Until now we haven't made it public where our sympathies lie.

"My sympathies lie with the idea of a Jewish state."

There is no question of where the Duke's sympathies lie.

But it is not hard to gauge where her sympathies lie.

Where, or with whom, do you think the reader's sympathies lie?

Just for the record, my sympathies lie with the second group.

He was far too old to participate, but all knew his sympathies lie with freedom.

It is often difficult to know where Shakespeare's own sympathies lie.

Now the balance has shifted, and for the time being, sympathies lie with us.

Indeed, our sympathy goes out to all those who have died or are lying in a hospital bed.