| Singing superbly and acting with intensity, Mr. Bielfield pitched his portrayal ideally between oddity and piteousness. |
| For all its piteousness, his first feature is often moving, always well acted, and distinguished by rare stillness and beauty. |
| She did not even speak, but sat looking at her hands, absorbed in the piteousness of that thought. |
| The story of Fernandez and Beck may be grotesque comedy, but Todd Robinson tells it straight, without flinching from its piteousness, horror, or banality. |
| It was not till I was aware of these ghostly faces that the full piteousness of the ruin that had been wrought was revealed to me. |
| This pitiful look is destroyed by this lady's mockery, which draws to similar action those who perhaps might well see that piteousness. |
