Sentence examples for received pity from inspiring English sources

"When I told people where I come from, instead of interest, I many times received pity," Statovci told me recently.

The most common response was intrigue; rarely did I receive pity.

Now it's the film critics who receive pitying looks.

I'd previously contacted the US National Parks Service about this asset of theirs, and come away with the strong impression that it was the first enquiry they had ever received – a pity, as this is a beautiful spot.

Her final prayer consisted of her repeating continually, "Jesu receive my soul; O Lord God have pity on my soul".

I was wondering why I received the sad, pity-filled looks as I spoke about my life.

(One of the most morbidly funny anecdotes related is the pity Bishop received at the hands of a hairdresser, who upon learning that she was orphaned, said, "Kind of awful ain't it, plowing through life alone". ) Among her most celebrated poems is the villanelle "One Art," recited here, a witty and deeply sad meditation on "the art of losing".

When I receive sympathy, or pity, I feel like I am in this fight all by myself.

Again her finger stopped and I received the look of confused pity.

When I wondered aloud if SoundCloud was actually just an online distribution platform (like Spotify, it allows its users to stream millions of songs for free) and not a genre in any traditional sense of the word, I received only blank or vaguely pitying stares, as if I had just ordered everyone to check their telegrams for news about the space race.

Pity poor Hannah, who received a startling text message on her cellphone, sent from her father: "Your mom and I are going to divorce next month".