Example Sentences

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He had pitied her, watching her belly swell, knowing that her rat of a boyfriend had taken off and left her high and dry.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Yet all the gods had pitied Lord Odysseus, all but Poseidon, raging cold and rough against the brave king till he came ashore at last on his own land.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

She had pitied and protected him; might she not some day come to love him?

From The Black Poodle And Other Tales by Anstey, F.

His old grandfather had at first rated the lad for having got into this trouble, but then he had pitied him.

From Daddy's Girl by Meade, L. T.

And Bertha von Massenburg had pitied him as a coward!

From Quicksands by Streckfuss, Adolph