And despite the best efforts of ministers and media, it has attracted strong public sympathy.

The struggle for an independent or far more autonomous Tibet attracts attention and sympathy.

The cruelty of this official response was significant in attracting public sympathy for the suffragette cause.

That kind of victimization attracts little sympathy among fearful whites.

The marchers attracted considerable public sympathy, but the crusade ultimately made little real impact.

And what is worse than all, neither the heroine nor hero attracts sympathy.

Indigent criminal defendants, usually black males, do not attract such sympathy.

They said the Government hoped to use the refugees' plight to attract international support and sympathy.

It would attract sympathy for the North and might even convince some world leaders of their innocence.

She could be painting her face that funny colour just to attract sympathy.