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Meanings of pitiful sight in English

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Usage of pitiful sight in English
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The crystal flakes falling in the foul streets was a pitiful sight.
Steep Trails
2
He was a pitiful sight as he rose and confronted Augusta Goold.
Hyacinth
3
It was a pitiful sight, the flesh barely adhering to the bone.
The Scarlet Gospels
4
Everywhere her eyes travelled she seemed to alight upon some pitiful sight.
Complete Books of Blood
5
Even before the Security Branch abuse, Duma must have been a pitiful sight.
A beautiful place to die
6
The last two days he has been lying panting for breath-a pitiful sight.
Complete Prose Works / Specimen Days and Collect, November Bough...
7
It was a pitiful sight, yet it almost made me laugh.
The Country Doctor
8
He was a pitiful sight then, though the jury eventually showed no mercy.
Ford county: stories
9
Those words hurt Thomas's heart even more than the pitiful sight of his friend.
The Death Cure
10
The beautiful stranger was plainly affected at the pitiful sight.
The Torrent (Entre Naranjos)
11
The day that we surrendered our regiment it was a pitiful sight to behold.
"Co. Aytch," Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment / Or, A Side ...
12
On the way he had seen a very pitiful sight.
The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. 1 (of 5)
13
They told me he made a pitiful sight, wheedling and whining among the legislators.
The Plum Tree
14
The whole presented a pitiful sight, and the soldiers' contempt of life excited horror.
Napoleon's Campaign in Russia, Anno 1812; Medico-Historical
15
Such women present a pitiful sight and a difficult problem.
London's Underworld
16
The Sawhorse stopped short at this pitiful sight, and Dorothy cried out, with ready sympathy:
The Emerald City of Oz
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
Common