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sympathetic to (978 uses)
perhaps he was a little more sympathetic to the sides of beef that hung silently from his hooks.
sympathetic nervous (171 uses)
To carry out its part of this response, the adrenal medulla receives input from the sympathetic nervous system through preganglionic fibers originating in the thoracic spinal cord from T5 – T11.
sympathetic and (114 uses)
Rambert informs Tarrou of his escape plan, but when Tarrou tells him that others in the city, including Dr. Rieux, also have loved ones outside the city whom they are not allowed to see, Rambert becomes sympathetic and changes his mind.
sympathetic , (104 uses)
At the same time, he is plainly sympathetic, clearly friendly.
sympathetic strings (73 uses)
The Pikasso guitar ; 4 necks, 2 sound holes, 42 strings and also the Oracle Harp Sympitar ; 24 strings ( with 12 sympathetic strings protruding through the neck ) are modern examples.
sympathetic . (71 uses)
" Some public figures were more sympathetic.
sympathetic towards (70 uses)
Struck under the Mongol Abaqa Khan | Il-Khan Abaqa who was sympathetic towards Christianity.
sympathetic character (63 uses)
Heinlein challenges his readers ' possible racial preconceptions by introducing a strong, sympathetic character, only to reveal much later that he or she is of African or other descent ; in several cases, the covers of the books show characters as being light-skinned, when in fact the text states, or at least implies, that they are dark-skinned or of African descent.
sympathetic with (41 uses)
According to Spink, President Roosevelt wanted " a tough judge and a man sympathetic with his viewpoint in that important court "; Lowden and Landis were, like Roosevelt, on the progressive left of the Republican Party.
sympathetic magic (39 uses)
" Frazer further categorized these principles as falling under " sympathetic magic ", and " contagious magic.
sympathetic light (28 uses)
Chaplin portrayed social outcasts and the poor in a sympathetic light in his films from early on.
sympathetic portrayal (26 uses)
The movie was a sympathetic portrayal of Earnhardt's life, but the producers were sued for using the No. 3 logo.
sympathetic but (23 uses)
she also went to Washington and appealed to Senator George William Norris of Nebraska, the Fighting Liberal, from whose office a sympathetic but cautious harrumphing was heard.
sympathetic view (22 uses)
Mozart biographer Maynard Solomon has taken a particularly harsh view of Leopold, treating him as tyrannical, mendacious, and possessive ; Ruth Halliwell adopts a far more sympathetic view, portraying his correspondence as a sensible effort to guide the life of a grossly irresponsible Wolfgang.
sympathetic fibers (22 uses)
The bladder receives motor innervation from both sympathetic fibers, most of which arise from the hypogastric plexuses and nerves, and parasympathetic fibers, which come from the pelvic splanchnic nerves and the inferior hypogastric plexus.
sympathetic treatment (20 uses)
In a Lonely Place ( 1950 ) was Nicholas Ray's breakthrough ; his other noirs include his debut, They Live by Night ( 1948 ), and On Dangerous Ground ( 1952 ), noted for their unusually sympathetic treatment of characters alienated from the social mainstream.
sympathetic activity (20 uses)
De Groot points out, in spite of the fact that epinephrine levels and catecholamine excretion are actually not elevated, propranolol ( it is presumed, acting by inhibition of alpha-adrenergic sympathetic activity ) reduces anxiety and tremor in a very useful manner, indicating some of the central nervous system irritability is a manifestation of elevated sensitivity to circulating epinephrine.
sympathetic characters (19 uses)
Mathew Turner of View London said Cruz's character Gloria, a cancer-riddled prostitute, is " actually more interesting than the main storyline " while Time Evan's of Sky Movies wrote, " The Cruz / Ifans storyline – featuring the only two remotely sympathetic characters – never really fuses with the main plot.
sympathetic neurons (19 uses)
In support of the Sympathoadrenal Hyperactivity model proposed, it has been hypothesized that a defect in calcium regulatory proteins within the sympathetic neurons may bring about the onset of NMS.
sympathetic nerves (18 uses)
The dilator pupillae, innervated by sympathetic nerves from the superior cervical ganglion, cause the pupil to dilate when they contract.
sympathetic ear (17 uses)
In 1577 Leicester had a courteous meeting with Mary, lending a sympathetic ear to her complaints of captivity.
sympathetic toward (17 uses)
Biafra would later complain that the jury was not sympathetic toward underground music and punk culture.
sympathetic nerve (16 uses)
This leads to sympathetic nerve activation, resulting in renal afferent arteriolar vasoconstriction and renin secretion through β 1-receptors.
sympathetic " (15 uses)
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office accused Columbia of accepting grant money from the Alavi Foundation to support faculty " sympathetic " to Iran's Islamic republic.
sympathetic chain (15 uses)
File: Gray838. png | The right sympathetic chain and its connections with the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic plexuses

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