But, as Beth entered, the pity in her eyes melted Alicia's cool reserve and she dissolved into a crumpled heap on her bed. |
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It subsumes both the movements of empathy and of repulsion toward an object implicit in pity and fear. |
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Two laundresses had taken pity on her and had shown her the way since they were headed that direction anyway. |
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For pity is not a word to them, no amount of pleading can save you and no amount of money can buy your life. |
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It seems Faustus hears what the Evil Angel says, but tells himself that even if he were a devil, God will pity him if he repents. |
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The young men, fiery savage children of a gentle civilized mother, slew with neither ruth nor pity. |
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A pity, because the beautifully poached damsons, greengages and plums which accompanied them were ambrosial enough to serve on their own. |
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The pity and gratitude disappeared as soon as I came to know he was just using me. |
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And I couldn't help but pity the poor chap who finds himself grappling with one of these after a night out on the sauce with his hot date. |
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James knew very well what Ben wanted to test, and once again he felt a stab of pity for the poor girl. |
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Her face contained not an ounce of anger, the expression on her face, if anything, was a visage of pity. |
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Should Munster lose, pity the poor man who moved the game to the capital purely for financial reasons. |
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Apparently, what you don't do is curl up in a heap, giving way to self pity. |
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The manager instantly began to pity the poor man, but not too much and walked away. |
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But he never wallowed in self pity, and rather spent every available moment with his nose stuck deep in his books. |
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Liverpudlians are wallowers in self pity and they love nothing more than to hold a grudge. |
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They gave an as near to perfect display of football as possible and what a pity some of our male teams don't take a leaf out of their book. |
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It is pity to see people going after food by smell and taste, ignoring the standard or quality of the products. |
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This is a pity, because, for all its conceptual ambition, it has the great virtue of being simply and accessibly written. |
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I'm going to finish this little pity party and get all my crabbing out at once. |
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It's a pity the script is so offensive, because in other respects the film is quite watchable. |
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The issue of Alzheimer's is dealt with in a sensitive and delicate manner, which doesn't overplay the pity. |
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She sat beside him for a moment, studying his waxen features with a sadness that somehow erased all of her pity. |
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At first he responds with fear and pity, later with loathing and mercilessness. |
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It's a pity, though, that she didn't inject just a whisker of balance in the course of 3,000 doom-laden words. |
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More than rage, it was a pity that filled me on seeing this callous indifference all around. |
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He's laughing down the phone and it's a pity I can't see him smile, because on his dust-jackets he looks such a jolly fellow. |
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It's a pity you're distracted all the time by the plotless, joyless machinations of everyone else involved. |
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All I can say is, pity help the would-be standover merchant who tries to lean on, or recruit, those siblings. |
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As quickly as he had jumped to judge Tyler, Jon was learning to have pity for him. |
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That was Jessica's voice, slightly nasal, desperately advertising the fact that any pity would be welcome. |
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It's just a real pity that there are people out there who'd like nothing more than to exploit it. |
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It's a pity that the book has ended up more as a ready reckoner than a good read. |
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The aging process had clearly not taken any pity on poor Judge Wykk at all. |
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And I pity the poor judge who's going to have to explain those words to a jury. |
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It's a pity he didn't do his homework before putting his foot in his mouth with his announcement. |
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His eyes were pleading with her, sympathy and pity and wonder all at the same time. |
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The pity is, a few of these players may never get another chance to feature in a World Cup final. |
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The eyes of the man standing beside the bed were welling with the vaguest mix of pity, anxiety, worry, sympathy, and pain. |
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He watched the poor wretch the commanding officer was lecturing, and looked on him with little pity. |
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May watched the mer-woman helplessly, wrung with pity and cursing her terrible fate. |
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They are the object of public pity for their heroic battles against addiction. |
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It is a pity that a visit to this Park was marred by the presence of a lot of litter right along the new concrete path at the side of the Park. |
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It's also a pity that some voters don't discern the Texas-size gap between these two Yalies. |
