pity
Example Sentences
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I know firsthand that working people and farmers don’t want handouts or pity.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Yes, it’s a pity more Hollywood movies aren’t flying to France.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
Conway ran his socks off, the pity being he was playing out wide, and at times, almost as a wing-back, which is very far away from where he is most effective.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
My role was to kick Elvis in the shin so a girl he liked would take pity on him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
There was an air of utter loneliness upon her, that would have moved me to pity though she had wilfully done me a deeper injury than I could charge her with.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
Vocabulary lists containing pity
"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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"The People Could Fly," Vocabulary from the folk tale
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