The child felt pity for the mouse he had caught, and let it go.
Even though he killed someone, I can't help feeling pity for him, knowing that he was severely abused by his parents as a child.
It was a pity that we didn't take our bathing suits because there was a lake nearby where
we could have gone swimming.
The police showed no pity for the children they caught stealing, and took them off to the station.
The young man gave his girlfriend a pitying look when she started crying after he told her he wanted to break up.
The street children in the big cities
there were the most pitiful sight I had ever seen.
Greg is a pitiful tennis player, but he certainly tries hard.
Salaries in the tourist industry are pitiful, and on top of all that, most of the jobs are only part-time.
Robert Heinlein once noted that natural laws have no
pity.
Funding for the arts in this country is pitifully inadequate.
The cat that we found was pitifully thin and sick, but after a month of good food, it was fine.
The enemy was pitiless, and immediately executed any prisoners that were seriously wounded.
Bertrand Russell once said, "Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind."
There is a Yiddish proverb which states that a snake deserves no pity.
Heroditus once remarked that it is a much better thing to be envied than to be pitied.
In Burma, to be without children is considered pitiable.
Jacob Braude once joked, "Pity your boss. The poor guy has to get up early to see who comes in late."