Sentence examples for merely pity from inspiring English sources

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Were these photos engendering action, or merely pity or worst apathy?

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She came frequently into their conversation and, at each allusion, a leer passed round the company — all spoke in derisive terms of her taste, though the kinder-hearted merely pitied her for being the victim of an unfortunate environment".

She came frequently into their conversation and, at each allusion, a leer passed round the company—all spoke in derisive terms of her taste, though the kinder-hearted merely pitied her for being the victim of an unfortunate environment".

But pity, too".

This indeed reduced envy and pity (Studies 3 4a 4b 5), but pity proved harder to reduce (Studies 4b 5).

Other Polish politicians saw Lithuanian foot-dragging on the issue as deceitful and infuriating; for Mr Kaczynski it was merely a pity.

Her lawyers have said she merely took pity on the man, John William Yettaw, after he complained of exhaustion and pleaded with her to stay.

Waters was up for the challenge — or merely took pity on us — and agreed to create a week's worth of menus using recipes adapted from her new book, "The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution".

But pitying angels wept.

Not merely out of pity.

She becomes merely an object of pity.

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