Sentence examples for look pitiful from inspiring English sources

Yet there was a directness, meaningfulness and civic responsibility about the proceedings that make the early running in the American election look pitiful.

It makes your sedentary, microwave meal-eating, Pokémon Go-playing life look pitiful in comparison; but, on the plus side, you're not the one refusing to change out of your shorts for the entire day.

"Will you keep on doing this till you fall over, or will there come a time when you decide to pack it in and paint pictures or plant an orchard instead?" "The ageing process isn't terribly pretty… and you don't want yourself splattered all over the place if you look pitiful.

"We look pitiful in the media when it comes to good health, exercise and holistic approaches to living as we age," she said.

First (if you're female) you have to look pitiful or sympathetic so people want to do things for you.

From looking pitiful one minute, "his eyes and face would swiftly twitch into wild vivacity and mirth".

The poor performance on Wednesday night was a throwback to the bad old days of two decades ago, when the national team often looked pitiful on the road in the Americas, to say nothing of Europe.

Lowe's first big stores looked "pitiful," with narrow aisles and dark floors, says Bridgeford.

First he sat by the door looking pitiful and starved.

You don't want to get back in touch if you're feeling and looking pitiful and run-down by your breakup.

The returns they are getting on their savings look increasingly pitiful.