pity
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The musician admits it is a "real pity" that Michael never had the chance to return to China and meet those whose lives were changed by the visit.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
He concludes with the stirring lines: “She loved me for the dangers I had passed, and I loved her that she did pity them.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
When they first appeared on screen, and for most of their time giving evidence, Donaldson stared at them with a look of what seemed like pity or sadness on his face.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
"It's a pity" China has missed out on every World Cup except 2002, he said, given football's popularity at home.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
The officer looked at me with flat pity in his eyes.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
What If they knew the panoply of pities we can name—pities for them, for ourselves?
From Scientific American ● Sep. 23, 2023
Elsewhere, he pities how negating our emotions contributes to anxiety and depression and encourages viewers to chase their dreams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2022
She pities the park rangers who have to quote it on tours of Ford’s Theatre.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2021
Like the unanalyzed souls Karen pities for their lack of self-knowledge, the reader of Sarah’s “novel” is blind.
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2019
There is a sad look in her eyes, like she pities me.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
Véra resents being pitied, while Agathe cannot bear to confront her feelings of guilt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
His fans rolled with his excesses and pitied his life tragedies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2025
The chimney sweep comforts the kids by showing why their father should not be feared, but pitied.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2025
I pitied and feared for him as he suffers a series of painful humiliations.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2023
Don’t you think I’m to be pitied sometimes?
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
Josh: In our quest to become better recyclers, Melissa, I found myself pitying the ephemeral life of a pizza box.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
"I didn't want it to be a 'doom and gloom moment' because I can't deal with people pitying me," she says.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2023
“I was simply a person who had nothing to share, nothing worth sharing,” she remembers, pitying her “big pink teacher” for not understanding.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2022
"You know, these fears that people are looking at him and just pitying him."
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2021
She looked at you with pitying eyes—which I didn’t like.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
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"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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