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Meanings of piteous sight in English

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Usage of piteous sight in English
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And all the lords and ladies wept sore at that piteous sight.
The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights
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It was a piteous sight, and deeply moved all who witnessed it.
Windsor Castle
3
Wildly bristling with hairs and colored ashen-gray, it is a piteous sight.
The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
4
Si, Signor, I saw it too, and a piteous sight it was.
A Siren
5
It was a piteous sight; for half of these men were no longer human.
Barlasch of the Guard
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What more piteous sight can the pious man behold?
The Love of Books: The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury
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It was a piteous sight; I pitied him.
The Companions of Jehu
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It was a piteous sight, even for the besieged, to see human life so profusely squandered.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
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But dawn showed once more a piteous sight.
A Book of Myths
10
Here they saw a strange and piteous sight.
Red Eve
11
Her face was a piteous sight just then.
Men, Women, and Ghosts
12
The latter, poor fellow, looked a piteous sight.
A Boy's Voyage Round the World
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No one ever saw a more piteous sight, for he was nothing but skin and bone.
The Mabinogion
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At this piteous sight, Richard became a hero.
The President: A Novel
15
The duke, beholding this piteous sight, reined in his steed and inquired the reason of their grief.
Dreamthorp / A Book of Essays Written in the Country
16
It was a piteous sight-thepoor distorted reasoning faculty grovelling as a slave to the selfish will.
A Dozen Ways Of Love
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