pity
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The antagonist role gave rise to his signature catchphrase, “I pity the fool!” a quote that has become synonymous with the actor himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
"He's a young, high-potential player – the pity is that he is not our player," said Wednesday's manager at the time, Danny Rohl, about his loan star during his early days at Hillsborough.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
He concludes with the stirring lines: “She loved me for the dangers I had passed, and I loved her that she did pity them.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
When they first appeared on screen, and for most of their time giving evidence, Donaldson stared at them with a look of what seemed like pity or sadness on his face.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Not even a hint of pity, which was unusual.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
What If they knew the panoply of pities we can name—pities for them, for ourselves?
From Scientific American ● Sep. 23, 2023
Shatner has said he pities Takei and has claimed that “there’s a psychosis there” when it comes to Takei and that there’s something “festering” in the actor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2021
She pities the park rangers who have to quote it on tours of Ford’s Theatre.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2021
Allie pities “poor Condi, who seemed to have spent a lifetime offering graciousness as a kind of microwaved substitute for actual warmth.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2019
There is a sad look in her eyes, like she pities me.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
Véra resents being pitied, while Agathe cannot bear to confront her feelings of guilt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
His fans rolled with his excesses and pitied his life tragedies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2025
The mayor grew up in a building so decrepit — filthy hallways, no private toilets, no showers — that his friends in nearby concrete towers pitied him.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
If I lived nearby, I could help out easily with prepared meals or some such, but I don’t want to make them uncomfortable or pitied by giving them cold hard cash.
From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2022
Now I pitied them, pitied them in order not to despise them.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
Mr. T is pitying the fool — or, in this case, Netflix.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Lowery has little interest in pitying Mother Mary or making her the unwitting victim of the pop star industrial complex.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026
It elicited pitying sighs from Labour's enlarged cohort of MPs, struggling to fit on the green benches on the government side of the House of Commons.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2024
Josh: In our quest to become better recyclers, Melissa, I found myself pitying the ephemeral life of a pizza box.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
“Poor boy,” she said, with a pitying smile, “there has been grievous mischief done today.”
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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