have pity on

Idioms  

1. see take pity on.

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Example Sentences

“Somehow they had pity on the farmers but they didn’t have pity on the Indians,” he said.

From Seattle Times

Bernstein, in his lecture, convincingly links that motif to a pleading phrase sung by Aida, beseeching the princess Amneris, her captor and rival in love, to have pity on her.

From New York Times

“It’s about time they have pity on us. But what do they care?” she said.

From Reuters

He’s spoken truth to power during national crises: His 1974 song “Mr. President, Have Pity on the Working Man” is a direct shot at then-President Nixon, but it could have been written about the pandemic: “Too late to run / Too late to cry now / The time has come for us to say goodbye now / Mr. President, have pity on the working man.”

From Los Angeles Times

‘Have pity on one worn out in your service. Send me not from your side! I at least will stand by you when all others have gone. Do not send your faithful Gríma away!’

From Literature