Example Sentences

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Piteously, I would hear only the first part.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2018

Piteously, childishly, with seeking eyes, she held out her hand to him, as though mutely asking him for the answer to her outpouring—the last word of it all.

From Marcella by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

Piteously she turned and clasped his arm in desperate entreaty.

From Greatheart by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

Piteously white, his forehead covered with sweat, he stammered, "But, your Highness, are you not going to—" A vivid flash of lightning, followed by a terrible peal of thunder, stopped the words.

From The Nabob by Blaydes, W.

Piteously the little kit had mewed to her mother: “Mother, mother, come and help me?”

From The Domestic Cat by Stables, Gordon