pathetic

Example Sentences

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This statement wasn’t too pathetic on its face, but it came after a question about Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center who resigned in protest of the war on March 17.

From Salon

There were the few pathetic mementos of thirty years in other people’s homes.

From Literature

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham called the fine a "pathetic attempt to intimidate workers".

From BBC

But there is no man that is weaker than one who revels in harming others in a pathetic bid to feel bigger.

From Salon

"I am doing my small and pathetic best."

From BBC