pitiful
Example Sentences
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It is so tawdry and pitiful and, yet, so perfectly appropriate for a man of gross appetites and bereft of a moral compass.
From Seattle Times
Many famous defendants have aimed for respectability, maturity, wide-eyed innocence or even pitiful decrepitude on their days in court.
From Washington Post
“People wanted to show that we can dish it out as well as take it. We’re not a pitiful helpless giant.”
From New York Times
“Trump has turned into a pitiful figure, continually bemoaning his loss in 2020. Big Republican donors are abandoning him in droves. DeSantis is shrewd, ruthless and ambitious. He’s likely to be the Republican candidate.”
From Seattle Times
They promised to take 5,000 in the first year — a figure that one lawmaker called “pitiful.”
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
