pitying

Example Sentences

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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

"I didn't want it to be a 'doom and gloom moment' because I can't deal with people pitying me," she says.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2023

When someone is pitying, that's the end of the conversation for me.

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2021

Yet when I tried to posit her as a peer of those artists, the stares I received were blank and pitying.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2021

“I told her that if I ever saw an angel, then I would believe,” I said, feeling foolish, ashamed, hating and pitying my believing granny.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright