- present participle of pity.
pitying
Example Sentences
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The town moves from pitying her to whispering that she’s crazy, leaving her rutted in the anger stage of the grieving process.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
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 didn't want it to be a 'doom and gloom moment' because I can't deal with people pitying me," she says.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2023
“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
To her own surprise, Mariam found herself pitying the girl.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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