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Pity in a sentence

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Sentence count:220+26Posted:2016-10-24Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: compassionmercysorrowsympathySimilar words: serendipitypitspitpitchspitecapitapitcherjupiterMeaning: ['pɪtɪ]  n. 1. a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others 2. an unfortunate development 3. the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it. v. share the suffering of. 
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181 He could deal with anger and steel himself against pity: but justified reproach slid through his armour like a poisoned dart.
182 A pity it was launched really under unhappy circumstances in as much as the company was so antipathetic.
183 I think it is a pity that so many anglers are devoting their whole fishing careers to the one species.
184 It filed him with heartache and pity that he and Antonina had not blended better.
185 Temper defeated pity and he attacked her rabidly for, of all things, going to her Anglican church.
186 It was a pity one could not invade without giving advance warnings and following the rules: it would be a pushover.
187 For many people, this practical issue will overshadow the refinements of scientific investigation, but this would be a pity.
188 It was a pity they would have to cross the car off.
189 A pity so many kamikaze spectators chose to stand in the four foot to watch it go by.
190 The pity of it was, not long after my father died in 1933 things improved quite a lot in the material sense.
191 Please have some pity on the area, which is the arid land area of the country.
192 All parties suffered, yet it was difficult to generate a whole lot of pity for any of them.
193 True enough, Morrissey disregarded his original bedsit self pity and began to write from the third person.
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194 But it also stirred feelings of guilt and pity within me which I am still grappling to explain to myself.
195 Rachaela felt a bitter pity for her daughter, this blow about to fall like an axe.
196 She frequently took pity on me and brought along a few choice dishes from home for my delectation.
197 Therein, lies the heart, the pity and the anguish of this initial collaboration between Strauss and poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
198 It's just a pity that all that effort you expended was wasted really.
199 A pity the author only got the respect she deserved after her untimely death.
200 For a moment, then, the pity Ahab feels for the poor crazed Negro boy nearly swerves him from his course.
201 What interests me is that you have no pity for men whose bodies have been mutilated.
202 I always pity the average and fat ones, congratulating myself on having avoided such a flabby fate.
203 He introduced feeling(sentencedict.com), compassion and pity to compensate for the loss of the comic element.
204 It's just that it seems a pity for him to reveal his identity.
205 Presumably they imagined their confidences led him to regard them with disgust or pity or contempt.
206 It was a great pity that the team was not allowed to perform at other displays during the anniversary year.
207 Marine fish have such beautiful vivid colours and it is a pity not to display these to best advantage.
208 This is the first time that we have debated the subject in the House, which is a pity.
209 Pity he didn't fulfil a promise he made to Darlington Business Venture when he came up last November.
210 If that is what getting engaged does to him, the pity is that we live in a monogamous society!
More similar words: serendipitypitspitpitchspitecapitapitcherjupitercapitaldespiterespitedecrepithospitalpittancein spite ofinhospitablecityamityunityequityentitylevitypolityhereditydensityprobitynonentityobesitypaucityagility
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