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Example sentences for: compassionate

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As is so often the case, a seemingly compassionate government regulation--enacted with the best of intentions--has the effect of hurting the very people it was intended to help.
I believe that Bush has a shallow kind of a defense in being technically dependent on the recommendations of the parole board for granting clemency, but he could at least pipe up, as long as he's being so goddamned compassionate a conservative.
It is a remarkable coincidence that none of Kemp's "ideas" for helping the poor--which get him so much credit for being "compassionate"--involves any effort or sacrifice by the affluent and the middle class.
In the Washington Post , House Ways and Means chairman Bill Archer, R-Texas, accuses Democrats of supporting "big government on autopilot " and argues that the cuts epitomize compassionate conservatism.
On the talk shows, the players testified that Bradley is "intelligent," "knowledgeable," "well-rounded," "compassionate," "concerned," "wonderful," "a great leader," "a great listener," and "a good person."