Deserving or inciting pity.
1 They found the poor king in the hut, in a pitiable condition.
2 The poor fellow was in a pitiable state; he was crying bitterly.
3 She was a pitiable object in the strong light of the electrolier.
4 Moreover, the lot of these gain-loving traders was pitiable in the extreme.
5 This pitiable state of mind is the natural result of her education.
6 The scene which the track along the creek presented was most pitiable .
7 But most of the Acadians found themselves in a truly pitiable plight.
8 Yet it was still in a pitiable state of weakness and destitution.
9 The greater part of the prisoners were, however, in a pitiable condition.
10 And in a pitiable state of excitation, she returned to the drawing-room.
11 And the young lady assumed the prettiest attitude of most pitiable resignation.
12 It is a pitiable army, the sight of which oppresses the heart.
13 The shame of the Rabbi during this harangue was pitiable to behold.
14 The minute you get to the rear a pitiable condition is exposed.
15 Hendricks still remains in prison, and is a pitiable and helpless wreck.
16 Upon being brought on deck she was in a pitiable plight .
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