pity
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“I’m embarrassed for her. And that sounds like pity, and I don’t mean it in a pitiful way,” she said.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
But the praise and pity produced resentment among many Americans who did not want an admissions system that elevated foreigners to a higher pedestal.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
Asked about US special envoy Steve Witkoff recently telling Putin he was a humanitarian, she called the comment "nonsense" and "a pity".
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
They took pity on it, bought it and took it home to Portland, Ore. It didn’t come out of its shell for two weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
I feel the most pity for Naomi, holding her heavy belly as she hobbles along on swollen feet.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
What If they knew the panoply of pities we can name—pities for them, for ourselves?
From Scientific American ● Sep. 23, 2023
On days when my anxiety is raging, I picture myself as an old woman whom everyone pities, sitting all alone at my niece’s wedding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2021
She pities the park rangers who have to quote it on tours of Ford’s Theatre.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2021
He lost a leg in a childhood accident, and she’s the one in the family who never pities him—who expects him to be able to do everything others can.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2020
“Bless her heart! She pities him, so she is good to him,” said Jo, beaming at her from the croquet ground.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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 chimney sweep comforts the kids by showing why their father should not be feared, but pitied.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2025
She pitied his inability to move past his grievances and admit defeat.
From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2025
Werfel pitied the poor elf, who was looking so out of place.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
“The waits are insane,” he said, pitying people who had only a day in the park and were hoping to hit all of the highlights by bus.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 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
"You know, these fears that people are looking at him and just pitying him."
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2021
And she doesn’t say anything, but her lips are parted, not frowning, not pitying.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
Vocabulary lists containing pity
"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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