Sentence examples for more pitiable than from inspiring English sources

No sobbing heroine could be more pitiable than Chris, a veteran of decades of writing scores for Hollywood movies.

Birdie is meant to be flittering on the fringe of things, of course; that her wishes -- and even her presence -- are routinely ignored can make her more pitiable than sympathetic.

Her setting up of Thomas was terrible, and she was lucky Ingrid could pull strings on his behalf – but in the end she was more pitiable than evil; a lost, naive girl caught up in a game she didn't really seem to understand.

The distinguished surgeon Anthony Carlisle, one of several figures in attendance, told Godwin not to let Mary know she was dying: "He observed, and there is great force in the suggestion, that there is no more pitiable object, than a sick man, that knows he is dying.

After all, there is no more pitiable condition than the demented patient in the grip of endless terrors.

Can anything be more pitiable?

A more pitiable cancellation, perhaps, was that of a recital by 1,700 students at the National Dance Institute.

Here is a notable girl-power moment, in contrast, say, to the more pitiable emotions of the pining Donna Elvira.

Easy as it is to castigate Rodriguez, he becomes the more pitiable figure when one remembers his contract accomplice was the Yankees.

They pity us for being too young to appreciate quality music or - more pitiable yet - for not even being born when such exciting sounds first graced British ears.

He was reported to have a critical lung condition and need a transplant, and his rare public appearances became more infrequent and more pitiable.