pity
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The pity for this group is a rare lengthy wait until the next global T20 tournament.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
She recites the names of the Mexicans Guthrie envisioned on the plummeting plane — Juan, Rosalita, Jesús and María — with tenderness, not pity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The musician admits it is a "real pity" that Michael never had the chance to return to China and meet those whose lives were changed by the visit.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 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
Calypso took pity on him in some ways.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
What If they knew the panoply of pities we can name—pities for them, for ourselves?
From Scientific American ● Sep. 23, 2023
Sheila Veal, 62, pities the alleged shooter, saying his consumption and propagation of such a hateful ideology didn’t allow him to fully engage with the world.
From Washington Post ● May 20, 2022
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
Rome exalts the furbo, or clever, and pities the fesso, or fool.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2018
He thinks his wife hates him or pities him or both.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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
I pitied and feared for him as he suffers a series of painful humiliations.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2023
But Ash had never seen a hunting party as of her home in Rook Hill; Quinn was pitied by others: Poor girl.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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
So in addition to the hurt and confusion were all their pitying looks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2021
However, she was on the receiving end of many curious, pitying, and disdainful looks.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing pity
"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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