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Meanings of sympathetic listener in English

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Usage of sympathetic listener in English
1
Soon the young woman is telling her story to a sympathetic listener.
The Irish Times
2
He seemed to wish to talk about it to a sympathetic listener.
The Angel and the Author, and Others
3
His indignation at last broke forth in impassioned words to his sympathetic listener.
The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln
4
He wanted merely to talk about it to a sympathetic listener.
If Winter Comes
5
Then, if you feel you have a sympathetic listener, mention Wallace and Simms.
On the Trail of the Space Pirates
6
It is so easy to talk about one's self to a sympathetic listener.
That Fortune
7
Frascuelo, delighted to have secured a sympathetic listener, poured forth his sorrows volubly.
The Captain of the Kansas
8
He, I suspect, was pleased with a sympathetic listener, though one so small.
David Malcolm
9
He was in the mood for a sympathetic listener, and I drew him out.
The Swindler and Other Stories
10
She had to be sure of a sympathetic listener.
The Second Chance
11
Never was there a more appreciative diner than he, never a more attentive, sympathetic listener.
Where the Trail Divides
12
For the first time in his life he knew the full delight of a sympathetic listener.
The Survivor
13
You have the gift of the sympathetic listener.
The One Woman: A Story of Modern Utopia
14
In proportion as the young Frenchman showed himself willing to narrate, Derek became a sympathetic listener.
The Inner Shrine
15
He found in his mother a sympathetic listener.
The Errand Boy; Or, How Phil Brent Won Success
16
Frank told his story from beginning to end, and he had an interested and sympathetic listener.
The Boys of Bellwood School; Or, Frank Jordan's Triumph
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