pathos
Example Sentences
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“Hoppers” features zanier cartoon comedy and less tear-inducing pathos than audiences may expect from the studio behind “Up.”
Braff: I think that it’s Bill’s unique mix of comedy and pathos and emotion and fantasy.
From Los Angeles Times
Instead it ventures into something creator Seth MacFarlane and company usually avoid, genuine pathos.
As a reader might gather, “Neighbors” falls into the category of what is unkindly categorized as freak-show documentary—the characters are objects of morbid curiosity or, maybe, pathos.
There’s a certain tone in my voice, a register he didn’t want me to use, a register I often use for pathos or gravitas.
From Los Angeles Times
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