object of pity
Example Sentences
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After the accident, he said, most people — including medical staff members — viewed him as an object of pity.
From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2020
She had become an object of pity at this restaurant, a Wronged Woman, so I paid for dinner even though it was supposed to be her treat.
From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2020
Q. Not an object of pity: I am a straight cis woman in my early 30s.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2019
As such, the transition from comic relief to object of pity never breaches the “us” and “them” divide, and James is doubly shunned for the sake of Mildred’s character development.
From The Guardian • Jan. 31, 2018
I hated being the object of pity in my own home.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
