pitiable
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Pitiable and monstrous by turns, Hagen brings to each new revelation a miraculous range of responses.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pitiable, pitiful.—"Pitiable, in the sense of 'deserving pity,' is preferable to pitiful, since pitiful also means 'compassionate,' as, 'The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.'"
From Practical Exercises in English by Buehler, Huber Gray
Pitiable the faces of the survivors as news came in of gallant hearts that had ceased to beat.
From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 by Creswicke, Louis
Pitiable indeed is the politician who makes society his moral barometer.”
From Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange by Hobbes, John Oliver
Pitiable actors in a tragedy nearing its end, that which it behooves us to do is to precipitate the catastrophe.
From What is Property? by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)
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