Example Sentences
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What If they knew the panoply of pities we can name—pities for them, for ourselves?
From Scientific American • Sep. 23, 2023
Shatner has said he pities Takei and has claimed that “there’s a psychosis there” when it comes to Takei and that there’s something “festering” in the actor.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2021
She pities the park rangers who have to quote it on tours of Ford’s Theatre.
From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2021
Like the unanalyzed souls Karen pities for their lack of self-knowledge, the reader of Sarah’s “novel” is blind.
From Slate • Apr. 9, 2019
“Bless her heart! She pities him, so she is good to him,” said Jo, beaming at her from the croquet ground.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
