Hobbes had maintained that all other actions, however disguised under apparent sympathy, have their roots in self-love.

So, despite his apparent sympathy, he was just like the others after all.

John glanced at Susan and saw her looking at the banker with apparent sympathy.

The film doesn't let its subjects off the hook, despite apparent sympathies toward their politics (Mitchell).

"This must be difficult for you," Momosaki observed, smiling in apparent sympathy.

Valle took a swallow of coffee, nodding with apparent sympathy.

Despite apparent sympathy with Menshevik moderation between 1908 and 1912, they never accepted the idea of winding up the underground party.

But "Underground" doesn't let its subjects off the hook, despite an apparent sympathy for their politics.

His satires are written with an ease, a humanity, and an apparent sympathy.

He glanced between them, finding little apparent sympathy.