is pitying
- present progressive of pity (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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When someone is pitying, that's the end of the conversation for me.
From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2021
It is never safe to suppose, however pleasant it may be to believe, that nobody is pitying us; either of his knowledge or of his ignorance someone is always at it.
From Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House by Hope, Anthony
"And death is pitying come, whose hand shall tear "From this afflicted heart the sense of pain; "My fainting limbs refuse their load to bear, "And life no longer will my form sustain.
From Poems (1786), Volume I. by Williams, Helen Maria
"One can see that He is pitying Pilate."
From Anna Karenina by Garnett, Constance
But our lovely Madam Carroll, ministering angel that she is, pitying lady of the manor, has supplied everything that has been necessary.
From For the Major A Novelette by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