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Such paintings court the viewer's curiosity, but make no appeal to feelings of pity, fear, or outrage. |
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If Ashley had been low and pathetic enough, she might almost have felt pity for her and her rejectable friends. |
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It really is a pity when you get someone of his exalted stature getting himself into a position like this. |
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Occasionally, the owner took pity on us impecunious students and gave us an offcut of something for free. |
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We should not conclude that pity or other instinctual affections, or even rational self-love, are bad. |
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What a pity it would be if the Australian debacle was to bring the hard man back to centre stage again. |
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With so little good hard science on the BBC it's a pity to see a good chunk of the budget go on something so lightweight. |
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There were very few overcoats amongst them, and their appearance certainly excited the pity and compassion of the people they passed. |
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You'd much better not be swilling vodka, you fool, but taking pity on your old woman instead of falling at my feet. |
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For the first time since they'd arrived in Sanjia, she felt a stir of pity for this young woman who was only a few months older than herself. |
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He had seen that stare directed at errant Constables and felt a stir of pity for her. |
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In battle, I came to pity enemy prisoners because I had a cause to fight for and they did not. |
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I was adorned with condolences and words of pity and sorrow, but no words could heal the pain in my heart. |
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I feel great pity for them, great fear for the country, and heartsickness about the world. |
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It is a pity that they should wish to finance this by selling land for speculative building development to the detriment of our environment. |
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A pity all this was required by ceremony, she thought, laying three strands of pearls, with ruby pendants, on the bedspread. |
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The purpose of tragedy is catharsis, a powerful emotional experience in which the audience purges the emotions of pity and fear. |
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We don't hate Roxie for her ambition, merely pity her for the hard lessons that she is forced to learn. |
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She wonders how someone so quiet could like her noisiness, and wonders if their mutual pity will turn to love. |
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A cheapjack calling himself Dr Marigold took pity on this deaf and dumb child who resembled his daughter who had died. |
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The appearance of pity and fear on both sides of the footlights seems not to rule out catharsis as a principle in dramatic criticism. |
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It's a pity that some researchers choose to turn their oversized skulls to such unworthy subjects. |
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It would be a pity that this event would not be celebrated and the thumbs up sign has already given it the green light. |
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However I would have to pity the poor chef who has to cook their pre-match and after match meals! |
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Then without sparing a moment's pity for the fawning, awkward creature that Jonas had become, Christy turned on her heels. |
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This Wendler was a guy who didn't need pity from girls because he really had them in the palm of his hand. |
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By the time he is chucked out of the funeral home, he has stirred the audience's pity and contempt in equal measure. |
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It's a pity that he ruins his otherwise commendable film with some extremely lousy cinematography. |
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It is a pity though that things have come to a pass where you and others feel this way. |
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This beggar had been asking the passers-by to take pity on him but all had gone past the unfortunate creature. |
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His Graham is a pathetic, vulnerable figure who inspires both pity and amusement. |
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She is good-hearted and took pity on my pathetic form whenever I was sent to the kitchens by my mistresses. |
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So pity the poor book reviewer, her desk piled high with vanity press or self-published dross. |
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It's in peak condition and with a facility like this on our own doorstep, it would be a pity not to use it. |
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This is a pity since there have been prolonged periods where he has performed to an acceptable standard. |
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I looked around the room, watching the girls' faces change from looks of accusation to pity and understanding. |
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It's a pity to plant broadleaves if you don't put the bit of work into ensuring that you will have a quality crop. |
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If you don't love this yarn there is a cold dead place where your heart should be and I pity you. |
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It would really be a great pity if blogs were to die as yet another passing fancy on the Internet. |
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But back home, it's fashionable to blame someone else and wallow in self pity and despair. |
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She was divided between indignation at Mr. Bennet's indelicacy and overwhelming pity for Miss Darcy. |
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It is a pity that the article appears in the Post and not in an Indonesian language paper so that more people would be able to read it. |
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There was no look of compassion or pity on her face, nothing save the cool gaze of her narrow eyes. |
