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

She pitied his inability to move past his grievances and admit defeat.

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2025

He was the one who had shot the albatross, and yet in the end we pitied him.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers