Example Sentences

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John Galsworthy, now visiting the U.S., has pitied many social animals.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Reed, Myrtle

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 Austen-Leigh, William

I think he was touched by their coming to him, and has pitied them.

From The Quality of Mercy by Howells, William Dean

He is the first, the only one who has pitied me, that's what it is.

From The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor