Example Sentences

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Piteously, I would hear only the first part.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2018

Piteously she looked up into his pale, stern face and clasped her hands.

From Found in the Philippines The Story of a Woman's Letters by King, Charles

Not more faint soft-lowing Io Panted in those starry eyes, When the sleepless midnight meadows Piteously implored the skies!

From Poems — Volume 1 by Meredith, George

Piteously he fixed his eyes on her window; it was open, but the curtains tight drawn; no stir, no sound.

From Ramona by Jackson, Helen Hunt

Piteously the little kit had mewed to her mother: “Mother, mother, come and help me?”

From The Domestic Cat by Stables, Gordon