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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

Poor thing, she is so frightfully sensitive—she might think we were pitying her.”

From The Claw by Stockley, Cynthia

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

He could not understand that there were pitying hands somewhere that might gladly have succoured him.

From The Best British Short Stories of 1922 by Cournos, John

If the world were pitying him now, it would presently be laughing; if he were laughed at, he would grow to hate her.

From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton