object of pity
Example Sentences
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For a country like this one to be the object of pity from other nations was truly a dark moment.
From Washington Times • Apr. 28, 2021
Q. Not an object of pity: I am a straight cis woman in my early 30s.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2019
“We’re not a burden on America, or a stain on America, or an object of pity, or charity for America. We’re America,” the president said.
From Washington Post • Sep. 24, 2016
He wonders aloud how on earth, standing in the local supermarket, he became an object of pity.
From The Guardian • Sep. 10, 2016
I hated being the object of pity in my own home.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
