Collocations for sympathy - noun

considerable, deep, genuine, great, heartfelt, real, strong
little, scant (esp. BrE)
general, popular (esp. BrE), public, widespread
human
a total lack of human sympathy

feel, find, have
She seemed to feel some sympathy for the patients.
It's hard to find any sympathy for such an evil man.

express, extend, give sb, offer (sb), show (sb)
She expressed her deepest sympathy for him.
We extend our sympathy to the families of the victims.
She says I haven't given her enough sympathy.

waste
demand, want
I don't want your sympathy!

look for
I'm not looking for sympathy.

deserve, need
arouse, attract, create, earn, elicit, engage, evoke, gain, generate, get, win
Their plight aroused considerable public sympathy.
He didn't get much sympathy from anyone.

lose

go out to sb, lie with sb
Our deepest sympathy goes out to his wife and family.
My sympathy lies with his wife.

in sympathy with
Nurses came out on strike in sympathy with the doctors.

out of sympathy
She married him more out of sympathy than love.

with sympathy
Desmond eyed her anguished face with sympathy.

sympathy for
He has a total lack of sympathy for young people.

sympathy to
The government showed sympathy to their cause.

sympathy towards/toward
He acted with some sympathy towards/toward his victim.

sympathy with
She had every sympathy with him.

a feeling of sympathy, a pang of sympathy
I felt a pang of sympathy for her.

full of sympathy
a lack of sympathy
have every sympathy for sb (esp. BrE)
you, they, etc. have my sympathy