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Meanings of piteous in inglês

Deserving or inciting pity.

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      1
      A second scream came, piteous, all hope gone, choking sobs followed it.
      Micah & Strange Candy
      2
      They were assembled in the city and marshalled forth in piteous procession.
      Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, from the mss. of Fray Anto...
      3
      Suddenly Norma gave a piteous whine; the reptile had bitten her tongue.
      The Idiot
      4
      He had something in his effects in this line that was piteous.
      The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 12
      5
      The same yearning, the same piteous agitation was in her attitude now.
      Lady Rose's Daughter
      6
      Because an illustrious client has placed her piteous case in my hands.
      Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
      7
      The smile was weak, resigned, almost piteous; and it was extraordinarily sweet.
      Clayhanger
      8
      The black man rolled his eyes in piteous appeal to his master:
      The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln
      9
      The privations and sufferings which many of the refugees suffered were piteous.
      The United Empire Loyalists : A Chronicle of the Great Migration
      10
      She means her tone to be encouraging, but it comes out piteous.
      The sealed letter
      11
      The cross with its piteous burden is outlined against the real sky.
      Abroad with the Jimmies
      12
      Again his piteous wail touched the tender heart strings of the girl.
      The Son of Tarzan
      13
      The intensity of her sufferings drew from her the most piteous cries.
      The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others
      14
      Its piteous wails were not quite audible, but they were acutely sensible.
      Perdido Street Station
      15
      Mrs. Fountain rose in some agitation and threw him a piteous look.
      Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I
      16
      She swallowed hard, striving to control the piteous trembling of her voice.
      Greatheart
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