Sentence examples for a pathetic thing from inspiring English sources

Drawing on Goya's prints is a pathetic thing to do.

The classic goody bag at a New York charity event is a pathetic thing.

I know he's a poor, pathetic thing.

A parliament that has to be reminded of this by demonstrations is a weak and pathetic thing, which the Duke of Wellington would have had plenty of reason to fear and to despise.

Robert Shearman and Lars Pearson, in their book Wanting to Believe: A Critical Guide to The X-Files, Millennium & The Lone Gunmen, wrote that the episode helps to illustrate the idea that "evil [is] a mundane and human and somewhat pathetic thing", a conceit that they note is rooted in many third season episodes of The X-Files.

But the abiding image we have at the end of this dignified book is that most pathetic thing: a man who feels he has outlived his time.

And I didn't realise it up to this point, and I know it's a terrible and probably pathetic thing to admit when us Brits are supposed to be cleaning up our act and getting happy discussing Wittgenstein while nursing a glass of rioja all night, but I've really, really missed this.

"I felt as many people did, 'Well, being an actor is the most pathetic thing one can do with one's life,' " Mr. Gallagher said.

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"Look at Downton Abbey – a pathetic little thing.

He called Downton Abbey a "pathetic little thing", set beside, say, The Jewel in the Crown, which was indeed his jewel in the crown.