pity
Example Sentences
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Well, even if she had gone there—as some sort of pity case, I reasoned—I knew she hadn’t been top student.
From Literature
He was small in build and didn’t look much beyond primary school age, and it filled me with pity to see him doubled over, hacking like an old man.
From Literature
When he heard their plight, Governor Ray’s press secretary, Ray Walters, took pity on the two programs.
From Literature
“It would be such a pity if, just as we were about to get past the previous shutdown, the statistics system is hit with another,” said Steve Englander, an economist at Standard Chartered.
“A real pity to not be able to represent my country and wear that flag on my chest. On this occasion, age wasn’t just a number.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
