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Meanings of pathetic figure in English

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Usage of pathetic figure in English
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A worrying parent is at once an exasperating and a pathetic figure.
Quit Your Worrying!
2
There was one pathetic figure in all this wretched business-thatof the Hon.
Ireland Since Parnell
3
The girl stood motionless just where I left her: an infinitely pathetic figure.
Adventures in Friendship
4
Her arm was about the drooping, pathetic figure of her aunt.
West Wind Drift
5
Butler, on the other hand, I do not regard as a pathetic figure.
The Last Leaf / Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men ...
6
Farrington made a pathetic figure as he stood there uncertain what to do.
The Fourth Watch
7
Monte Irvin turned, a pathetic figure, to the Inspector who stood beside him.
Dope
8
Madame De Berney was a gentle, intelligent, sympathetic and pathetic figure.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 / Little J...
9
You can't deny that the girl is all right-anda sweet pathetic figure.
The Avalanche: A Mystery Story
10
Mary Antony living, was often a pathetic figure; Mary Antony dead, disarmed anger.
The White Ladies of Worcester: A Romance of the Twelfth Century
11
He made a pathetic figure of miserable manhood, of strength mistreated.
Cabin Fever
12
The Consumer, a pathetic figure in a grey shawl, goes wearily to market.
The Tyranny Of Words
13
Am I alone in thinking that Pete Doherty is a slightly pathetic figure?
The Irish Times
14
Tears welling in my eyes, I continued to gaze at his pathetic figure.
Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination
15
The most pathetic figure in the Passion Play is not Christ, but his mother.
King of the Jews: A story of Christ's last days on Earth
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The girl slipped her arms around the drooping, pathetic figure and stroked it tenderly.
The Foolish Virgin
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