were pitying
- past progressive of pity.
Example Sentences
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In The Road to Wigan Pier, he experienced the squalor of hopelessness while his pink pals were pitying the proletariat.
From Time Magazine Archive
You were pitying it—you know you were—because there was no one to give it the loving care that was its due, and because it was intrusted to that hired nurse in that great hotel.
From The Three Partners by Harte, Bret
“Never mind me,” she said, when they were pitying her.
From The Only Woman in the Town And Other Tales of the American Revolution by Prichard, Sarah J.
While now he could not understand whether they were pitying him or whether they were laughing at him, because he had lost his way and could not conform himself to anything.
From The Man Who Was Afraid by Bernstein, Herman
And so he and his squire took leave with many courtesies, while Don Diego and his family were pitying the poor demented knight in their hearts and still were wondering at his nonsense.
From The Story of Don Quixote by Choate, Florence