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I felt real pity for Suchet, deploying his talent against such inexpert cast mates. |
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What a pity the bright sparks who made Kind Hearts and Coronets are all dead! |
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But it is a pity that he has jumped to conclusions before looking more carefully at the evidence. |
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I may pity him, and even understand his motives, but a murderer is still deserving of condign punishment. |
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So why do certain animals invoke admiration while others inspire pity or disdain? |
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They have no idea of their future here and I feel great pity for their innocence. |
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Nevertheless this same senator was a full worthy, noble warrior, in sooth, and his death was full great pity. |
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We pity him, but with a touch of awe, because we sense the power that remains unused. |
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While we offer thanks to all, we would respectfully ask for no one to feel pity or sorrow for our loss. |
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You're feeling pity for a creature that would sneer at the concept if she understood it. |
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He watched her reaction but he didn't see fear or anger, only pity and sorrow. |
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In these circumstances, we should look with pity and compassion on George Best. |
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Jamie heard sniffles behind her and turned around on her heel and gave Beth a look of pity. |
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What a pity that Ms Evans' information comes from such an unreliable source. |
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A good number of her early poems attempt to work on the reader's sense of pity and compassion. |
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In the end, it's a pity because the situation could have been handled a lot better and without the angst and tears. |
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In which case it would be a pity just to wrap the Lion in brown paper and send it off to Sydney. |
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It would be a pity to pretend that there are no regrets and that ending a marriage hardly matters. |
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And as in at least some other cases, this will be a pity because there will likely be some small nugget of usefulness to the deal. |
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We have a great chance to beat Westmeath and it would be a pity if there were only a small crowd from Carlow to see it. |
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The authorities probably knew that there was a likelihood of taking relics and it is a pity that it disappeared. |
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It would be a pity if they were to throw away the opportunity at this stage. |
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That is a pity in the case of smart policies, but a blessing for the less smarter ideas. |
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This is a great pity because if he had, we might have been spared the regrettable sight that assailed us earlier in the week. |
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It would be a great pity if this opportunity to restore confidence in the way support is delivered to rural areas is missed. |
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Refugees need help, and I do pity their plight, however problems should not be exported. |
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It's enough to just think in a certain way, slap yourself on the back, and pity the uneducated, unliberated denizens of mainstream culture. |
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Still, we have to have some sense of his perspective in order to actually pity him. |
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But the genre resisted overt absorption into the national cultural life, which was a pity. |
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But were concerned rather in keeping a whole skin by parlaying or by spilling cowardly tears to excite pity. |
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We look on with dumb, uncomprehending pity at anyone who would want to live somewhere else. |
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Perhaps you, too, may laugh at me, but you will relent and have pity on me. |
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They mostly looked sad and bored, and seemed to regard the security woman with pity. |
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They have made even the hardest-hearted of us feel a twinge of pity where few of us expected to find one. |
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After beginning the game, Robert took pity on me after I apparently made some moves that were questionable. |
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A French aristocrat by birth, Monseigneur has no trace of pity and despises the peasants of France. |
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It is a pity that we never thought of the thousands of cobblers, weavers or blacksmiths who were crowded out because of globalisation. |
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One nurse took pity on me and procured a gym mat and a sheet, which I placed on the floor next to my mother's bed. |
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It makes us look pitiful and pity is not something that we want, we want respect. |
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I shook my head despairingly, thinking about my own pitiful form of transport and felt deep pity for my feet slaves. |
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I've spent 17 years in a little box at the Chicago Sun-Times, where I work, and nobody is having a pity party for me. |
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It was a pity that the game got a bit out of hand in the last quarter and that three players were sidelined. |
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Thanks to a link from Glenn Reynolds, among others, I had been deluged with support for my pity party. |
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So just quit the pity party and tell me what's so important at your temple! |
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While you two are having a little pity party, I'll be upstairs getting the popcorn. |
