Sentence examples for a pitiable one from inspiring English sources

The sight of the American parent trying to convince a child that not every restaurant serves hamburger is a pitiable one.

Eileen is, at first, the pitiable one, a widow whose loneliness, Colin thinks, "included the demanding element that loneliness fosters".

This meant that having Ms. Pastrana seen as an object of desire (even in a comic setting) was considered a far greater threat to public decency than viewing her as a pitiable, subhuman creature or one of "nature's mistakes".

Before the first pitch of a pitiable loss to Atlanta on April 18, "Our Team.

And Americans play along in growing numbers partly out of a pitiable willingness to substitute phony hopes for real ones, and partly because they apparently believe the false advertisements their tax dollars paid for.

There are no plans to increase the carer's allowance, which, if you're eligible for it, is a pitiable £62.70 a week.

If someone earnestly begged you for something, on their knees and in a pitiable tone, wouldn't you be moved?

Martin Amis, for one, felt his work in progress had been reduced to a "pitiable babble".

In the final two acts, set in a hospital ward and at a football-club party, we see how the one-time sporting hero, Harry, is now treated as a pitiable victim and betrayed by those who loved him.

But many have a pitiable quality for their neglect.

Politically and economically Nasser had left me a pitiable legacy.