Example Sentences

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There isn’t a self-pitying page or explicit account of violence in the book.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

Her recent interview with CNN en Español was by turns contrite, combative and self-pitying.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2025

In 2024, even his lengthy, self-pitying story about nearly being killed by an assassin's bullet was an incomprehensible snooze.

From Salon • Jul. 24, 2024

All that’s on hold until I can ease the pain and not be a self-pitying basket case.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2024

I said, shouting, slapping the ground with my hand— chasing away the self-pitying thoughts that had started to cloud my head.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs