pitifulness

Example Sentences

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And it seemed to me that she looked pitifuller and homblier than ever, as she sot there amongst the dense crowd that mornin' a singin' and a playin'.

From Samantha at Saratoga by Holley, Marietta

For if a noble soul is rendered tenfold beautifuller by victory and prosperity, springing now radiant as into his own due element and sunthrone; an ignoble one is rendered tenfold and hundredfold uglier, pitifuller.

From Past and Present by Carlyle, Thomas