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Well she's probably mad about telling you and is going to go have a pity party with herself. |
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A congratulation celebration turns into a pity party as Paul's dark mood clouds Jamie's career success. |
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When John Young was downsized from his job last year, he didn't throw a pity party. |
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Despite your best attempts to put the pity party to rest, that lousy feeling sticks around like a rude guest. |
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He's certainly funnier than James Woods, but the left still needs some better humor to break out of its little pity party. |
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I wasn't done throwing my pity party but my mom doesn't have enough sympathy for that. |
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I pity the mentality of the sickos who tried, in futility, to piggyback on the admiration that the Red Fort evokes. |
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The great pity was that it didn't go to a replay, because in truth neither side deserved to lose this one. |
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It is such a pity that their time and our taxes are being wasted on something which has the majority of our citizens shrugging their shoulder. |
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A female, like Amy, would have just listened to me and consoled me while I had my personal pity party. |
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One has to pity the poor flacks who have to defend a corporate officer's speech characterized not just by US-bashing but by sheer fatuousness. |
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The inveteracy of her pursuit is unfathomable for she is completely deprived of pity and compassion. |
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The only pity was that he didn't actually crown his display with the goal his efforts and skills merited. |
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I think it is a great pity that we have moved away from a bipartisan agreement that gave New Zealand the best accounts in the world. |
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Eventually, the writers took pity on their tragic hero and Timothy was allowed to fly the coop with his latest girlfriend, Pippa, at the end. |
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It is also a pity that, after such a fine career, he made such a costly error. |
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Kate looked slightly flustered by the direct question, and Sam took pity on her and helped her out. |
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It is a pity that he died at an age when he could have been a rich source of consultancy and counsel to the youthful leaders of this country. |
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For the first few days I had those misplaced emotions of gratitude and pity. |
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What a pity you have allowed yourself to be used by Liberal Democrat mischief-makers to publish misinformation. |
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I think it is a pity that they did not get an opportunity to curtail the hours and restrict the use of the main auditorium. |
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The huntsman relents out of pity but also cynically reminds himself that Snow White will probably be devoured by wild animals anyway. |
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We pity our forebears for the pain and suffering they endured along the way and revel in our comfortable present-day lives. |
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They capture the gestures of the human body in all its pity and rapture, pain and pleasure. |
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It is a pity that it could not set itself up as a ginger group within the Tory Party. |
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It was a pity that such wretched, trashy, horrible publications could not be stopped. |
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His nurse took pity on him and agreed to write a letter for Daniel as he dictated the words, the last letter from a dying soldier to his family. |
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What a pity that so many writers who, in other circumstances, are optimists about human progress, should shut their eyes to what is happening. |
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Your article on mind over matter was interesting, but what a pity that people will not believe things without scientific proof. |
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Suddenly it takes pity on me and works, directs me into my destination which is a place I would never have found even if I'd lived next to it. |
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I looked up at him suddenly, meeting his gunmetal gray eyes and finding myself surprised by the pity there. |
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One was left, at the end of the play, with a sense of pity for him, which was more due to his performance than the tragic figure he portrayed. |
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One can only pity the dismally short-sighted group on city council that believes this is a good idea. |
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It engenders neither pity nor fear, rather the kind of mild curiosity you experience when seeing something familiar under a microscope. |
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The representation of the disabled has historically been heavily stereotyped with aversive images that evoke pity and fear. |
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Finally I took pity on the leaf beet plants outside which were still looking rather sad, and repotted them into fresh compost. |
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It is such a pity this has to be spoiled by a sewage system that is obviously over loaded or very dysfunctional or both. |
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It's a pity then that he or she had chosen to leave copies of a zine lying around which in one they had written some truly execrable poetry. |
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Finally, at half past seven the guests agreed it was a pity to spoil a good dinner and seated themselves to a delicious meal. |
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Don't express pity or show excessive sympathy towards the visually impaired. |
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A pity the featurette is so short, but as these things go, this is very good. |
