Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
pitied
IPA transcription: [p'ɪt,id]
Usage examples
Perhaps Sybil pitied Ronald a little.
But I notice Mr. Harrison doesn't like to be pitied.
Girls who had to walk more than half a mile to school were pitied.
Avenant pitied the poor thing, and put her carefully back into the water.
She was sheltered; she was pitied; she was encouraged to return to her family.
He pitied himself as he wondered if fate had in store for him the trials he saw others suffering.
The last two days he was always by the side of Charlotte Davis: I pitied his taste, but took no notice of him.
The Huntsman pitied the poor Old Woman, put his hand in his pocket, and made her a present according to his means.
Had she been, the wise woman would have only pitied and loved her, instead of feeling sick when she looked at her.
If the duty enjoined by the law were of difficult performance, omission, though it could not be justified, might be pitied.