Sentence examples for pitiful relationship from inspiring English sources

Dramas about the Soho smut business in its 1960s and 70s heyday tend to look for the dark side, but Winterbottom's movie searches for sympathy in showing Raymond's pitiable, or pitiful relationship with troubled daughter Debbie, played by Imogen Poots, the Cordelia-figure in whom he hoped to entrust his entire porn kingdom.

Pity for a pitiful club.

Hart's admirer in the gay brunch scene crops up later, as a pitiful attempt to show the film's acceptance of gay characters, when Hart offers relationship advice over the phone.

"It's pitiful".

That's pitiful.

Europe, thy name is pitiful.

We were so pitiful".

Shameful and pitiful".

"The material is pitiful.

Pitiful, but understandable.

Our pay is pitiful".