Sentence examples for not pitiful from inspiring English sources

These are the best kind of loss songs — wistful, not pitiful; confident, not decadent; optimistic, not despondent.

"We've seen better days, but we're not pitiful," says Kay Vinzant, of the Heart of Texas Builders Association.Education and health care are growing along with the population.

Mr. Baio isn't pitiful because he is a has-been.

We're not a pitiful helpless giant.

My son has gone for Chelsea, the West London side that I began supporting during a long winter many years ago in London, at a time when they were, if not exactly pitiful, then far from the Russian-money-fuelled dynamo they are now.

But fret not, you pitiful soul that feels any ounce of compassion toward an ISP.

All you fans of Tom Westmore, who found him so attractive (as he was his first time on Survivor, not the pitiful wreck who crashed and burned last season) are going to love Marty.

Ned Beatty's character, Bobby, glances at Lonny and murmurs, "Talk about genetic deficiencies — isn't that pitiful?" But when Drew, played by Ronny Cox, strums a chord on his guitar, Lonny answers it, and soon the two are locked in a gleeful call-and-response, the bluegrass hit "Dueling Banjos".

It's unfortunate that such strong sentiment regarding teachers exists, and most importantly, isn't it pitiful (unfortunate, a damn shame) that adults are still name-calling?

But Lincoln in 1837 was not quite as pitiful as the story makes him sound.

And then these words come out in a quiet rush: "To not be a pitiful, fatherless son".