Sentence examples for pitiful child from inspiring English sources

Either way, the construction of Sadah as the pitiful child bride of Bin Laden reminds me of the language used in relation to Muslim women in Afghanistan after the attacks of 9/11.

And it's all written in pitiful child-speak.

Private Bailey wrote to his mother on Sept. 6, 1966, about the "pitiful" children he had seen in an orphanage.

My poor, pitiful children have only ever known the inadequate joy of Hasbro Play-Doh® -- and only when momma was in her most Zen-like state.

All in all, the narrative is pretty pitiful; the child would be a lot better off with three friends than with the lonely Leapster.

They range from the pitiful – a child's grill for corn on the cob, rigged out of wires bent over tea lights – to the technically impressive – one man made a fridge.

Just as the descent of Captain Willard Martin Sheenn) into delirium forms the central thread of Apocalypse Now, by the end of Hearts of Darkness, Coppola has slowly but surely been reduced from Oscar-winning golden boy to wailing, pitiful man-child.

And when his loneliness becomes unbearable, Ms Scott is less interested in soliciting our tears than in spotting the moment it becomes anger: "One moment a pitiful, scarred unhappy child.

Between the rampant hostility outside the house and the tyranny inside, the children act out the paralyzing stress of their situation in the strange and pitiful ways that children do.

What begins as roughhousing escalates to all-out sadism until a rock is thrown at point blank range, ending the child's pitiful cries for good.

Protesters raised pitiful shields, including a children's swimming board and a metal dinner tray.