She laid a sympathetic hand on my wife's shoulder.

Never was patient so well tended, nor by such sympathetic hands.

He patted her arm with a strong sympathetic hand.

"I don't think you're thinking too clearly right now," Andy said, putting a sympathetic hand on his shoulder.

The old, lawyer placed a sympathetic hand upon the young man's shoulder.

Holmes laid a sympathetic hand on the young man's shoulder.

Desmond reached out and laid a sympathetic hand on her arm.

I reached out and put a sympathetic hand on his rounded shoulder.

Sarah asked, putting a sympathetic hand on his arm.

He put a sympathetic hand on Data's shoulder and walked off, heading back to his console.