take pity on
Example Sentences
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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
“I just have to have faith for a miracle to happen and the government to take pity on old people like me.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2023
A poor Caribbean couple in Paris take pity on their deposed president when they find him living in poverty and exile.
From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2023
Arrested in June, the suspect initially said that the story of the accident was a "bad joke", invented in order to make his ex-girlfriend take pity on him.
From BBC • Nov. 18, 2022
I hand him the license and my school ID in case he might take pity on the fact that I’m still in school.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