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Eventually, he marries and sleeps with Rachael, but more so out of pity and monophobia than any positive human emotion. |
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I feel pity for a people who let some self-appointed cult leaders do their thinking for them. |
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It's a pity my barbering skills begin and end with the grade 2 clipper attachment. |
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While this is commendably humble, it is also a pity that the reader is thereby deprived of the bigger picture. |
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Taking pity on a fellow Celt, I pull up, and he gratefully fumbles his way into the back seat. |
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In a game where it was a pity to see a loser the Comer boys can feel proud of their performance to a man. |
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I pity the children scampering about the Great American Southwest who do not have a compound for protection. |
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As you pity all sapless humans, you must pity and have understanding for the sapless priest. |
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It is a pity that the sanctity of the festival should be lost with ersatz Santas luring people to malls. |
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I pity their unhappy lives, but sadly there isn't a terrible great deal I can do to get them out and away from it. |
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It is a pity, then, that the team management does not show the same faith in them when the team plays overseas as it does when playing at home. |
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It's just a pity there doesn't really seem to be any proper youth culture these days. |
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It was a pity that either side had to lose this game, as both contributed so much to a wonderful evening's entertainment. |
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Burginde came around the end of the waggon, and with a look of mingled pity and rue, helped me guide her charge back to our waggon. |
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It is a pity that there exists no serious biography of Archibald Wavell, an intriguing and arresting figure. |
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Geraldine Gibson of Sleights, whom Freshwater helped with children's donkey rides, had taken pity on him after he asked her for help. |
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The character of Michael Moran is at the same time antipathic and yet awakening pity. |
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A priest and a Levite ignored him but a Samaritan took pity on him and helped him. |
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Mary looked at him then, looked at him for the first time since he'd come into the room, and she felt a brief flash of pity. |
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Victor finished up sleeping in left luggage at King's Cross for a while, one of the station staff having taken pity on him. |
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The burden is a clutch of vivid memories which inspire a mixture of anger and pity in equal measure. |
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One could only pity Laois as they took a hammering from mighty Tipperary in the All Ireland senior hurling championship qualifiers at O'Moore Park Portlaoise on Saturday. |
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The pity and the terror of the situation are conveyed in terse, crisp prose. |
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Do I have my days when I've thrown a little pity party for myself? |
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And pity Amir isn't around to support his claims but what's new? |
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In the end, both crowds stayed away in droves and it's a pity. |
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The full colour catalogue with its detailed and informative text is a bonus though it is a pity that priced at R150.00, it is beyond the means of much of the local market. |
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It is a pity that it is not 1976, because we could then make a big thing about it being the 300th anniversary of being granted a charter to be a market town. |
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The book doesn't hide behind a mantle of political correctness but challenges a range of homophobic attitudes, from repulsion and pity to tolerance and acceptance. |
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But your pathetic attempt to conceal your identity made me pity you. |
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There really is a need for those of us who do know the right things to think to take pity on the ignoramuses who don't and really correct them when they are wrong. |
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But, above all, they will look on with a mixture of pity and disbelief at the poor people who still insist on living in this inhospitable territory. |
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He looked down at his shoes, feeling pity for the poor girl. |
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I shook my head in mock pity as Chela attempted to comfort Micheal. |
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I spoke with pity in my voice, but tried to keep it refined. |
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Feeling pity for the little boy she shoved a few coins into his hand. |
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But pity the poor soul who would try to do anything to those kids. |
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I pity the fool who has to guess what people are going to buy. |
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They'd look with envy at the things and pity the man that owned them. |
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I allowed him to stay at my home because I took pity on him. |
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Another exile took pity on them and gave them shelter for a while. |
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But Mrs Cowling said she took pity on him and gave him cash. |
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He took pity on me and we left the US with one heavily sedated dog. |
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Finally she took pity on me, and explained that she was Romanian. |
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In these films, an aging Waters casts about for his place in cinema, even to the point of throwing himself a bit of a pity party for his castigation. |
