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Example sentences for "pitied"

Lexicographically close words:
pithy; piti; pitiable; pitiably; pitie; pities; pitieth; pitiful; pitifull; pitifullest
  1. I pitied him from nearly the bottom of my heart.

  2. One young chap in perticiler, Abram Gee by name, who had just started a baker's shop in Jonesville, he fell so deep in love with her from the very start that I pitied him from about the bottom of my heart.

  3. Katharine, you see not clearly in this matter; I am pitied by Juxon, not loved.

  4. Noble himself was not unaffected by this scene; and even Blount admitted, that, if it were not for the mischief they did, some of these enthusiasts were rather to be pitied than punished.

  5. Once a little hare was brought in, all alive, for the food of the brotherhood, and they were just going to kill the wee thing, when Francis came in and pitied it.

  6. She pitied the animal she had feared and hated but a few brief moments before.

  7. Then Van got down, and her heart, that had pitied the horse, welled with deeper feeling for the rider.

  8. But we liked Miss Ponsonby and we pitied her.

  9. Marina having taken some liking to me, pitied my sad fate, and being very quick-witted, she found a way to rescue me.

  10. Some of them cursed us, some mocked, but those of the nobler sort said nothing, for they pitied our plight and respected us for the courage we had shown in the last struggle.

  11. And then he had told her about Garvin, and Ann had understood why she had been drawn to Garvin and had pitied him, and yet had felt repelled.

  12. She loved and pitied Garvin, and nothing Ben could say would make her stop loving him.

  13. Then the queen smiled sadly; she loved the little hunchback and she pitied her.

  14. They did not harm her, for they saw that she was sick; they pitied her--some loved her.

  15. Still he pitied her profoundly, and he pitied her more when she came into the private office in the wake of the orderly and threw back her veil.

  16. And, after all, he was not to be pitied for that he died the death of his choice.

  17. He has pitied me for being at the mercy of such a man as you--so egotistical, so insensible to the insults heaped upon me.

  18. Formerly Iphigeneia had pitied the Greeks who landed there; now, warned of Orestes' death by a dream, she determines to kill without mercy.

  19. Odysseus, when the poem opens, was in Calypso's isle pitied of all the gods save Poseidon.

  20. There the poor man would stand shaking and shrinking: I dare say it would have pitied one's heart to have seen him.

  21. Truly, I pitied the man, and was not altogether without hope of him; but one may see, it is not every one that cries "Lord!

  22. In any other circumstance she would have pitied her brother, but personal interest spoke louder than pity.

  23. They pitied Madame Oberlé thus separated from her son and deprived, as if she had been unworthy, of the right of bringing up her own daughter.

  24. I pitied all the suffering men and women in the world, the children, and poor dumb animals.

  25. These others pitied but did not understand.

  26. The anguish of remorse and love were rending her, but outwardly she was as calm as the two professionals who stood and pitied her.

  27. Some pitied Julie's fate, and regretted that such a remarkable woman was lost to society; others fell to wondering what the cause of her ill-health and seclusion could be.

  28. And yet, starving wretches, compelled to respect the laws of property, are not less to be pitied than women whose natural instincts and sensitiveness are turned to so many avenues of pain.

  29. His authority contributed, however, to alleviate the sufferings which he pitied and abhorred.

  30. At first, he pitied their blindness; by degrees he was provoked at their obstinacy; and he insensibly hated those sectaries to whom he was an object of hatred.

  31. Perhaps the wretch was more to be pitied than hated.

  32. I suspected and pitied the man, but I did not fear him.

  33. When she thought of him, she could not believe him guilty; when she thought of Philip's belief, she could not suppose him innocent, and she pitied her sister for enjoying a delusive happiness.

  34. Her mother pitied her incoherent distress, but it did not make her feel more in charity with Philip.

  35. Mr. Edmonstone came in when luncheon was nearly over, rejoicing that his letters were done, but then he looked disconsolately from the window, and pitied the weather.

  36. Her idol, to whom her whole soul was devoted, was passing from her, and no one pitied her; while the latent consciousness of disobedience debarred her from gaining solace from the only true source.

  37. Eveleen agreed with Charlotte that this was a great deal too bad, admired Guy, and pitied Amy to her heart's content.

  38. So much is she to be pitied that even we have been mollified; do spare her and finish!

  39. And as she had had to stand for ever so long, I pitied her very much; but she took up the thread of the conversation, and went on to spin that long yarn of hers.

  40. Indeed there was none to pursue him: some connived at his flight; others pitied him; and all were intent on other matters.

  41. One, at least, knew of my existence, and possibly pitied and compassionated my desolation.

  42. He is more to be pitied than any other sort of rich man.

  43. Anna did not like the proposal, but she pitied Emilia, and cared for her enough to carry the scheme to her aunt.

  44. Gerald sighed, submitting perforce, and they let him out to exhale as much impatience as he could in a tramp over the hills, while they sat and pitied him from their very hearts.

  45. He consoled her, pitied her, almost apologised for the misfortune she had sustained.

  46. How frequently has he observed to me, "How much to be pitied is a general on the day after a lost battle.

  47. I pitied Savary when he came yesterday to fulfil a commission which the Due d'Enghien had entrusted to him.

  48. He pitied those poor fellows who suffered from the heat of the sun, and made each of them a present of a large hat like his own.

  49. Although he profited by their defeat he pitied them sincerely.


  50. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pitied" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.