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Meanings of pitiable sight in English

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Usage of pitiable sight in English
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Herod's sons make a pitiable sight, red shackle marks upon their wrists.
Daughters of the Nile
2
It was a pitiable sight, but one that moved the watchers with contempt.
The Mystery of the Four Fingers
3
A more forlorn and pitiable sight than they presented cannot well be imagined.
The Lake of the Sky / Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of Californ...
4
By its rays we beheld a pitiable sight in a corner of that building.
Bardelys the Magnificent / Being an account of the strange wooin...
5
Propped up in bed, Peter Brent presented a pitiable sight.
The Master Mystery
6
It should be done, for a child is a pitiable sight with this deformity.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
7
Half a dozen of them were holding Drexley-a pitiable sight.
The Survivor
8
The President presented the most pitiable sight of all.
The Second Deluge
9
It was a most pitiable sight, though one that gladdened the hearts of my men.
Allan's Wife
10
A wounded deer or antelope, or a young motherless fawn, is a most pitiable sight.
Ranching, Sport and Travel
11
The most pitiable sight in the whole world, a human soul dead and rotten in sin!
Town and Country Sermons
12
A most pitiable sight these little ones are.
Plain Facts for Old and Young
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It was a pitiable sight, drawing forth exclamations of sympathy even from the rough soldiers on guard.
A Narrative of the Siege of Delhi / With an Account of the Mutin...
14
Truly, Padre Salvi was a pitiable sight.
The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere
15
A brace and half of trout on this river in the mayfly week is a very pitiable sight.
Lines in Pleasant Places: Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler
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They were indeed a pitiable sight.
Men Called Him Master
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