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After the pity party is over, though, don't dwell on the sadness. |
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My mom put a gentle hand on my shoulder, interrupting my pity party. |
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A pity we have no interdictors to stop them leaving the system. |
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It really is a pity that we can't even enjoy the Christmas festivities anymore without the intrusion of proxy wars against pollies wrapped in a culture wars template. |
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Should we pity a team that was one of the forerunners in the development of the slowdown, hard-nosed, tough-defending style that bored a generation? |
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That's a pity since there are some nicer, older crus available. |
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What a pity they never met, quarrelled and had a public punch-up. |
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Isn't it a pity some of our oldest traditions are dying out? |
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It was a pity that people were keen on showering encomiums on politicians and heads of religions and communities, whatever the frailties of these individuals. |
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I could do without the occasional looks of pity I've had from them. |
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I'm afraid that there wouldn't be anything in it for you other than maybe a few beers and my eternal gratitude, but I'm hoping someone will take pity on me. |
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I pity such detractors, because if their spirits were not massively moved by the tragedy of a great hero expiring on the battlefield, they must be blocks of stones. |
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While most of the people passing through that gate gave the man no more than a quick look of pity and a few drachmas, the apostles looked at him quite differently. |
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This is not a woman who wants pity, nor does she want money, or even an apology from Cosby. |
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Well, the dwarfs took pity on him and gave him the coffin, and the prince had it carried to his castle. |
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It is a great pity that Maag did not find time to explore the wide oeuvre of Liszt's symphonic poems as on these two accounts, he was a born interpreter in this field. |
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It's not a multitrack editor, more's the pity, but for quick-and-dirty edit work with basic transitions and soundtrack mixing, it works encouragingly well. |
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This seems a real pity since it is common to see grown up girls, well past primary school level, learning the three Rs after they have finished with household work. |
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He gives a remarkable performance, which has been criticised for being too actorish, and yet manages to make a dull man interesting, without falling back on self pity. |
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How I pity the unhappy wretches who are doomed to dwell in such a place! |
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He was standing above me with genuine pity and regretfulness. |
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He thinks it is a pity the liberated areas did not produce cards. |
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I saw it's running until March next year and I pity the poor staff. |
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But they believed, too, that Knox and Sollecito took pity on her later by covering her with a duvet. |
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Silently I looked up at her with a reproachful glance, trying at least for a little pity and only succeeding in finding that the spark of respect had disappeared. |
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And when at last it is perceived that such pity cannot lead to effectual succor, common sense bids the soul be rid of it. |
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For she saw in his eyes love, which no woman can mistake, and a thousand tons of regret and remorse, which aroused pity, which is perilously near to love requited. |
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Their collective learning is immense, and is deployed without pity. |
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A pity Shane had to retire through injury for the last quarter. |
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He felt pity for the young man and let him off for the rest of the day. |
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I pity your fingers, because I can already sense blisters rising. |
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The dueling scene where we go from hating the rotter to feeling pity for him to hating him again when he finds a way to screw Casanova over was masterly. |
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Her only friend in this heartless, Ivy League town is a lovelorn manicurist who has problems of her own, yet takes pity on the extraordinarily rich Bel-Air girl. |
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Animals civilise a building, and it is a pity that Mrs Blair, no cat-lover, was blamed for the dismissal of Humphrey, a dignified and sagacious mouser. |
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It's a pity we can't ask his opinion, or at least the talking computer. |
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Now she's an object of pity and scandal in Sydney society, and she spills her feelings and facts to another cabined, cribbed and confined captive, her ex-teacher Miss Adie. |
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Sondra Wiener, forced to make pocket money like an out-of-work laborer, endures the pity of her neighbors. |
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It is a pity that he didn't think of that when he accused the IRA, without a scrap of evidence being presented, of carrying out the Northern bank robbery. |
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Figuring the outlaw as the martyred victim of both tyranny from without and treachery from within, oral tradition solicits sympathy and even pity for the people's hero. |
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It would indeed be a pity, not just for the May Day celebrations, but for our very liberty, if the bridge were to be closed to preclude all such activities. |
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But you should turn those feelings of pity into feelings of rampant envy. |
