| 2026-07-20 | "It's a shame, really!" |
| 2025-10-06 | Feel sorry for |
| 2022-08-04 | Feel for |
| 2022-06-11 | Ache for, in a way |
| 2022-01-21 | ___ party |
| 2021-07-12 | Feel sorry for |
| 2021-06-27 | See 35-Across |
| 2021-01-15 | Feel for |
| 2020-03-12 | ___ party |
| 2020-01-07 | "Alas!" |
| 2019-04-26 | "What a ___" |
| 2018-09-19 | "Too bad!" |
| 2017-09-23 | Opposite of schadenfreude |
| 2016-11-20 | Shame |
| 2016-10-04 | "What a ___!" ("Too bad!") |
| 2015-10-02 | Regrettable situation |
| 2013-08-15 | It may be "aw"-inspiring |
| 2010-12-08 | Unfortunate circumstance |
| 2010-08-01 | "The scavenger of misery," per Shaw |
| 2010-04-30 | Opposite of schadenfreude |
| 2009-12-20 | "A woman's ___ often opens the door to love": Henry Ward Beecher |
| 2008-05-03 | "___ makes suffering contagious": Nietzsche |
| 2008-03-30 | Unfortunate development |
| 2007-04-01 | Terrible shame |
| 2006-10-26 | Compassion |
| 2006-09-20 | Compassion |
| 2004-04-15 | "What a shame" |
| 2003-10-07 | Compassion |
| 2003-08-24 | Wistful comment, after "a" |
| 2003-02-13 | Bleed for |
| 2001-11-26 | Feel sorry for |
| 1999-06-15 | Feel sorry for |
| 1999-02-24 | Ruefulness |
| 1998-08-31 | Feeling for the unfortunate |
| 1996-06-10 | Feel sorry for |
| 1995-12-20 | Compassion |
| 1995-09-08 | Compassion |