Sentence examples for would be pitiful from inspiring English sources

The problem is addiction, and the idea that an abusive relationship with legal alcohol is of a lesser order than an abusive relationship with illegal drugs, is one of those fake distinctions that would be pitiful if it wasn't so dangerous.

Valentine's Day would be pitiful and meaningless if it weren't for various companies trying to subtly promote their brand through get-in-love-quick schemes.

I think that would be very pitiful.

If he did not, he said, America would be "a pitiful, helpless giant".

The 1-0 home defeat against champions elect Everton was hardly unexpected, but it would be the pitiful effort at Selhurst Park that truly rubber-stamped Villa's fate.

Besides, he says, Germans would be a pitiful bunch if their self-confidence rested on the D-mark alone.If these sound strange words from a supposedly ceremonial head of state, housed in a Berlin chateau by the Spree, it is because Mr Herzog cannot disguise his affection for Germany's post-1945 consensus.

Do not be proud and do not be pitiful.

Johnson feared he would be a "sorry spectacle" before these gigs began; a stricken, pitiful casualty.

From the sound of things, all Mexico needed was a particularly bad hurricane season (still a possibility) to rub salt into its wounds, and the pitiful scenario would be complete.

It is an age-inappropriate activity (scornful description of how pitiful it would be to see an older man wearing the wrap— kanga or kitenge that boys often wear after traditional circumcision).

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