Sentences with pitiful
pit·i·ful
P p - He sounded both pitiful and eager to get what he wanted.
- The choice is pitiful and the quality of some of the products is very low.
- Pitiful applies to that which arouses or deserves pity because it is sad, pathetic, etc. [the suffering of the starving children was pitiful]; pitiable is the preferred term when a greater or lesser degree of contempt is mingled with commiseration [the opposition shrank to a pitiable minority]; piteous stresses the nature of the thing calling for pity rather than its influence on the observer [piteous groans]
- This argument seems to show a pitiful lack of confidence in the capabilities of our juries.
- A pitiful fate.
- pitiful attempts.