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This practical ethical tradition defined pity as a negative emotion, valued self-mastery and virtue, and was concerned to use philosophy to alleviate human suffering. |
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Furthermore, Crane's prose denies the consolations of sentimentalism, in which the less fortunate are cast as inferior objects of pity and condescension. |
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A creature deserving of pity and a medical diagnosis that will grant them a special status in society. |
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It is a great pity that the sad, sick morons who have made our life a misery for endless weeks now had not been born two or three generations earlier. |
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Alex took pity on him, and shut his sketch book with a snap. |
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They tut-tut and tsk-tsk about the sadness, weirdness and pity of it all. |
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The end is near, and more's the pity, because it's been a good trip. |
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But you can't control how another person thinks, more's the pity. |
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Animals civilise a building, and it is a pity that the Prime Minister's wife, no cat-lover, was blamed for the dismissal of Humphrey, a dignified and sagacious mouser. |
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Philip Green, below, has a reputation for not being the easiest interviewee, but pity the poor soul who found him in uncommunicative mood when grilled by a financial website. |
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He had only pity for those sleepyheads who snoozed away their best years. |
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Another teacher had spoken of an angel at the Bethlehem nativity, who had taken pity on a tiny fir-tree, and had commanded a star cluster to rest on its boughs. |
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What a pity then that its arrival has precipitated an unseemly row and laid the foundation for more serious problems down the road for the game of golf. |
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What a pity it is also the most corrupt, incompetent and untrustworthy. |
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One can only pity the poor soul who subjects herself to the media frenzy. |
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It's a pity space opera doesn't sell quite so well these days. |
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So one can almost pity Gaga, who must be wondering, what post-modern line did I step over to deserve this? |
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That's a pity because it looks the best betting race of the day, with Dust Cover and Tuning Fork the most interesting at the likely prices. |
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Heaven pity you with such a thrashingfloor for world, and its draggled dirty farthing-candle for sun! |
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I took pity on one ignoramus after he was sent packing by a particularly stressed turf accountant. |
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It was a pity that the Pakistani rulers had always been deceived by the US double talk. |
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That's a pity since the blazing allegro con brio of Beethoven's Eroica from these young players deserved an audible acclamation. |
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The mind here exhibited is one untouched by pity, unstung by remorse, and uncorrected by shame. |
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One punter took pity and he opened up his box to reveal a stainless steel coffee machine with all the whirry and whooshy bits. |
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I feel pity for you because you have these knuckleheads asking you to present this case. |
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This is a pity, for the AOCs Sauternes and Barsac, produce some of the greatest and most complex wines found anywhere in the world. |
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There isn't a man in the world who doesn't pity that poor black sufferer, and there isn't a man that wouldn't make him whole if he could. |
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It is a pity that populist demagogues like Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro and the Peronists in Argentina have so mismanaged Latin America's economies. |
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I have many times felt pity for the river Alyn at the point where it loses itself in the Dee. |
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Poor monkeys! how I pity them. The only durions they can eat are the overripe ones, which fall from the trees and burst open. |
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St. Malo, seized with pity for the lost soul of the heathen, opens the mound and raises the dead to life. |
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This nadir of knowledge that some monoglots descend to deserves our pity, be they speakers of English, French, German or whatever. |
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When Arsinoe IV, Egypt's former queen, was paraded in chains, the spectators admired her dignified bearing and were moved to pity. |
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Lady Rose is also rather subdued in the premiere, which is a pity. |
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For you may period upon this, that where there is the most pity for others, there is the greatest misery in the party pitied. |
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It was a pity, Mel Bakersfeld reflected, that runway snow teams were not on more public view.... Airport men called the group a Conga Line. |
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She liked to think of it as a Charlie Brown tree, worthy of pity, not just a plain old ugly tree. |
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Claudius welcomed them home after so many years, and their sad stories aroused much pity. |
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Tragedy is the imitation of action arousing pity and fear, and is meant to effect the catharsis of those same emotions. |
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It's a pity that those who fulminate against the protesters can't summon up the same fury for those who landed us in this dire mess. |
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But after all the horror and enmity of World War II, Dieter Rudolph and his family were taken pity on by a Welsh soldier. |
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