Example Sentences
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Véra resents being pitied, while Agathe cannot bear to confront her feelings of guilt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
His fans rolled with his excesses and pitied his life tragedies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2025
The chimney sweep comforts the kids by showing why their father should not be feared, but pitied.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2025
The mayor grew up in a building so decrepit — filthy hallways, no private toilets, no showers — that his friends in nearby concrete towers pitied him.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
Werfel pitied the poor elf, who was looking so out of place.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
