| I groan piteously, my stomach growling, echoing in the silence like a gunshot. |
| The wounded with the parching thirst of haemorrhage upon them called piteously for water. |
| Don't get me wrong: I was also piteously grateful that years of paying virtually everything I earned in rent were behind me. |
| The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. |
| The woman chewed the herbs for a while, as if mulling them over slowly, and then swallowed piteously. |
| Sometimes he makes poor choices and finds himself marooned atop the kitchen cabinets, mewling piteously in my direction. |
