PITY in a Sentence

Learn PITY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
230 example sentences for PITY, such as:
1. Her voice was tender, full of pity.
2. I saved her out of pity for her child.
3. A pity we can't find the guy who did it.
4. He best can pity who has felt the worse.
5. It's a pity that he didn't accept the job.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of PITY
pity
 n.  a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
 n.  an unfortunate development
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Her cry steadied him, though it deepened his wrath and pity.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
2  "It's a pity, though," Mrs. Hale ended, sighing, "that they're all shut up there'n that one kitchen."
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
3  What a pity legs could not be shown, she thought, pulling up her petticoats and regretfully viewing them, plump and neat under pantalets.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
4  More's the pity none of you have such hands, he added, casting fond but reproving glances at his girls.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
5  But more's the pity, there's not enough planters' sons in this County to make up a full troop.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
6  He was looking at Charles, and there was understanding in his face and a little pity.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
7  They fell on unhearing ears, words that were swift and tender and full of pity, like a father speaking to a hurt child.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
8  But there were so many old men and young boys, and the sight of them made her heart contract with pity and with fear.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
9  His face was the face of a man drunk with fatigue and impotent rage and burning pity.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
10  He was unconsciously wagging his whiskered head in pity and clicking his tongue against his teeth when Scarlett caught his eye.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
11  "What a pity he can't marry her now," she thought.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
12  "It's a pity Johnnie Gallegher is tied up with Tommy Wellburn on that construction work," she thought.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
13  I pity him because he ought to be dead and he isn't.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
14  Her heart always ached with pity for him, although she was almost too tired and sleepy to feel anything.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVI
15  She saw his wide shoulders shake as with a nervous chill and, as she watched him pityingly, her pity changed to horror for she saw that he was crying.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVI
Example Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1  It's a pity that he didn't accept the job.
2  This would be a pity if the Attorney were bluffing.
3  Her voice was tender, full of pity.
4  He best can pity who has felt the worse.
5  I felt great pity for the woman whose baby died.
6  It's a pity for me to see an old woman hobble away.
7  What a pity that his career was left to flounder.
8  I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them.
9  I saved her out of pity for her child.
10  He gave the panhandler a few coins out of pity.
11  She allowed herself only a few moments'indulgence in self - pity.
12  The girl stood gazing in/with pity at the old lion in the cage.
13  A pity we can't find the guy who did it.
14  A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity.
15  She knew that she was an object of pity among her friends.