pity
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She isn’t a figure of pity or depravity, just a woman with the unsteadiness of a fawn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The antagonist role gave rise to his signature catchphrase, “I pity the fool!” a quote that has become synonymous with the actor himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Misery loves company, so enjoy the global pity party that’s developing over governments’ fiscal distress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
He added: "The streets are littered with plastics and broken glass. I pity neighbours of the park and surrounding streets who see their driveways and gardens used as toilets."
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Tansy stood back, pity in her eyes, and dread.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
What If they knew the panoply of pities we can name—pities for them, for ourselves?
From Scientific American ● Sep. 23, 2023
Shatner has said he pities Takei and has claimed that “there’s a psychosis there” when it comes to Takei and that there’s something “festering” in the actor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2021
She pities the park rangers who have to quote it on tours of Ford’s Theatre.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2021
He lost a leg in a childhood accident, and she’s the one in the family who never pities him—who expects him to be able to do everything others can.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2020
He pities his parents when they speak to him this way, for having no experience of being young and in love.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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 am not here to be pitied and I am not a victim,” he says.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
I pitied him a little; still I savored my triumph.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
It elicited pitying sighs from Labour's enlarged cohort of MPs, struggling to fit on the green benches on the government side of the House of Commons.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2024
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
When someone is pitying, that's the end of the conversation for me.
From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2021
So in addition to the hurt and confusion were all their pitying looks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2021
Miss Josephine stopped what she was doing long enough to let out a sad, pitying belly laugh.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
Vocabulary lists containing pity
"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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