Sentence examples for for a pitiful from inspiring English sources

Pity for a pitiful club.

Between them the two teams set a Super Bowl record for fewest total yards, 393, of which the Giants accounted for a pitiful 149.

Southern states like Tamil Nadu do well, but generally the country gets what it pays for: a pitiful $39 per person per year for public health, compared with China's $203 or Brazil's $483.

It comes from those who appreciate the beauty of the countryside and who question the industrial spoliation of miles of open landscape for a pitiful net gain to climate change.

Chasing an unlikely 347 in the fourth innings to win, Lancashire lasted just 61 overs for a pitiful 109 all out to ensure Division One cricket will be played at Edgbaston in 2017.

No, the sad part is the people selling popcorn or directing parking lot traffic for a pitiful wage who, like all the workers not tending to their iron-cocooned shops, should have the day (holy or not) to be with their families, or watch 10 Robert De Niro movies, or just enjoy the quiet.

The only violence is the snarl of a mean Doberman and the obsessive need for a sad pitiful train station inspector played with wit and sensitivity by Sacha Baron Cohen.

He is the Director of an agency that has a culture of disdain for activists, a pitiful record of subversion, insidiousness, illegality, conspiracy, disregard for constitutional rights, and has no shame in its legacy of operating from its own hidden political agenda.

The most recent survey by Latino Decisions, a polling group, found 72% of Latino voters plumping for Mr Obama, next to a pitiful 20% for Mitt Romney (the fieldwork was conducted largely before Mr Romney's post-debate bump).

"Being able to look up my salary, would he think I was some cheapskate for having such a pitiful car?

ARGENTINA Pint-sized football wizard Lionel Messi has had a relatively disappointing season for Barcelona, scoring a pitiful 41 goals in 44 games.