To gain sympathy, maybe to set back the peace process, who knows.

And as a character, she certainly gains our sympathy more than any other.

They begin to think she has been lying to gain sympathy and to win.

Let your friends know exactly what's happening and gain their sympathy.

Perhaps their stories are an elaborate game to gain my sympathy.

Perhaps she knew he wouldn't marry her and used that story to gain your sympathy.

Appearing on a game show he gained public sympathy by getting all the questions wrong.

But it is still difficult to see how they will gain widespread sympathy for their fight.

A married woman who leaves her husband to be with another man would hardly gain his sympathy.