Sentence examples for truly pitiable from inspiring English sources

It is a truly pitiable spectacle to see so many frightened flatulent hogs dashing fruitlessly about, begging for the keepers to come and clean out their feeding troughs and to administer medications to solve their digestive crisis.

But mostly her character is defined only in relation to that of Mr. Zero; there's none of the anchoring personal detail that would make her truly scary or pitiable.

At that he looked at me with pitiable hatred: for he was, however false his purpose, truly in kemmer and deeply roused.

Pitiable or potent?

We are pitiable.

The pitiable African woman.

Can anything be more pitiable?

She is pitiable and vulnerable.

He is not pitiable but silently resourceful.

She is funny, disagreeable and pitiable.

Both pitiable opportunists should apologise to Mantel at once.