Sentence examples for exactly pity from inspiring English sources

But it wasn't exactly pity for Helen Smith or her husband or children that overwhelmed her as she knelt in her bedroom; it was something more selfish and self-protective.

(I mean, as much as possible, since Nathan is pretty scary and not exactly encouraging pity).

Their grief is entirely self-centered, exactly like the self-pity a stamp collector might feel at the destruction of a treasured stamp, in that the stamp is not harmed by its own destruction.

He's not exactly a kind-hearted magnet for pity or a charming rascal like Al Pacino's retired army officer ("hoo-ah!") in Scent of a Woman.

Sometimes it felt like he only wanted to have sex with me out of pity, which isn't exactly a turn-on.

I particularly like his composition "Gin", I say, in which he impersonates somebody in the depths of alcohol-induced self-pity – though it's not exactly impersonation, he reveals.

Which is a pity, because the Tories, while not exactly the useless shower suggested by Blair, are certainly vulnerable.

If Nietzsche is not, contrary to Foot's suggestion, embracing the absurd view that there is too much pity and altruism in the world, what exactly is his critical point?

I'm not sure exactly how or when I first stumbled upon Television Without Pity.

By Caitlin Kelly March 28, 2014 I'm not sure exactly how or when I first stumbled upon Television Without Pity.

(It doesn't help that it's in the financial district, which is not exactly happening, at least at night -- more's the pity).