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.
has pitied
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present perfectof pity (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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John Galsworthy, now visiting the U.S., has pitied many social animals.
From Time Magazine Archive
She has pitied me and has come and done this.
From Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions by Robert Hamill Nassau
He is the first, the only one who has pitied me, that's what it is.
From The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Mr. K., however, an excellent character; Emma better luck than a matchmaker often has; pitied Jane Fairfax; thought Frank Churchill better treated than he deserved.
From Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record by William Austen-Leigh
Howells has pitied “the dogless man,” and Thomas Nelson Page has said somewhere that “some of us know what it is to be loved by a dog.”
From Threads of Grey and Gold by Myrtle Reed
