Brad than on me.

Of course, he has won no sympathy for having to make do with only $ 8 million this year, but he doesn't want any.

He also advised them to elect a candidate who can secure victory for the Npp and also win the sympathies of all Ghanaians including the security services.»

Nana Aba has since won sympathy from a large section of the public and there have been growing calls on her to quit the station and continue her career elsewhere, with the latest call coming from her fellow journalist cum lawyer, Samson Lardy Anyenini.

The film occasionally requires him to address the camera directly, but Boseman's easy charisma wins sympathy even without this touch.

The film succeeds on these fundamental levels, with Pete and Elliott instantly winning our sympathy and maintaining it throughout.

Not exact matches

But protecting its members from change is an argument unlikely to win the board any sympathy from the public.

It is not difficult to see why Baptists intent on winning the frontier for Christ had little sympathy for this teaching.

Its so much drama stirred up really by the atheists and the gays to support their points and win what they want with the sympathy of the people.

When my husband and I first met, he wooed me with dancing — even though both of us have two left feet and moves that win more points for sympathy than grace.

This is how Leicester won the league because they recruited smart unlike us bringing Sanogo in for the sympathy.

The 50 - year - old insists he has no sympathy for the club's current situation as they face a relegation battle, with Villa themselves having sent Newcastle down with a 1 - 0 win back in the 2008/09 season.

He adds that he does have some sympathy for Wenger, but the club should move forward with the «winning formula» deployed by their fierce rivals.

«'' If you see your neighbour's beard on fire, water your own»»» WENGER you are still not out of the woods, better win tomorrow cuz I don't remember Rodgers having a lot of sympathy for you last time we went to Anfield and got an as..

Its been better with performances recently just like most recent seasons but its still the same glorious failure... we aren't going to win the EPL and in the CL we make sure we lose heavily in the first leg so that in the other leg we play our hearts out and still lose so that we can get some sympathy and make it look like we tried.

Chris Paul (Clippers vie for the 2 seed with Blake Griffin back and he gets the sympathy vote for having never won an MVP)

Arsene Wenger will have little sympathy towards his players and will expect them to at least finish the campaign in style, ending their three match run without a win preferably.

Legendary goalkeeper David Seaman won the FA Cup four times with the Gunners as well as three league titles, a League Cup and the UEFA Cup Winners» Cup and he has some sympathy for both men.

These types of challenges have become almost taboo nowadays, and people have little sympathy for players who get dismissed as a result of these kinds of challenges, even if they win the ball.

Some people, after the unfortunate demise of Ebony have asserted that, others are pushing for a win for her out of sympathy.

There is no reason similar cases could not be won for any number of political or social sympathies — from supporting fox hunting to reading Batman comics.

They probably realise that a monstrous clash over pensions isn't the best way to win teachers» sympathy to their academy reforms.

The call for Ebony to win the category has nothing to do with her death or whatever sympathy the naysayers want to assign.

No, instead, Mr. Rangel deserves some sympathy because after four decades in the House of Representatives, building a political machine that has seen scores of friends and protégés win high office, serving a district that has been represented by only two people since World War II, he is now presiding over that district's dissolution.

Adeleke won out of sympathy for his late brother and don't forget he was also an apc member before replacing his brother in pdp.

According to the Daily Mail's Jason Groves, some government sources are trying to win over Tory rebels by playing on their sympathy for Theresa May.

Stop being hypocritical just to win political sympathy of Ghanaians.

While Alexander's points are correct and certainly do not help the USA win North Korean sympathies, I think that more than an historical view the answer lies in the current situation:

At that time, if the party's leadership decides to blindly and conveniently throw its weight behind an incumbent Mr. Addison, Mr. Nortey could then decide to go independent and win the massive support and sympathy of those who watched him play decently by the rules the season before.

Miliband's later battle with the Mail is also understood to have won him widespread public sympathy, with even political opponents coming to his defence.

(Cuomo hasn't indicated that he'd actively help McDonald, but he expressed sympathy yesterday for McDonald and Saland, and said he hopes they win their recounts.)

AUTUMN WINS YOU BEST BY THIS, ITS MUTE APPEAL TO SYMPATHY FOR ITS DECAY — ROBERT BROWNING For many reasons, fall is my favorite season of the year.

Let there is any logic here, but you have won the first sympathy for dating single men or dating women Italy for interesting and unforgettable personals.

Kerrigan got the sympathy until she behaved like a boor after Oksana Baiul won the gold medal.

Ruth Hassey is another from whom director George Cukor has milked maximum results to get a neat blend of sympathy - winning softness under a python - tongued smartaleckness.

Mickey and Mallory Knox were a fictional hypothetical, for they asked audiences if, in an age where O.J. Simpson was front - page news for a year for just two killings, could a pair of young murderers win over the hearts (if not the sympathies) of a nation with dozens?

The two have different styles, but both are lacking in substance until near the very end, when one must win the election and with our sympathies in tow.