Sentence examples for pathetic argument from inspiring English sources

"It's a pathetic argument".

It's a good line but a pathetic argument.

However hard Steafel tried, however often he repeated the same pathetic argument, he just couldn't justify the headline.

"The idea that the plebiscite is the only way same-sex marriage will pass this term of parliament is the most pathetic argument.

In the past, some Western countries, such as Lithuania, made the pathetic argument that Mr Lukashenka ought not to be pushed too hard for fear he would end up in Russia.

"Eventually, we're going to win all these battles, with the pathetic argument that 'Shit, there's no one left watching us anyway — what do you care?' " On a Monday in late April, David Lynch was in the studio of his three-building compound in the Hollywood Hills, mixing the soundtrack for the "Mulholland Drive" pilot.

When he really thought about it, thought it through on its merits and dissected all his mother's pathetic arguments about where he'd be today if she'd felt as he did when she was pregnant herself, he hardened like a rock, like sand turning to stone under all the pressure the planet can bring to bear.

But it looks like Trump and the Republicans standing behind him are going to be making those pathetic arguments for a long while.

Shalit went on to dismiss as "pathetic" the counter-argument that Netanyahu had "brought Gilad home", a decision that carried a significant political risk given the necessary release of thousands of Palestinian prisoners in exchange.

Just as striking has been the pathetic weakness of the arguments in favour of grammar schools.

That argument, of course, is pathetic.