pity
noun
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy.
are pitying
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present progressiveof pity.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“People on TV are pitying the Syrians for what we’re going through,” Aboud says.
From The New Yorker ● May 26, 2016
This is why it doesn’t have a language of its own because the language of singleness is really the language of couples who are pitying single people.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2012
"Don't you see, Tritton, those poor little chaps you are pitying so are those two young scamps we were talking about."
From The Young Buglers by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
We were both of us frightened, on the very first day, when the person you are pitying came to lodge with us.
From The Guilty River by Wilkie Collins
He saw in his mind's eye a couple of cantors whispering together, and shaking their heads sorrowfully: they are pitying him!
From Yiddish Tales by Various
