pitying

Example Sentences

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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

“I was simply a person who had nothing to share, nothing worth sharing,” she remembers, pitying her “big pink teacher” for not understanding.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2022

"You know, these fears that people are looking at him and just pitying him."

From Salon • Sep. 29, 2021

Not attractive, but adorable in the sense that you can’t help pitying him—like a wet puppy rolled in sand.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman