pity
noun
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy.
will be pitying
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future progressiveof pity.future progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
Example Sentences
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"I feel everybody will be pitying you for becoming engaged to a penniless pretender like me," he sighed.
From Plashers Mead A Novel by Compton MacKenzie
If you do," she cried, "the time will come when you will be pitying yourself—for being cast off like an old leather shoe—from one of the most brilliant and attractive circles in this town!
From His Second Wife by Ernest Poole
