| The recent Golden Globe winner again shows her gift for giving distinction to characters who seem born to be pitied or dismissed. |
| He was smiling an ironic smile since he pitied himself for all the years of shallowness he had grown so used to. |
| While an object of great respect, Inang Bayan is also often pitied for the tribulations she has suffered. |
| When she first met Blake she'd pitied him because he only had a few friends, so she had befriended him. |
| I pitied the hapless patient and commiserated with the unhappy house officer, unsettled by the echoes of my own mistakes. |
| Anyone with an ounce of compassion can see he is to be pitied rather than pilloried. |
