piteous

Example Sentences

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"The amount you get per stream is piteous, so it's more likely you're going to be in a flat-share with five other people in East London."

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2024

As I type this — alone in an upstairs room — a piteous sound is issuing from the floor below.

From Washington Post • Aug. 7, 2022

The president’s wartime speeches are notable for their displays of raw emotion, but at the same time, he is capable of evoking piteous scenes without asking for pity.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2022

Zineb’s tale is set in 1950s French Indochina, where she tells a client about her fateful past as well as her piteous fantasy of becoming a film star in India.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2020

It was a piteous sight and Wang Lung stared at it and longed to make something of the letters underneath.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck