| A pitiful thousand men left from our large expedition stood up to join me, almost none woundless. |
| When that logic is exposed, as in this case, as intellectual legerdemain, he retreats to pitiful, pleading casuistry. |
| It was a pitiful thing to find fortunate, but at that point she would grab and claw at anything that could possibly brighten the atmosphere. |
| Cue whinge after whinge after pitiful whinge about how fat she thinks she is, and how much weight she must have put on since entering the house. |
| Tony Williams is a pitiful wretch, on the jetsam on the shore of the Anacostia. |
| So as an act of pitiful rebellion against the fact that I even have to be at work, I'm refusing to turn the office lights on. |
