Piteously
['pitiəsli]
Examples
- How they showed their scars and sores, and piteously pointed to their maimed and crooked limbs, and begged with their pleading eyes for charity! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Mr. Fairlie shook his head and sighed piteously. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And how am I to live,' asked Mr Boffin, piteously, 'if I'm to be going buying fellows up out of the little that I've got? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The organ-grinder piteously put in his claim to a penny from the benevolent stranger. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You must pray to him; you must read-- The child checked herself, looked piteously at them, and said, sorrowfully, O dear! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He looked piteously, but slowly rose and did so. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He looked piteously at my lord, who never spoke to him during dinner, and at the ladies, who disowned him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She began piteously declaring that she didn't mean any harm, she didn't mean any harm, Mrs. Snagsby! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Indeed,' said Oliver, looking piteously up into the man's face; 'indeed, I--' 'Down with it! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The face worn and wasted piteously. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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