Example Sentences

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Pityingly, she added: “Mary, we all want to be Ocean. That’s why we work here.”

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2013

Pityingly, protectingly, she placed an arm around him and drew him close; not as man to maid, but––ah, the pity of it!––as a feeble child to its mother.

From A Breath of Prairie and other stories by Marchand, J. N.

Pityingly, remorsefully, I lingered near them all that night and the next day.

From Famous Modern Ghost Stories by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

Pityingly and tenderly his eyes looked deep into hers.

From The Just and the Unjust by Bracker, M. Leone

Pityingly he turned to watch her, and as he gauged her height, saw her figure, and a dark coronet of hair came into view, a ghastly pallor swept his face.

From The Harvester by Stratton-Porter, Gene