Example Sentences

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All the way over," said Grace, "I have been pitying the robber who didn't meet me, and so lost the great chance of his life.

From Fernley House by Barry, Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze)

Sumner has been dining with us, and he and Chev have been pitying unmarried women.

From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe

Anyhow, I have been pitying all of you poor creatures broiling in the sun, looking at the water.”

From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram