pitying

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Pitying the little destroyer escorts and other pint-sized ships that always knifed around the "Big E" carrying nothing but radios, the Enterprise crew raised more money and installed a transmitter.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gone is Bushman—Gone Are Spotty Films, Title Readers Pitying the cinema has attained the proportions of a national pastime.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pitying his desolation, and watching him as he gradually settled down upon the pie, I made bold to say, “I am glad you enjoy it.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

“Last, Zeus himself, Pitying the evil that was done, sent forth His messenger beyond the western rim To fetch me back to earth.”

From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)

Pitying her uneasiness, I at first tried to combat this ridiculous idea; but I soon found that she was determined to resist conviction.

From Discipline by Brunton, Mary