Sentence examples for afford pity from inspiring English sources

The writings of the 20th century are on the whole compassionate -- they afford pity for soldiers who are seen much more as victims than they ever were before.

The pity was, he couldn't afford one.

It is set to shrink yet further after the mandate of UNOTIL, the UN office in the country, expires in May.The pity is that the country can afford to do much better.

It's a pity that Fox News didn't afford this lesson much of an opportunity to be instilled.

Pity the poor souls who can only afford SUVs.

(Ableman's editor is pitied because "he couldn't any longer afford oysters").

He had bought things from her before, mostly out of pity, but on that day he could not afford to.

"The bastard looked at me full of pity and asked, 'How are you going to afford health insurance?' " My normally mild-mannered, nondrinking mother pitched her martini in his face.

So why did he take pity on a bunch of guys who couldn't afford a Porta Potty to relieve themselves in? "The man was all heart," Brand said.

Who could fail to pity him when he was told, bluntly, that there was no way he could afford a flat and to keep the house for his sick wife to live in?

Have pity, for instance, on historic house owners who now dread a mansion tax on properties they can barely afford to run as it is.