Pitying
['pɪtɪɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pity
(a.) Expressing pity; as, a pitying eye, glance, or word.
Editor: Will
Examples
- I can't resist them when I see Sallie buying all she wants, and pitying me because I don't. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Some pitying hand may find it there, when I and my sorrows are dust. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Pitying his desolation, and watching him as he gradually settled down upon the pie, I made bold to say, I am glad you enjoy it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- There was no speech nor language, no pitying voice or helping hand, from that distant sky. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The two men were pitying each other, but it was only Will who guessed the extent of his companion's trouble. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Come here, and I will comfort you, said Caroline, in a pitying accent. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And I was pitying you having jaundice. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Crispin, pitying the terror of Caliphronas, in spite of his dislike for the wily Greek, took him below and gave him some brandy. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- When Caliphronas with this parting shot had vanished, Mrs Dengelton turned to Crispin with a pitying smile. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- So long as the poor are docile in their poverty, the rest of us are only too willing to satisfy our consciences by pitying them. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Modeste, he continued less fiercely, be gentle, be pitying, be a woman; look at this poor faceand relent. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He looked towards her with pitying surprise. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She looked very young indeed to be the mother of two children, and I could not help pitying both her and them. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- What do you mean by pitying me? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I cannot help pitying anything in labour, even a mountain! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Well, sir, said Elinor, who, though pitying him, grew impatient for his departure, and this is all? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- She said 'poor mother' in a pitying tone. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She saw it in his pitying eyes. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Ah, I thought not,' said the Serjeant, in that sort of pitying tone in which ordinary folks would speak of a very helpless little child. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She looked at me in pitying commiseration for my ignorance. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
Editor: Will