Sentence examples for acts of pity from inspiring English sources

Social programs are acts of pity, in this view, rather than investments in our futures and our communities.

This is the novel's first act of pity, but far from its last.

Roy's life closes with an act of pity, one that raises him morally over the commercial institutions that would kill him.

It's possible that Ryan, in an act of pity, felt he owed it to Tebow not to embarrass him further in a formation that has been a dismal failure.

Maggie, in an act of pity, lets the desperate Burns have the bear.

He is taken to the hospital in an act of pity, but the doctors discover he still has a faint pulse.

But that noble gesture is usually a one-time act of pity, and besides, we know the unattractive loser is really brilliant and funny and so forth.

"I understand the desire to act out of pity for the widow er)," said Sid in Santa Monica, Calif., "but it presumes to know what's best for him/her, and I find it implausible that one can know that".

He has previously admitted calling the police after Karima El Mahroug's arrest but says he did nothing wrong and acted out of pity.

He maintained that the special was definitely not an act of charity or pity by HBO, and that he had paid his dues.

The emotions of pity and fear can be evoked by a sexual act involving a man and a woman who lie between the two extremes of good and bad.