Sentence examples for sympathetic pity from inspiring English sources

And those who are choosing to go, like me, are being looked upon with a sympathetic pity similar to a Southerner's use of "Bless Your Heart" to mean "You're as dumb as dirt".

COMPASSION: "Sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others".

The rare sympathetic view comes dressed as pity.

After the shower incident a kindly gym teacher (Judy Greer) and sympathetic classmate (Gabriella Wilde) both take pity on Carrie, the former offering makeup advice and the latter her boyfriend Tommy (Ansel Elgort) as a prom date.

"And he looks at me and says, 'Oh, you're one of them.' " Nobody in the investment banking world is expecting pity, or even a sympathetic ear, these days.

Even the dyspeptic Barry Bonds, the disgraced, disfigured godson of baseball royalty, was sympathetic by comparison, a figure more worthy of pity than scorn.

Lowe stars as a very unsympathetic character – and it's great to see a film which rejects so thoroughly the idea of sympathetic characters – with some of David Brent's self-pity and self-importance.

Wounded but stoic, and exhibiting not an ounce of self-pity, she was the single most effective and sympathetic witness I have ever seen.

If this appears to be the case, be understanding, but don't be too sympathetic or she may get angry if she thinks you are pitying her.

Tim is a highly sympathetic subject, or rather collaborator, whose eloquence, intelligence and absence of self-pity are proving useful for his many webcasts.

After the older brother won gold this week, their coach Malcolm Brown said Alistair had not show much pity for Jonny's condition, and that he wasn't the most sympathetic of brothers.