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Definition of the day : « piteous »

  • adj miserable, pathetic
Example sentences :
  • Are none to be gentle and kind, none to be piteous and forgiving?
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The poor fellow gave a piteous moan, but still did not stir.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • He began shivering at this again, and his voice sank into a piteous quaver.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • Stryker turned upon him an expression at once ludicrous, piteous and hateful.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • She remained kneeling by the chair, looking up at him with a most piteous face.
  • Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
  • It is imperious and obedient, sincere and false, piteous and cruel, timid and bold.
  • Extract from : « Reflections » by Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld
  • If the whole affair had not been so piteous it would have seemed grotesque.
  • Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
  • His face was worn and ashy, but his eyes burned with a piteous fire.
  • Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
  • He looked at her piteous face and his strength almost ebbed away.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • I beg you to pause and consider this girl's piteous condition.
  • Extract from : « A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties » by Charles Major