Sentence examples for expresses pity from inspiring English sources

Thus, sympathy expresses "pity for another's troubles" while empathy reflects a stronger "emotional identification".

Her silence expressed pity.

But she did express pity for Tsarnaev, and was among a minority who asked him to try to do something good with the time he has left.

The sight of Mr. Mubarak, the former Egyptian president, 83 and ailing, confined to a hospital gurney inside a defendant's cage reserved for common thugs evoked a range of reactions, with some people feeling the thrill of a vengeful comeuppance and others expressing pity for a proud man who once embodied the archtypical Arab autocrat.

On talk radio and in the streets, some people expressed pity for Bartman, saying he reached out as any fan might when a ball came his way and criticizing those who tried to pin a team's series of mistakes on one poor fan from the suburbs.

I wanted Jeff to turn around and express pity.

While students expressed anger, there was also an immediate sense of forgiveness and mercy towards the shooter, with many expressing pity instead of hatred for him.

In the 1930's, showing Kokoschka's portrait of her to the writer Elias Canetti, Alma expressed her pity that nothing had become of her former lover, adding, "He hasn't painted anything significant since".

And yet, his doctors say, he has never once expressed self-pity.

She just did what she needed to do out there – express displeasure, disappointment, pity or excitement.

On radio and in social media, South Africans expressed support and pity for the 26-year-old athlete.