pathos

Example Sentences

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Berlant describes their shared sensibility, the ability to simultaneously play comedy and pathos, as a kind of freedom.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Instead it ventures into something creator Seth MacFarlane and company usually avoid, genuine pathos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

That gossip set the tone for the story of Hollywood: adventure, pathos, arrogance, comedy and a dramatic twist ending.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

But Ms. MeLampy is a gifted writer who works her grandmother’s material into her book with sparing pathos and plenty of humor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

“My true friend,” she said, in a faint voice, but with untellable pathos, “My true friend, and his! Oh, guard him, and give me peace!”

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker