| 单词 | pathetically |
| 例句 | “No, don’t be hurt,” she pleaded quite pathetically; “let only me be hurt, if I have been ungenerous.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want you to leave,” I mumbled pathetically, staring down again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Beside the new prisoners, the older prisoners like me looked pathetically weak and incapable of any kind of real labor. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The unfortunate troll fought back pathetically, even managing to land a few glancing blows. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z She, pathetically and repeatedly asserting this innocence, although she was in the entanglement which the other trouble had brought her to, knew that the next night might see her burned to death. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I got a C minus, which, pathetically enough, I’m happy with. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Choke full out but cylinders firing pathetically as though we were trying to make the poor thing run on nothing but air. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z A few of the dogs followed, whining pathetically as the tent flap closed, and Kaede said, “Oh, let them in. We’ll be warmer with them inside.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Their eyes waited upon him, tense, anxious, pathetically hopeful. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Their knowledge of the deadly effects of extreme altitude was scant, and their equipment was pathetically inadequate by modern standards. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Its tongue was piebald, and it protruded most pathetically from the unicorn's dead mouth. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The situation was so pathetically sad, it was almost funny. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She seemed pathetically small beside the rushing wheels and the ladders that ran up the sides. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The owl flopped about pathetically, its talons scratching the door, bashing its head in a panic. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Even being in the presence of pot shined a light on how pathetically naive and innocent I was. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z His face looks gray and pasty and eager, his thin hair combed pathetically over the growing bald spot. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Barbarossa looked at him so pathetically that Prosper had to laugh. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Most of them were pathetically good and patient, but he saw an officer strike a man who was screaming. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “You stole my husband!” she screamed at me, then she reached for Jorge, stretching her arms pathetically, her fingers moving like worms. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a pathetically gift-wrapped box, the size of a Band-Aid tin. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He was someone in the know who was always striving pathetically to find out what was going on. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z An elderly man had come hurrying out of the cottage, banging the door behind him so that the dead snake swung pathetically. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I entered the room clutching my stomach on the right- hand side and staggering pathetically. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not a building to sag pathetically. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Gale sets his tray beside mine and I try not to stare at his turnips too pathetically, because I really want more, and he’s already too quick to slip me his food. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Think also that you know of a good reason for your failure, which you have tried to hide, tried pathetically to hide and overlook, for five and twenty years. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked up when he said this, startled by such a pathetically inadequate observation. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But back then her world had been pathetically tiny: a few parks, the path to littlie school, one comer of the greenbelt where she would sneak in to spy on uglies. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “I can imagine that you’re very conscious of it and feel it deeply....Dying pathetically. So young.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Mary Fernandez started a photo album for me containing the pathetically few pictures I had managed to accumulate over the past nine years. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He was dragging his elbow slowly up one spinal muscle and staring down the street, where the answer to her question was everywhere pathetically evident. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Rudd cries pathetically, at the end of his fraying rope. Grace on Broadway: Paul Rudd and Michael Shannon in Motel Hell 2012-10-09T14:30:38Z Her fans flock to her performances for the privilege of being told that they are badly dressed, pathetically coiffed and basically peons on her grand theatrical estate. Dame Edna offers 'Glorious,' cheeky zaniness at Ahmanson 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z He digs deep, without any noticeable vanity, as someone plagued with embarrassing desperation, pathetically tugging on the jackets of those he wants to be around. The 50 best films of 2019 in the US: No 9 – Uncut Gems 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Her father, the scapegrace son of old Mrs. Ellison, was a gunrunner killed by bandits and her mother a volatile Russian beauty, pathetically bitten to death by venomous “barking spiders.” ‘Sea of Glass’: A 1955 masterpiece you’ve probably never heard of 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z It is so pathetically wrong, in fact, that the dictionary suggests it might be used humorously, to illustrate illiteracy. Gene Weingarten: The latest weapon in his war on ‘terror’? 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z After which Denis looks around and announces, poignantly and pathetically, “O.K., let’s try to do some sport.” Television Review: ‘Special Flight’ Centers on a an Immigrant Detention Center 2013-06-30T21:55:41Z Viewers who have seen “Breaking Bad” have seen into Jimmy’s future, and we know how pathetically wrong he is. “You will pay”: Season 3 of “Better Call Saul” accelerates into the dark 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z I am a pathetically obedient citizen under normal circumstances. 'My mother-in-law called me Walter White': how magic mushrooms rescued me from grief 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z She's adorned, a little pathetically, with shreds of fabric, making her seem like a guardian angel who can't quite muster her powers. Paul Marioni, K?K? Cribbs at Traver Gallery 2011-12-01T22:01:08Z The studio also had its say about the soundtrack, which apparently, and pathetically, Thalberg found depressing and strange, and explains why Chick sings the Irving Berlin tune “Swanee Shuffle.” The Glory of Nina Mae McKinney, an Early Black Star in White Hollywood 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z It was a bad idea from the get-go -- a sub-sitcom indulgence that made Terry seem deranged and Will pathetically gullible. Can "Glee" be saved? 2011-02-14T16:30:00Z “Stop talking about me like I’m dead,” Paterno pathetically bellows at his family. Review | Despite ‘Paterno’s’ ambiguities, Al Pacino is an effective — and pathetic — JoePa 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Cited by The New York Times as a "pathetically appealing vulgarian," Black's performance won her an Oscar nomination and Golden Globe Award. 'Five Easy Pieces' star Karen Black dead at 74 2013-08-08T22:32:41Z Her husband pathetically rushes home whenever he sees a taxi in front of the house, thinking Martha might have returned. Review: Edie Falco shines in touching 'The Madrid' 2013-02-27T03:46:04Z Many of the pieces he kept were cannily acquired in the mid-20th century, when the ornate style described by Wilson as "explosions of panache, craftsmanship and sometimes sheer wackiness" was regarded as pathetically old fashioned. Ashmolean museum in Oxford bequeathed £10m hoard 2013-01-31T14:59:27Z She had picked me up early, and we made a Starbucks stop that turned into an impromptu selfie session with the drive-through workers, as I tried, rather pathetically, to hide. Lena Headey, Cersei in ‘Game of Thrones,’ Has Her Own Power Moves 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z For Mr. Hockenberry, unwanted touching and harassment are recast as “pathetically confessed romantic feelings.” The Only Hollywood Abuser I Want to Hear From Is a Horse 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z The cast includes members of that repertory company, who all imagine themselves to be serious actors and are pathetically grateful for the opportunity. | 'Finding Bliss': Filmmaking Stripped Bare 2010-06-04T00:08:00Z “Lots of slightly corpulent, middle-aged British politicians pathetically imagine that they might have some Churchillian quality or other — whether it’s a tendency to weep or a tendency to drink too much,” Johnson says. Boris Johnson, London’s lively mayor, writes about Churchill and muses about his future I won’t even try to describe the brilliant spiderlike dance — superhuman and pathetically human — with which Ms. Close concludes the show. Review: That ‘Sunset Boulevard’ Close-Up, Finely Focused 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Although expensive compared with going to the gym alone, it was necessary because my levels of self-discipline are pathetically low. ‘I end up eating quinoa in my pants at 11pm’: my year of living (a bit more) healthily 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z He found the Islamist administration to be confused, unsure how to assert its authority and pathetically desperate to curry favor with the police. The Failure of Egypt’s Revolution 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Who knew that monsters, typically so angsty and deep, could be so pathetically shallow? Monster doll teaches girls value of shaving 2011-03-18T20:01:00Z "Come on guys, I have asked you for quiet," he pleads pathetically to the class into which he's trying – and failing miserably – to instil some enthusiasm for linear number sequences. Excluded and Lost Land of the Tiger 2010-09-22T06:59:00Z But the image that captured political vanity at its most pathetically corrupting was when Byers's fake interviewer expressed her excitement at his connections. Delicious Dahl 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z The dozens of short or shortish videos in this excellent early-career survey manage to be unnervingly funny, pathetically gross and politically razor-sharp. Museum & Gallery Listings for Sept. 16-22 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z By the end, when she is reduced to saying pathetically, “I haven’t got a self,” you believe her. Reviews: ‘Mies Julie’ and ‘Dance of Death,’ Love and Madness in Strindberg 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Most comical, however, and also pathetically anticlimactic, is the bold declaration that Prince William might actually change diapers. Movie Review : ‘Born to Royalty’ Looks at the Rearing of Britain’s Rulers 2013-07-18T22:37:23Z Small groups of people commiserated, generally quietly but with some occasional acting-out, pathetically echoing the outbursts of triumphant machismo — a big trade! — that had frequently marked this space. Watching Lehman Brothers collapse from the inside: A 2008 recruit on the bank’s final days 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Row, Row, Row Your Point,’’ which was itself a pathetically boring choice, but was at least different. Surviving a Weekend with the Wizard of Prog Rock 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Desperate for some air, I dashed out of the tent when we were finished, hoping I could make it to the pathetically air-conditioned VIP food area before I collapsed. Hair metal forever! 2012-07-22T01:00:00Z I was pathetically addicted to alcohol between the ages of 18 and 32. We are all addicts now 2013-05-11T23:00:00Z But her singleness — her only companion is the neighbor’s cat she pathetically pretends is her own — makes Ashburn the butt of many subsequent jokes. Movie Review: ‘The Heat’ Is a Buddy Movie Without Any Guys 2013-06-27T16:22:35Z In the book Mario pathetically tries to buy the affections of a Beninese brother and sister by offering to provide them with working papers. A Comic Book Artist Who Makes the Invisible Visible 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z We were seeing the desperate attempt of a handful of pathetically unequipped children to create a community in a social vacuum. Who owns patriotism, the left or the right? American artists know the answer 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z I thought his understanding of American normality was pathetically limited, but I don’t assume it was racist or sexist; I mostly felt sorry for the two girls. Trump’s female supporters want to “give the man a chance” 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z “Anybody in Europe who had a garden was so pathetically grateful,” he said. London Symphony, Simon Rattle work with California students 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z When you play rock festivals, you're always "pathetically grateful" if the catering is good, she says. Love music love food: pop will eat itself 2011-07-15T22:00:00Z Death is so pathetically human that to counter it is deceptive. The Jane Goodall of neurosurgery 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z Then there was a high court review, which found that the investigation into Mousa's death was pathetically inadequate. The brutal death of Baha Mousa 2013-05-03T10:53:56Z By which I mean that Veda is a rhetorical device, as my friend said, but she's also a character, one that seems horribly, at times pathetically human. A grand finale for "Mildred Pierce" 2011-04-11T13:01:00Z Milton is keen to get some of Hershel's story into his pathetically thin history book: asking to see his stump provoked tonight's funniest line – "I just met you, at least buy me a drink first." The Walking Dead: season three, episode 13 2013-03-15T23:00:00Z Simon Stone’s technically savvy staging of Donizetti’s “Lucia,” set amid the malaise of a contemporary postindustrial American town, didn’t translate its bold concept into a convincing portrayal of its pathetically suffering title character. At the Met This Season, Opera Was Icing on the Cake 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z Watching last night's interminable ceremony, though, the music industry looked not just lifeless, but pathetically, hopelessly out of step. Grammy awards fail to reflect the best new music the industry has to offer 2013-02-11T17:51:35Z The returning cast — especially Mr. Cusati-Moyer as the boyfriend who pathetically insists he is not as white as he looks — has likewise amped up the emotional volume; they have a bigger house to bring down. Review: ‘Slave Play,’ Four Times as Big and Just as Searing 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z Reviewing the production in The Times, Brooks Atkinson wrote, “Brenda Lewis’s pathetically tippling Birdie is a masterpiece of acting and singing.” Brenda Lewis, Versatile American Soprano, Is Dead at 96 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z He has experimented with Cockney Trump, to foreground the violence in the words, and Sophisticated Trump, to highlight his pathetically doomed pretensions. Peter Serafinowicz: 'If Liberace was alive, he'd tell Trump to tone it down' 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z But the nightclub where people need to keep carrying on like the pathetically exhibitionistic creeps in “Come Fly Away” is not a nightclub in which I want to stay; they’re bores. Isherwood and Macaulay Spar Over ?Come Fly Away? 2010-03-31T22:26:00Z “Don’t be alone, Clark,” she said, bravely and pathetically, and she seemed mostly concerned that he not feel bad. ‘The Americans’ Season 4, Episode 8: Martha, Paige and the Statue of Liberty 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Lester tries to explain away his injury as a misunderstanding, then frets pathetically that he’s not enough of a man to deal with Sam, who once rolled him down the road in a barrel. ArtsBeat: ‘Fargo’ Recap: Making Way for Marge and Lester 2014-04-16T16:19:16Z Does Britain appear to be waning pathetically on the world stage? Sean Connery at 90: a dangerously seductive icon of masculinity 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z It’s all pathetically reductive, which might just be boring if the film were yet another edition of “Transformers.” The sickness within the GOP: “13 Hours,” “Fox News” and the Republican paradox 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z The news isn't so good in Manchester where people sit by pathetically and disgracefully as our waiter ramps up the abuse towards the same couple to excruciating levels. Eye Spy – TV review 2013-06-28T06:00:03Z Besides, this guy looks so lost, so shucked, so pathetically thwarted: the very essence of a person without a place in a big city. | 'Bluebird': He?ll Take You Anywhere You Want to Go 2011-08-23T02:01:00Z “There’s such beauty, but how pathetically it’s been destroyed,” said Dr. Anand Raj Varma, a local scholar and historian who was accompanying me. Returning to Hyderabad, Once a Land of Princes and Palaces 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z A merely competent performance is a failure, too -- and a pathetically minor one at that. Can a live "30 Rock" succeed? 2010-10-14T16:40:00Z Zhao Liu, an attorney for the group of women who already have made their opposition known, described the proposed settlement as “pathetically meager” and said it was an attempt to “silence” Weinstein’s victims. Weinstein Co. bankruptcy plan headed to a vote by accusers 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z One is a head of clay and wire whose melted lip hangs pathetically over giant teeth, while eyes extend from dark sockets. Lost treasures 2010-12-30T11:59:23Z Caught insulting Woody Allen, his friend Franz backpedals for Mr. Mounk’s benefit, pathetically praising Mr. Allen’s “Jew humor” and extolling the film “Deconstructing Harry.” Books of The Times: How Yascha Mounk Grew Up a ‘Stranger in My Own Country’ 2014-01-14T21:22:09Z The phrase is not simply plainly ridiculous, it’s pathetically so. The Kind of Comedy That Can Hurt Trump 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Farrell, sporting a thick Bronx accent and attitude, gives an unrelenting performance, as he encounters angry sex workers or tries pathetically to spin the truth using avoidance or deception. Colin Farrell's best, most quietly smoldering roles, from "Banshees of Inisherin" to "Phone Booth" 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z He’s busted out of FBI custody, and the feds, a pathetically ineffectual bunch, can’t catch him. Schwarzenegger falls flat in ‘The Last Stand’ 2013-01-17T20:08:44Z Rather than a vibrant president, Jack pathetically soaks in the tub to ease his debilitating back pain and requires morphine shots from Jackie. 'JFK' is a surreal spin on president's last night in Texas 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z The arrow sproings off sideways, wobbles about ten feet, and plummets pathetically into the mud. Was Ridley Scott's Robin Hood wide of the mark? 2010-09-23T12:53:00Z Yet for a growing faction in the domain of culture, to complain about the pathetically low standard of the art on view is irrelevant at best, oppressive at worse. The World’s Most Prestigious Art Exhibition Is Over. Maybe Forever. 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z “Every line of attack the forces of political correctness try on me fails pathetically,” he told The Hollywood Reporter last week. Leslie Jones Says Publisher Spreads Hate by Publishing Milo Yiannopoulos’s Book 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z We talk about him on our very rare nights out, even though we promise ourselves we won’t behave so pathetically. My agnostic AA 2012-06-20T18:28:00Z Other lives trail off pathetically in nursing homes. Olive Kitteridge at Venice: An Our Town for Our Time 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z But no one suffered as grandly as Tilda Swinton in the operatic “I Am Love,” or as pathetically as Paprika Steen in the unsparing “Applause.” Film: The Cinematic State of Things 2010-12-16T19:28:34Z It's pathetically revealing, and most of us are guilty. Carolyn Hax: It’s already been a week, and she’s still not over her ex 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z As the movie pathetically tries to build up expectations about what might be in the bag, it recalls “Kiss Me Deadly,” in which Pandora’s metal box releases an apocalyptic blast of radiation. Movie Review: ‘The Bag Man,’ Starring Robert De Niro 2014-02-28T00:34:03Z The Casa Mono style has spread far and wide, leaving in its wake a trail of cluttered tables, unpredictably sequenced dishes, and diners reduced to asking pathetically, “Will that be enough food?” Restaurant Review: Casa Mono in Gramercy Park 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z You can't entirely blame them: It all seems like badly written fiction, acted by Z-listers who dress poorly, act pathetically and perform like drunken zombies. With shutdown looming, GOP's comic-book villains push America to the abyss 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Trump has been out there pathetically begging his followers, in unsubtle ways, to riot or commit acts of terrorism against people who are prosecuting him. The Proud Boys aren't sorry — luckily, prison works great at stymying their terrorist impulses 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Before the Supreme Court's conservative majority eliminated a federal right to abortion last June, polls showed that nationwide support for abortion care was "pathetically stagnant," Donley said. How the Texas trial changed the story of abortion rights in America 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Before the Supreme Court’s conservative majority eliminated a federal right to abortion in June 2022, polls showed that nationwide support for abortion care was “pathetically stagnant,” Donley said. 'She was gasping for air.' Abortion fight shifts to women who suffered under strict bans 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z The movie supplies zingers on a scene-by-scene basis, but Arkin nails his moments indelibly: No one will complain about not wanting to go to lunch quite as pathetically. Beloved for gruffly supportive dads, Alan Arkin was more than 'Little Miss Sunshine' 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z But in the conversation of pathetically foolish sports moves in this town, the Wizards finding themselves in this position ranks among the worst. LOVERRO: The Leonsis playbook on business, life offers no insight on this Beal deal 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z They cling pathetically to Tom’s gentle refrain that they’re “still” doing chest compressions. Perspective | ‘Succession’ goes for the kill 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Barr talked about prosecutorial discretion and said of New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s charges — before the indictment was unsealed publicly — that “this appears to be just a pathetically weak case.” Donald Trump’s arraignment day a throwback for news outlets 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Stahl's attempt to pin her down on some of her outrageous statements was pathetically inadequate and Greene was allowed to deflect and turn the questions back on her political enemies: "60 Minutes" catapults Marjorie Taylor Greene from "the fringe to the front row" 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Donald Trump Jr, the former president's eldest son, accused Mr DeSantis of "pathetically" attacking Mr Trump "on orders" from the Republican "establishment". Ron DeSantis sharpens attacks on Trump's 'daily drama' 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z “House Republicans have come up in the meantime with something that falls pathetically — pathetically — short,” Mr. Schumer said. Schumer whacks House GOP energy package as ‘unserious’ 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z But it does nothing to raise the “credible fear” standard, which is the pathetically low bar that migrants must clear to initiate an asylum claim. Sen. Tillis betrays his supporters on immigration 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Democrats might be reluctant to respond to such a pathetically hollow gesture, instead preferring to let the Jan. 6 committee’s revelations speak for themselves. Opinion | Kevin McCarthy’s Jan. 6 footage stunt demands a real response 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Opponents of democracy will portray democracies as hopelessly corrupt or pathetically weak. Worse than partisanship: GOP hurt Ukraine to hit Biden 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z But Musk then followed it up with a dumb meme pathetically begging Trump to come back, making it clear that it was all about the money. Meta's spin falls flat: Trump's return to Facebook is all about the money 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Rhythmically, spiritedly, pathetically and gayly, “The Broadway Melody” will make you believe it, even if you don’t. How to watch (almost) every Best Picture winner from 1927 through 2022 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z "With Biden, it took Garland 2 months. I keep trying to tell you guys that Merrick is a pathetically weak man." Legal experts react after Merrick Garland picks ex-Trump U.S. attorney as Biden docs special counsel 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z “Sadly and pathetically, for the past six years, the radical Democrats and the fake news media have been trying to deceive the public about these simple facts,” Mr. Trump said. Trump’s tax records show businesses lost millions, prompting Democrats’ taunts 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z My reflection on Christmas feels pathetically inadequate when compared with the stunning efforts in these spaces over the years by my colleague Michael Gerson. Opinion | The wise men who helped me understand Christmas 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z “But our booster rates among seniors are pathetically low,” Topol said, with only about a third getting the shot. Hospitalizations signal rising COVID-19 risk for US seniors 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z The Republicans nominated a pathetically incompetent Senate candidate, Herschel Walker, in Georgia, but polls show that race is basically tied. Democrats’ working-class problem 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z West has now reached the pinnacle of access to the White fashion world, something he begged for publicly, and pathetically. Opinion | Kanye West, Herschel Walker and the politics of toxic Black men 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Already, there was one well-publicized terrorist attack, which ended pathetically but made it much harder to ignore the impact Trump's inciting language has on his followers. Biden's speech worked: MAGA is now on notice 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z But I think failure to make changes based on new information is pathetically weaker. Opinion | How to stop or delay Pelosi’s Taiwan trip 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z To this point, the response of Democratic leaders, including President Biden, has been pathetically, pitiably, embarrassingly weak. Dr. Mark Goulston on why Democrats keep losing: They're afraid of their own anger 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z She wouldn't have been so pathetically direct about it, but manipulating others by leveraging her "friendship" was certainly how she rolled. Donald J. Trump, meanest of mean girls: He so doesn't want to be our friend anymore 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z Despite the media’s focus on what’s wrong with liberals’ approach to crime, conservatives continue to do the gun manufacturers’ bidding by dragging their feet on efforts to strengthen our nation’s pathetically weak weapons statutes. Opinion | Addressing voter anger about crime doesn’t have to mean abandoning reform 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z In the end, as my deadline looms, I file each Thursday column feeling pathetically gloomy and wishing it were better. Review | In these gloomy, divisive times, does anyone care about books? I do. 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z It has guided Russian conduct during its brutal but pathetically dysfunctional invasion of Ukraine. Opinion | There’s a reason Russian soldiers can’t look their victims in the face 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Precisely because they believe they are in for a long and difficult war, Ukrainian politicians from President Volodymyr Zelensky down are getting angry with what Ukraine sees as Nato's pathetically slow delivery of weapons supplies. Ukraine war: Kyiv's successes do not mean imminent victory 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Even his being “pathetically shy and quiet by nature” worked to his advantage. Alan Ladd Jr., Oscar-winning producer and studio boss who greenlighted 'Star Wars,' has died 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z You end up sitting at the kiddie table, shouting pathetically to be heard above the noise. Opinion | How Democratic outsiders can jump the queue if Biden doesn’t run again 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z When Southern California did get good PR, The Times was almost pathetically eager to promote it. Go ahead and rub L.A.'s winter sunshine in people's faces. We've been doing it forever 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z “I had lots of art stuff. We’d bake bread. It was pure fun, and my kids were pathetically grateful for any child care they got.” How to pencil yourself into a growing grandkid’s schedule 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z This is how pathetically corrupt and compromised the GOP's moral reasoning has become. Trump's coup plot was worse than anyone knew 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z “The withdrawal was pathetically botched but a tactical defeat doesn’t make a strategic one,” said Gérard Araud, a former French ambassador to the United States. Biden Sticks to Afghan Deadline, Resisting Pleas to Extend Evacuation 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z And he pathetically joined in on the right-wing dunking on Gen. Mark Milley for his comments suggesting that racism is bad. GOP's race to the bottom: Who can be the most obnoxious troll? 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z We journalists are touchy about retaining what is often pathetically minimal access to athletes. Naomi Osaka Is Talking to the Media Again, but on Her Own Terms 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z The new Echo Show 8 borrows the 13-megapixel camera from the flagship Echo Show 10, replacing the pathetically low-resolution, mediocre 1-megapixel camera that was in the first gen. Amazon’s new Echo Show 8 is a little faster and has a better camera 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z In a nearby hospital they found a police constable named Albert Alexander, who had become “desperately and pathetically ill” — as one of the Oxford scientists wrote — from an infection acquired from a rose-thorn scratch. How Humanity Gave Itself an Extra Life 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Twombly was not, I think, a reactionary, pathetically nostalgic for the good old days. Perspective | Yes, your kid could (probably) do this. But it might still be great art. And, on reflection, how could a succession of American presidents, from Truman to Bush, have been so pathetically wrong about the proper direction of American policy? Review | An incomplete thesis on the cancellation of war 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z "Absolutely useless, no vision, no leadership skills, he accomplished nothing of significance, and was pathetically paralyzed with fear and was rolled by Nancy Pelosi and liberal Democrats almost daily," Hannity told FoxNews.com. John Boehner spills the beans on "a**hole" Ted Cruz, Fox "propaganda" and the GOP's "crazy caucus" 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z Frankly, it won't be a hard task, since, as his pathetically short list showed, few Republicans were even interested in opposing his coup in the first place. CPAC was about more than Trump's cult — it's now cemented the GOP's authoritarianism 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z “The point award system pits women against women competing for a limited recovery from the pathetically meager sexual misconduct claims fund,” they wrote. Judge OKs Weinstein bankruptcy plan with $17M for victims 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Twombly was not, I think, a reactionary, pathetically nostalgic for the good old days. Perspective | Yes, your kid could (probably) do this. But it might still be great art. It’s a fantasy, you say, this notion of recalling a Democratic governor in a deep-blue state where the Republican Party is pathetically weak? The next few weeks are crucial for Newsom as he faces a GOP-led recall effort 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z The Silence is a horrifyingly resonant book, and not only because the reader is bound to see herself in its pages, pathetically trying and failing to read her emails. Don DeLillo: 'I wondered what would happen if power failed everywhere' 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z If McConnell was serious about saving the economy, he wouldn't even consider an unemployment benefit that is so pathetically low. Republicans would rather destroy the country than ease up on brutal class war 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Lax writes that Alexander was in “great pain” and “desperately and pathetically ill” for months as he lay in the hospital with no cure available. How a miracle drug changed the fight against infection during World War II 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z “This is pathetically little production for a very large section of lawyers.” As critical election nears, US's most powerful voting rights enforcer goes dark 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z They portray the president as a criminal and a dunce: someone who sought to engage in obstruction of justice multiple times and knows pathetically little about history and the world. Opinion | John Bolton’s blockbuster book 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z Bolton described how pathetically Trump begged Xi to help him win a second term. Donald Trump is America’s worst enemy 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z Immediately, the show is rendered toothless, its humor deprived of any bite and pathetically offering up zingers on office rivalries, nepotism, and weird co-workers. Space Force is an astonishingly bad show 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z “Perhaps most pathetically, it attempts to shirk obviously federal responsibilities by assigning them solely to states instead,” she said. As U.S. states ease restrictions, projected coronavirus death toll rises 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z In the meantime, before January 2021, the world faces two deadly diseases: a pandemic and a pathetically incompetent president. The sick joke of Donald's Trump's presidency isn't funny any more | Richard Wolffe 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z When the clock hit zero, I could only moan pathetically for a period of approximately six days. Players 2020: Rory McIlroy is an extremely good Peloton cyclist, a 'monster on the bike' - Golf Digest 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z Readers can clearly see that Strane is a predator, grooming Vanessa with descriptions of his ache for her, calling himself “pathetically in love,” passing her a copy of “Lolita” and proclaiming his ethical agonies. The boarding school novel's #MeToo reckoning 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z The courtiers in the press, pathetically attempting to spin Sanders' New Hampshire win into a victory for the corporate-endorsed alternatives, are part of the firing squad. The new rules of the game 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z When these prosecutors do bring charges, he complained, they seek “pathetically lenient sentences”. Bill Barr's efforts to protect Roger Stone are another blow to rule of law | Andrew Gawthorpe 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z To observe this year's holiday, Donald Trump and his mouthpieces pathetically tried to deploy Dr. King as a defense against the impeachment process. I spent MLK Day reading Stephen Miller's racist emails. Here's why 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z By the standards of our own time, they are excessively self-effacing and, compared to the animals portrayed around them, pathetically weak. ‘Humans were not centre stage’: how ancient cave art puts us in our place 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Ferencz’s outrage barely elicited coverage in the American press, and provoked a pathetically meek political response. Impeachment as spectacle: To this point, it's stupid, dysfunctional and weird — like America! 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z But I felt almost guilty using speech checks in Outer Worlds, because its characters seemed so pathetically eager to be manipulated. The Outer Worlds is a cruel twist on role-playing games’ lone hero stories 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z “Mummy,” he adds, pathetically, “I have a voice.” How the Man Behind ‘The Crown’ Made the Monarchy Relevant Again 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z He promoted and defended himself, and even more pathetically, he “liked” tweets that praised him. Mitt Romney’s grasp at anonymity: ‘Pierre Delecto’ is a passenger on the swamp express 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z The fallout has, needless to say, been a little less John Galt and a little more Richard Nixon ranting pathetically about his enemies. Right-wingers finally got their Ayn Rand hero as president — and it's this guy 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Because to let him behave that way — he even sent out a fund-raising solicitation during a pause in the hearing — and then go merrily on his way is to look pathetically weak. Opinion | The Corey Lewandowski Trap 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z She lies, she cheats, she betrays confidences, she pathetically seeks the approval of others, she fears others, she talks too much, she smiles too much, she is unlovable, she doesn’t bathe often enough. Susan Sontag and the Unholy Practice of Biography 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z And when they do deign to charge a criminal suspect, they are frequently seeking sentences that are pathetically lenient. Barr blasted by advocates for "absolutely despicable" speech slamming "anti-law enforcement DAs" 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z "This monster received a pathetically soft sentence last time and his victims deserve nothing less than justice," Sasse said in the statement. Christine Pelosi warns it's 'quite likely that some of our faves are implicated' in 'horrific' Epstein case 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z “The Democrats new and pathetically untrue sound bite is that we are in a ‘Constitutional Crisis,’ ” he remarked as part of a 118-tweet fusillade that included an attack on his handpicked FBI chief. Opinion | Lock Mnuchin up! (And give Maxine Waters the key.) 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z Her injury is exposing the league’s own Achilles heel: pathetically low salaries that force stars like Stewart to play overseas for the money. Editorials from around New York 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Some pathetically made espadrilles disintegrated in this sudden urban lake, so I ended up walking away from my dream visit to watch the team I most admired in the world, barefoot. Catch them while you can: Messi and Ronaldo will not be around for ever 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z The number of faculty members who attended their talk was pathetically low — perhaps 5 or 6 people from a faculty of 400. How some men are challenging gender inequity in the lab 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Republicans and Democrats alike stood aghast as he cozied up to North Korea, forced out his respected defense secretary, and pathetically petted Vladimir Putin. Trump has been unimpeachable in uniting a country – in horror | Richard Wolffe 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Services for the real support people — people such as me — need are pathetically lacking. Opinion | Medical privacy hurts opioid addicts 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z It would all be pathetically funny, except that it is all so toxic and detrimental to a body politic founded upon and devoted to all people being equal. Beto O’Rourke doubles down on dumb when it comes to the border 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z Like so much of the Trump story, it is a tale that is at once pathetically small and also potentially part of a far higher crime. Michael Cohen Raises Serious Questions About Donald Trump and His Business Interests 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z To switch between guns, tap the pathetically small eight-square-pixel box on your screen that will either toggle between guns or accidentally open Lyft. A beginner’s guide to Fortnite, from a clueless holiday father - Golf Digest 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z A baby starling that she and Hughes rescued and fed “raw ground steak,” worms, and milk ends up “sickened, choking & pathetically chirping,” so they killed it. Sylvia Plath’s Last Letters 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Writers are shown up as the pathetically vain, illogical creatures we are, and the scene ends with a big laugh from the audience. Truth vs. Ego in “The Lifespan of a Fact” 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z What the announcement did achieve, though, was to underscore how pathetically weak the state’s Republican Party is. Editorials from around New England 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Faced with these stakes, the Trump administration’s response has been pathetically weak. Opinion | Trump’s tweets won’t stop a bloodbath in Syria 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z After crying quietly in her car for reasons that will be revealed later, Lisa marches into work and soon finds herself dealing with difficult customers, malfunctioning TVs and the aftermath of a pathetically bungled break-in. Review: Regina Hall calls the shots in the terrific sports-bar comedy ‘Support the Girls’ 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z That prompts a huge number of activists, police officers and everyday people to turn out, dwarfing what is often a pathetically small band of extremists in hoods or armbands. Rally by White Nationalists Was Over Almost Before It Began 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z But I have never been more conscious, in Ireland and in Wales, of how pathetically little effort English people like me make to understand or speak a few words of the local languages. England must start to listen to its neighbours on these troubled isles | Martin Kettle 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Soon after they are elected, though, they will lament the latest pathetically low voter turnout. A roundup of recent Michigan newspaper editorials 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Morgan called it “a pathetically puerile stunt that makes Britain look woefully petty, small-minded and gratuitously offensive.” Donald Trump welcomed by some in U.K. amid Brexit jitters 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z “If you’re really, really pathetically weak, the country is going to be overrun with millions of people,” Trump asserted in a meeting before signing an executive order to stop family separations. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z “The dilemma is that if you’re weak . . . if you’re really, really pathetically weak, the country is going to be overrun with millions of people,” Trump said Wednesday. Opinion | If Melania Trump really doesn’t care, then who does? 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z “If you’re really, really pathetically weak, the country’s going to be overrun with millions of people. And if you’re strong, then you don’t have any heart. That’s a tough dilemma,” Trump said. ‘A blowtorch to the tinder’: Stoking racial tensions is a feature of Trump’s presidency 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z “If you’re really, really pathetically weak, the country is going to be overrun with millions of people, and if you’re strong, then you don’t have any heart,” he said. For Trump, what mattered most in creating, and addressing, the family separation crisis was looking strong 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z “If you’re really, really, pathetically weak, the country’s going to be overrun with millions of people,” Mr. Trump said. Donald Trump’s executive order on family separations prompted by disturbing TV images 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z “The dilemma is that if you’re weak, as some people would like you to be, if you’re really, really pathetically weak, the country’s going to be overrun with millions of people,” Trump said. Donald Trump signs executive order to end family separations 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z What It Makes Us Think: This idiocy call will eat up a half-hour, deliver about 45 seconds of information, and be pathetically low on trampolines. The 11 work e-mail phrases that make you want to reach into your computer and punch someone - Golf Digest 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z It’s articles like this, pathetically subservient to establishment rogues, that torpedo any moral authority the NYT aspires to. Gen. Michael Hayden Has One Regret: Russia 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z The mirrored fireplace and two faux-classical pillars stand pathetically naked in the center of the suite. What I figured out about America’s future from visiting Trump resorts throughout the world 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z With “rational calculation” installed as the new deity, “each man”, Max Weber warned in 1909, “becomes a little cog in the machine”, pathetically obsessed with becoming “a bigger cog”. The crisis in modern masculinity 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z For a big club with supposedly lofty ambitions, there was something very wrong, startling even, to see such a pathetically lame performance from Antonio Conte’s team. Bernardo Silva secures easy Manchester City victory over lame Chelsea 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z The grieving father was another to call out Rubio, calling the r politician who has taken more than $3m from the NRA in campaign contributions as “pathetically weak” in his response to the shooting. Florida students try to rebuild their lives – but they won't stop pushing for gun control 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z “Your comments this week and those of our president have been pathetically weak,” Guttenberg continued, staring Rubio down as the crowd around him rose to applaud. Gun-control advocates press Rubio for tougher stand on firearms 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z “I was benevolent and good,” he pathetically tells Frankenstein; “misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous.” Frankenstein: the monster that never dies 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Asked by BBC media correspondent David Sillito whether he was happy to have his salary cut in half, he replied that the new amount was "not exactly a pathetically low salary". John Humphrys' salary will be 'hugely less' 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Transportation is another barrier, because cars are expensive, and public transit in this country is pathetically inadequate. Trump Administration Says States May Impose Work Requirements for Medicaid 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Part of the problem is economic: Everything from student debt to wage stagnation to child-rearing costs has eroded the substructure of the family, and policymakers have been pathetically slow to respond. Opinion | The Sterile Society 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z Luther waited, pathetically, for many weeks, expecting some form of appreciation or critique from fellow scholars. Analysis | Nobody listened to Luther at first. That’s why he succeeded. 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z Watch this MLB Tonight segment to see Judge in action—he's pathetically far from even making contact on most of these Ks: Please bench Aaron Judge now! - Golf Digest 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z But we know by what a pathetically thin thread the country is hanging. Opinion | The good news about Bob Corker’s comments? Everyone in the Senate agrees! 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z We’re aghast at his lack of knowledge and pathetically small vocabulary. Know this: Trump has killed or weakened 860 regulations 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z The main result is to make coursework pathetically easy. Joseph Rago’s Wit and Wisdom 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Yes, those all-caps were pathetically included by Gilbert, whose team proceeded to go 97-215 while James was in Miami winning his first two rings. Cavaliers' incompetence means another LeBron James exit may be coming 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Too many students who attend the district are getting shortchanged, with a pathetically small percentage getting the basics of reading and math, as evidenced by national tests. A roundup of recent Michigan newspaper editorials 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z In other words, with more than five months passed in what is typically a six-month legislative session, this year’s total is pathetically low. Editorials from around New England 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Covington called the letter from Frosh’s office “pathetically noncommittal” and said it read like “a book report written on the bus the morning it is due by a student who didn’t actually read the book.” Maryland’s top lawyer says it’s ok to make bare breasted women cover up in public 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Q: Many people say they are pathetically weak. Election 2017: campaign enters final day amid human rights row – politics live 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Then the district claims that "most" teachers get raises, but they never reveal how pathetically low those so-called raises are. The Little-Known Statistician Who Taught Us to Measure Teachers 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Even the denials from the White House look pathetically brief. Bragging about our intel to Russia? Trump is too needy to be president | Richard Wolffe 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z Garden centres currently do a "pathetically small" amount of business online compared to other retailers, Mr Marshall told the BBC. Dobbies garden centre chain strikes deal with Ocado - BBC News 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z “Nobody knew health care could be so complicated,” Trump pathetically realized in February. Trump believes politics is stupid — and it shows 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z He added: "Sears stores are pathetically badly inventoried today and they will become worse." With Sears' future in doubt, vendors begin pulling back 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z She was on her stomach with the top half of her body on the platform, while her legs dangled over the tracks kicking pathetically. 'I saved commuter who dropped her phone on tracks' - BBC News 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Seen as pathetically wholesome, a sort of Ned Flanders who rode dolphins like jetskis, it didn’t matter how seriously he was treated by DC. Aquaman: silliest superhero in comics resurfaces as a serious character 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z We expect to be treated badly, we expect flying to be unpleasant, and we’re pathetically grateful whenever airlines treat us like human beings rather than inconvenient cargo. Trump tantrum: praise for Delta shows how little we expect from airlines 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z The symbolic moment came at the start of the fourth quarter, when the ball seemed to slip from Osweiler’s hands, spun pathetically and fell to the turf a few yards downfield. Brock Osweiler Shows Broncos They’re Better Off Without Him 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z No, change "sadly" to "pathetically" or "dismayingly" or maybe "alarmingly." A Democrat Deft With a Firearm Tightens the Race for the Senate 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z Trying to marinate myself in sensation, rather than being dabbed pathetically by it. What Living Like a Badger Taught Me About the World 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z True, DNA storage would be pathetically slow compared with the microsecond timescales for reading or writing bits in a silicon memory chip. How DNA could store all the world’s data 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z And improbably, pathetically, one of those lives belongs to the former mayor of New York City. The Appalling Last Act of Rudy Giuliani 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z The presumptive nominee must avoid putting himself in situations like President Carter did in 1980, pathetically wandering the stage trying to get his primary challenger, Sen. Ted Kennedy, to raise arms together. What Trump Needs for a Cleveland Bounce 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z “We shall be reduced to that deprecated condition of which we pathetically complained in our charges against Great Britain, of being taxed without representation,” they wrote. D.C. residents aren’t exactly feeling ‘New Columbia’ 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z That statistic is pathetically unrepresentative of the actual artistic state of things, and it speaks to the sadly prevailing attitude that the vast majority of international cinema is unworthy of serious consideration. Why the academy's focus on international writers and directors matters 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Christie ran fiercely against Mr. Trump for president — and then abjectly and rather pathetically endorsed his former opponent. Gov. Hogan says no to Trump, and we say bravo 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z It’s possible to remember a short time ago when this warning seemed pathetically alarmist. The End of Black Harlem 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z It’s not simply that he’s pathetically groveling for forgiveness from an ethnic group he’s opportunistically maligned in order to stoke the passions of the Republican base. Donald Trump's taco bowl: what the hell is he eating – and is that his ex-wife? 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z With pathetically thin farm system & Moreno not willing to go over tax, might as well. Angels Mailbag: Questions after another so-so week 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Furthermore, these special compensations will pathetically never be paid retroactively to the date of the Fort Hood massacre, but only to the date of the Purple Heart ceremony. Neglecting Fort Hood Survivors Is a National Disgrace 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z It’s not just that the United States is falling pathetically short of its own ideal of providing a haven to those fleeing persecution and violence. Too slow and helping too few 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z A more favorable, wet El Niño pattern has finally kicked in after a pathetically dry February. Unyielding California drought continues, despite ‘miracle March’ deluge 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z The disability, mixed with alcohol, rendered him, a “pathetically helpless individual,” Logsdon said. Judge: Officer used unreasonable force in unarmed man death 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z “She got a body, and she’s naughty,” he continues, a bit pathetically. Crazy ex-boyfriends: new country music trend is drunk and brokenhearted men 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z His pathological attraction to the limelight has somewhat pathetically forced others to infect themselves. Donald Trump comes to Hillary Clinton’s rescue 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Trump doesn’t see a need to defer to Congress, which he dismisses as “grossly incompetent” and “pathetically weak.” How Obama’s power plays set the stage for Trump 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Syria is the victim of a pathetically incoherent western response. A chilling handshake between Obama and Putin, while Syria disintegrates | Jonathan Jones 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Knight told the Guardian Glossip’s second round of defense “did a pathetically horrible job of investigating the case”. Is Oklahoma about to execute an innocent man? Richard Glossip's supporters say yes 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z In the 2012 cycle, Mitt Romney’s understanding of international affairs was so pathetically superficial that Thomas Friedman said the Republican acts “as if he learned his foreign policy at the International House of Pancakes.” When Trump gets thrown off his game 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z “Thousands of elite bankers reported pathetically inadequate” estimates of their bad debts similar to this bank’s, “and they face no investigations, much less prosecutions,” Black said. Bank executive sentenced to 8 years behind bars in bailout’s biggest criminal case 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z That is the kind of thinking that Donald Trump, and the Republican presidential candidates who are pathetically jumping on his nativist bandwagon, would bring to this country. Donald Trump’s nativist bandwagon 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z Now it is she who puts on the brakes and makes him beg, which he does, rather pathetically. President Harding, his mistress and her bestseller 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z Korean and Philippine defense officials acknowledge, are not full-fledged fighters — and will be capable of no more than a pathetically symbolic show. Philippine Build-Up At Subic Relies On U.S. Air, Navy To Stop Chinese 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z The Tories’ longer-term hopes to raise wages rest on a big improvement in Britain’s pathetically low productivity rate. George Osborne’s sad triumph 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z You could dismiss this as a pathetically absurd fantasy by male screenwriters, but the film is plausible enough to audiences to have grossed over $200 million. For Couples, Time Can Upend the Laws of Attraction 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z I write these things at risk of sounding presumptuous that my failures are shocking, and of sounding like I am pathetically enjoying the emphasis of my high school successes. To the Freshman Class of 2015: It's OK If 'Everything's Great' Is a Lie 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z The most puzzling element of the Ducks' regular season was how the impressive collection of talent they assembled on the power play was so pathetically unproductive. Ducks turn up the power during the playoffs 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z “Don’t be so pathetically American,” she snapped, not kidding, and delivered a short lecture on income stagnation: a bird ridiculing its fellow-bird for stupidity. Bricklayer, Bird-Watcher, Literary Sensation 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Rightly so given how pathetically Labor governments have defended Scotland’s manufacturing base in the last four decades. What Scotland's Insurrection Can Tell US About America's Biggest Economic Mistake 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z She describes the maximum fines as "pathetically small" as they often amount to less than one per cent of turnover. The great housing benefit scandal 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z “Adding another really big, important, protected area to the world’s pathetically small list of big, imported protected areas—that’s a big thing.” U.K. wants eyes in the sky to keep watch on its record marine reserve 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Every day, another war against hat hair, the pathetically flattened nest that makes you look really weird when you give your PowerPoint presentation before the boss. With White-Knuckle Grip, February’s Cold Clings to New York 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z What’s so unsettling about Frank is how clearly he sees the limitations of the American dream and how pathetically he views Bober’s modest aspirations. Big City Book Club Discusses 'The Assistant' 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z But the initiative is pathetically underresourced and moving at a snail’s pace. A small victory in Syria is no reason to celebrate as the Islamic State gets stronger 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z Mississippi has shown the rest of the nation that pathetically low spending on public schools yields the worst education system in the country. Don’t Look to States for New Ideas 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z The better: Two Republican women, Joni Ernst and Shelley Moore Capito, joined the Senate, keeping stable the number of women in the Senate – pathetically low, but still a record. The best and worst for women in 2014 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z True art is when the human psyche's lust for stuff and nonsense is baldly and boldly revealed so that we all weep with shame at just how pathetically self-indulgent we have become. They Say Art Is Dead in New York. They’re Wrong. 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Somewhat pathetically, they even tried to play zone defense for a bit. Five takeaways from Lakers' loss to Pelicans 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Luckily there was an all-too-apparent other explanation for my endless failure: my pathetically low rank versus the other players I kept being thrown up against. Stop Getting Matchmaking Wrong! Why Destiny, Call of Duty, Battlefield Et Al Must Finally Learn To Play Fair 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Labour's Lord Reid, then an MP and the health secretary, responded: "The expression 'pathetically bad losers' springs to mind." Would English votes make a difference? 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z At its worst, however, “Men, Women & Children” buys into the same kind of Manichean thinking it ascribes to Garner’s pathetically out-of-touch character. ‘Men, Women & Children’ movie review: All in the family, for better or worse “They are mostly all pathetically fat,” the source said, in the news outlet. New York’s paunchiest: Police chief tasks ‘pathetically fat’ to work out 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Early news reports of Reagan that Darman found portray the politician pathetically. Author: Acting Set Stage for Ronald Reagan's Biggest Role 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Not that we aren’t pathetically grateful that our lives are given some small amount of meaning and meagre justification, you understand. Football transfer rumours: Fergie to tempt Ronaldo to Manchester United? 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Rice’s pathetically tame penalty fits right into the new NFL order. NFL's Ray Rice Two-Game Suspension Is Pathetic Punishment 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z “You come away with the sense that this was pathetically futile,” said a senior U.S. official who has read it. CIA director under fire from lawmakers after agency’s search of Senate computers It sounds like a bloodless drive-by shooting, the slaughter of a British opposition leader's credibility, as Miliband waits pathetically in his fake meeting, waiting for The One to brush by. Sorry, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, but I don't buy into this idea of a female shelf life 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z For a start, the first session of five minutes made it pathetically simple. Turing test: this little Eugene Goostman was much brighter than I imagined 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Sexual content increases attention but may eventually seem pathetically human and excusable. This scandal will stick But it seems to me to be such a pathetically feeble protest. Letter from Africa: Should Nigerians shout louder? 2014-05-13T12:10:53Z So far, the anti-war protests in Moscow have looked almost pathetically temperate. Putin Is Losing 2014-03-03T22:35:15Z The climax is a slapstick sequence in which he gulps down so many quaaludes that he enters what he calls the “cerebral palsy phase,” pathetically tumbling down brick steps and into his white Ferrari. Movie Review: Scorsese's <em>The Wolf of Wall Street</em> 2013-12-19T21:11:52Z I smiled pathetically and tried to make light of it. What Is Nelson Mandela's Legacy? 2013-12-06T22:46:00Z Indians love records in any case; in this case, the fact that we are so miserable in other sports, and perform so pathetically at the Olympics, made us cling to Tendulkar all the more. Why Indians love Sachin Tendulkar 2013-11-14T00:20:29Z This case illustrates how litigants may make pathetically tendentious interpretations of the parties’ words in a desperate effort to create a contract after-the-fact. Did Monster Energy Make A 'Dope' Contract With DJ Z-Trip? Nope 2013-11-05T18:38:00Z Short-term rates didn’t follow suit, leaving bank CDs and money market accounts with continuing pathetically low yields. Government Makes It More Painful for You to Retire 2013-11-03T11:05:26Z He told the Guardian in 2004 that this was in reference to a South American bird which is "stupid and pathetically easy to catch and squawks a lot". Profile: Racing pundit John McCririck 2013-10-02T14:57:36Z The audience is told that the L.T.F. is upset at the peace accord, which sees the Indian Peace Keeping Force arrive in a pathetically stricken Jaffna. India Ink: Bad History Mars Indian Movie On Rajiv Gandhi’s Assassination 2013-09-02T07:30:56Z The accuses the world's leading powers of standing on the sidelines of what is happening in Egypt and pathetically wringing their hands. Papers horrified by Egypt violence 2013-08-17T04:51:43Z All parties should be worried that there was such a pathetically low turnout by voters. Farage: UKIP gains a 'game changer' 2013-05-03T22:48:15Z After one warning, he said he was confronted by two traffic wardens, one of whom said he was acting "pathetically" and took a photo of him. Parking megaphone alerts silenced 2013-01-29T12:26:17Z I've taken a penalty against a professional goalkeeper and what strikes you is how laughably slow-motion your shooting suddenly seems, how pathetically lacking in fizz, your finest corner-bound spank plucked tamely out of the air. Chelsea channel David Bowie, but they're beating up the wrong guy 2013-01-11T14:18:02Z Suitcases are nothing new in productions these days, but Don José's actually contain something: a wedding dress for his beloved, which he pathetically drapes over her. IHT Rendezvous: At the Paris Opera, a 'Carmen' in Search of Catharsis 2012-12-12T17:06:33Z Of course, for people not constrained to living within this ping-pong ball of dogma, such a belief system if not only tragically and pathetically bleak and narrow-minded. Growth: Markets, broad and deep 2012-11-19T20:56:27Z As for proponents of intelligent design, some raise reasonable questions about the limits of biology, but their answers—which invoke some sort of divine intervention–are pathetically inadequate. What Should Teachers Say to Religious Students Who Doubt Evolution? 2012-11-20T23:45:05.430Z We also don't know 4 sure that the public is as pathetically wrongheaded as it appears. The 20 biggest sore losers of election night 2012-11-07T03:52:00Z One of the reasons America's well-paid classes are so in love with Adderall is that it is pathetically easy to get hold of. Speed and the city: meet the Adderall-addled adults of New York 2012-10-12T13:15:29Z Europe capitulated feebly, risibly, pathetically: they lost the opening six singles matches of the day 3&2, 4&2, 4&3, 6&5, 3&2 and 5&4. From the Vault: Europe capitulate in Brookline in Ryder Cup 1999 2012-10-01T13:14:26Z Discussions of the Sumner ilk exemplified by this article strike me as only pathetically mathematical. Monetary policy: A victory, and a test 2012-09-14T19:13:01Z This pathetically imbalanced proportion is being read by some as women being on the rise. Viewpoint: Are Africa's women on the rise? 2012-09-25T09:08:55Z This, it seemed, was not just a nation reclining pathetically on past imperial glories but one with things to do in the world, new things to achieve. Britain Gets Its Groove Back 2012-09-16T08:45:00Z He pathetically uses the excuse that he is simply “finished with this nonsense” to explain why he will not fight the charges against him. In-Box: In-Box — Was Lance Armstrong’s Decision Defiance or Delusion? 2012-08-25T16:06:31Z The world economy doesn't need any more bad news at the moment, but the pathetically shrunken cobs in Marion's fields may be wizened heralds of blows yet to land. Why US drought could affect us all 2012-08-09T12:14:53Z Eddie Izzard was among Labour-supporting celebrities to back Yes to AV "It is utterly patronising, pathetically ingratiating and intellectually lame," but, he adds: "It works." How to win a referendum 2012-07-16T01:35:17Z Politicians remain pathetically impressed by "movie people", as though we were talking about the golden age of MGM and not some amoral number-crunchers from Jersey. Tax avoidance, and the secret of bad British film 2012-06-22T20:30:01Z Of course Beckham would want to be in Milan - why weren't they pathetically grateful for the times he walks amongst them? LA Story Part Two: LA Galaxy 2012-05-23T17:12:48Z It is just that everyone is so pathetically grateful to see a footballer with a bit of personality these days, Barton was embraced as some kind of class experiment and broadsheet pin-up. Joey Barton's latest act of violence proves he is no renaissance man 2012-05-19T21:50:01Z As a result, thousands of good women who ought to be in the pink and prime of life are going pathetically to the only rest which the conditions seem to allow—the grave. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z You don’t want your little boy to have his eyes put out, do you?” he said pathetically. The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury 2012-04-20T02:00:07.610Z “And to think,” pathetically added the governor, “that I had spent all those thousands of pounds for nothing!” Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z He pathetically described his futile efforts to reach a peaceful solution, the unbearable encroachments of the friars, the intolerable injuries inflicted on both clergy and laity, and the necessity of an appeal to Rome. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z As it happened, the missile went up from the launch site near the Chinese border, flew for less than two minutes, then plopped pathetically into the Yellow Sea — an abject failure. Like Grandfather, Like Grandson: Kim Jong Un Plays to North Korea's Generals 2012-04-16T10:35:00Z This question was put almost pathetically, Pablo again grasping Frank's hand and gazing wistfully into Merry's eyes. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z The state of the Marches was exceedingly critical, and Byron pathetically begged Rupert not to refuse them the aid of his presence. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z "I fear me they have no stomach for strong meat," he said, pathetically. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z "It is a very much neglected one," said Dill, pathetically. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z That dreadful creature looks up a moment from the trough, with ringed snout dripping liberally with hog-wash, and gazes pathetically at me for acquiescence. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z The train was moving faster and faster, and Jack was soon left behind on the platform gazing pathetically at the black tunnel which had swallowed it up. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z A gentleman was one day relating to a Quaker a tale of deep distress, and concluded very pathetically by saying, "I could not but feel for him." Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:33.730Z Calling in Generals Knox and Lafayette, Washington explained what had occurred, showing the proofs of the treachery, and, pathetically appealing to them, he exclaimed, "Whom can we trust now?" Guide to West Point, and the U.S. Military Academy 2012-03-20T02:00:14.607Z He could be combative, like when he mocked President Obama’s mantra of hope and change as “pathetically counterfeit.” In Santorum?s Writings, a Consistently Conservative Voice 2012-03-19T21:26:12Z Her voice quavered pathetically, for she was highly wrought. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z Perhaps of a pale young face wide-browed and wilful, with eyes more swift to blame than praise; eyes which he had seen seeking--seeking pathetically they knew not what. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z He spoke pathetically, as one disappointed in the return made him for favours lavished with a free hand. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z As Spencer pathetically remarks: "It was one of my misfortunes to have no brothers, and a still greater misfortune to have no sisters." Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z It is so pathetically different from the scenes she loved in life,—the heather-clad slopes of her Highland home, the seclusion of the wooded braes where she loitered with her poet-lover. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z "You see," she continued pathetically, "they're all so beastly unjust to me, and—" Daphne picked up her small sister's pile of completed Families and turned them over. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z He seemed almost pathetically alone; but I remembered that he had never cared to be otherwise. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z It was with a distressed amazement, like that of Louis XIV. when he waited, that she stared at the silver equipage, at the pathetically hissing urn. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z He composed the article on "Progress: its Law and Cause" at the pathetically slow rate of about half a page per day, and the effort proved beneficial. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z The exterior is now smartened somewhat,—the shillings of pilgrims would pay for that,—but the abode is pathetically small, bare, and poor. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z There rises before her the picture of a man led from room to room, steered round corners, dressed like a child, fed like a baby—shattered, groping, gaunt, but pathetically and doggedly cheerful. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z Miss Mary," he cried, pathetically, "you don't understand me! Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z By his side, in mien as brave as he, walked in her best kimono his wife, the hapless Kennui, leading in each hand a child, pathetically crowned with simple field-flowers. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Have you wives?' he pathetically continued; 'have you children? have you spirits of your own? A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z So I pathetically try to design the body and face of my player to be exactly like mine. Lucy Prebble: 'Gaming is an artform just like theatre' 2012-02-12T00:04:10Z Most pathetically of all, there were suggestions later on it was actually Evra who withdrew his hand. Liverpool's Kenny Dalglish plays dumb to leave his dignity in tatters 2012-02-11T18:30:30Z "Look here, have I done anything to offend you?" he asked, pathetically. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z And why did he, after the menagerie had passed by, pathetically exclaim, "But for Adam there was not found an helpmeet for him"? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z He sniffed in friendly fashion at the child's pathetically upturned face. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z Miss Birdseye is a subordinate figure in the Bostonians, and after appearing in the first and second numbers vanishes till toward the end, where she re-enters, briefly, and pathetically and honourably dies. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z He shook hands with three hundred returned men, also with a pathetically long line of mothers, widows, and orphans of fallen soldiers, and he inspected a big gathering of school-children. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z Glancing back as he vanished up the trail, he saw the orphaned calf stick its head out from behind a bush and stare after him pathetically. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z The descriptive writing is artistically fine, the love story is tenderly and pathetically told, whilst the whole betokens careful study and research. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z This one address displays a man, though pathetically unfamiliar with childhood schools, of consummate intellectual balance and force. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z "But what else can we do, dear Clarence?" he asked pathetically. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z "It is pretty, mother, isn't it?" she said a trifle pathetically. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z The hush, the tranquil stillness of a church-aisle, within which 'sleep' old recumbent figures, comes over one in reading these most pathetically beautiful words. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z The grand old Viking looked almost pathetically helpless. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z But, for its cherished end this inaugural proved pathetically incompetent. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z No, dear," replied Dora reproachfully and pathetically, "money is flat, it was meant to stop and be piled up a little. Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z The prisoner sat in his accustomed place, a trifle more weary looking, a trifle more pathetically forlorn, than ever. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z The farmer's women had forgotten the poor beast when they went away and it was pathetically glad to see me. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z "I will try; I must come out of this fix one way or another," replied the youth pathetically. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z This pathetic situation, this invincible anomaly in our national career, is pathetically re-enacted in the fate of Lincoln in these debates. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z "But what on earth is the use of my getting a forty-horse-power car," he enquired almost pathetically, "if I can't let her rip?" A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z She was thin and pale now and her beauty was fading pathetically. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z He adds pathetically: 'I see it is impossible for the king to have things done as cheap as other men.' The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z She caught her breath and hesitated, and began pathetically to try by brightness to rally him from his mood. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z He was serenely jolly, selfish, and sociable, pathetically complaining of his wife's conduct in letting him come away for his holiday by himself, and enjoying himself very much without her. A Witch of the Hills, v. 1-2 2011-12-15T03:00:15.700Z The author pathetically flapped the long printed slip in his face. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z She empties out his backpack: nothing in there but the camera, a pair of woollen mitts, a scarf, and six miniature bottles of Scotch—how pathetically hopeful of him. Margaret Atwood: “Stone Mattress.” 2011-12-12T05:00:00Z This claim was one in which to the last he pathetically believed. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z The mild old face that he had always known silvery and smiling seemed white as the pillow where it lay, pathetically lined and hollowed. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z “Here I am,” he wrote pathetically from Rome, “a ruin among ruins.” The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z “The Lord cursed the serpent and Eve,” pathetically cries Adam, “and I was enslaved between them.” Armenian Legends and Festivals 2011-11-26T03:00:13.237Z Darling Miller,—Last night arrived your pathetically sympathetic letter in comment on the news you had just received of my dropping out for the present from the active career. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z And why did he, after the menagerie had passed by, pathetically exclaim, "But for Adam there was not found an helpmeet for him?" Mistakes of Moses 2011-11-24T03:00:39.887Z Another truthful and modest youth said pathetically, "I am too young to appreciate this book." Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z Byan retreated after him, flashing one of his pathetically sweet, floating smiles. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z Starvation must have often stared them in the face, and the references to hunger, and the prophecies of plenty, and of visits to relatives whose crops were good, are scattered pathetically all thru these legends. Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona 2011-11-21T03:00:13.817Z As regards Solomons, it is pathetically tragic, and I hope that you will send me full details. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z But eight cold feet on a straw carpet marched to and fro so pathetically that I locked up the tempting fiend, and fell to sewing, as a Saturday treat! Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z The unhappy condition of the Eskimo dogs under native treatment is pathetically referred to in "Cassell's Natural History," edited by Professor Duncan. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Women have sinned in every age, but they have sinned in some ages picturesquely and pathetically, because Nature led them. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z She seemed so pathetically small and skimpy by my side, and had I yielded even a little I could almost have persuaded myself of a tenderness for her. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z At length she pathetically again exclaimed, 'Live! only live! and I am blest!' Adeline Mowbray or, The Mother and Daughter 2011-11-04T02:00:17.120Z Do but consider how pathetically he lately lamented the case of the “white negro” lady shut out from the circle of cultivation and kept confined in one of ignorance and lowness. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z I know it," said Bettie, pathetically, "but it's worse for me than it is for the rest of you. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z Yet babies and young children are so pathetically constituted that they prefer blows from their mothers to caresses from strangers. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z "Well, I never enjoyed cooking things more," she said; and added, rather pathetically, "I must say I do get a little tired of making nothing but scones, day after day." A Humble Enterprise 2011-10-29T02:00:12.483Z Already she entirely rejected the figment in which Kitty so pathetically believed. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z Or maybe that was the curse rising in the playoffs to see the Saints lose pathetically to the lowly Seattle Seahawks. Cleveland Browns Running Back Peyton Hillis Latest Victim Of The Madden Curse 2011-10-23T14:42:28Z We have never been able to learn much,” said Mrs. Vernon, pathetically. Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp 2011-10-21T02:00:19.027Z "Alas! only too sure," cried Herr Balzer, pathetically, again applying his handkerchief to his eyes, which were quite red with repeated rubbing. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:49.420Z She played for a moment with her tea-spoon, and looked at me, rather pathetically. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z Louie's age put her at once out of the class of the "new girl" who, in the school tales, sits pathetically on her box and waits for somebody to speak to her. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z The speeches of the different governors pathetically lament the present distracted state of affairs. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z On special saints' days the decorations were pathetically crude and primitive. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z The whole press is one great dithyrambus, expressing its emotions now majestically, now pathetically, now comically. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:49.420Z Their fall and shame and misery are pathetically told. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z Nor did he see the expression of extreme gratitude which spread rather pathetically over her face. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z This fact touches him pathetically, now that he is nearing his sixtieth year. Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College 2011-10-08T02:00:24.723Z The valor of Velasco inspired his troops, pathetically small in comparison with those of the British. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z After announcing the departure of the visitor, there was a little pause and my wife regarded me almost pathetically. Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z He was looking pathetically far ahead; but there was the mouth of the drive glimmering within a few feet of him, and as yet Denis had not noticed any novelty in the intervening ground. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z Briefly and pathetically Smithson did so, relating to them all the particulars we already know. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z She might pathetically urge on him that, now more than ever, she needed a friend and not a lover—or else that, now more than ever, she needed a lover and not a friend. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z The story of Goodyear's life is pathetically interesting. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z "It's a pretty poor list," says Dowling, pathetically, drawing a paper from his pocket. Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z "Under such circumstances," he said pathetically, "would you care to deprive me of this little companion sent by Providence for me to rescue out of the sea?" Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z For it was pathetically clear what had happened—what must have happened. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z "There isn't anything except—except there has been a misunderstanding——" Caroline looked up miserably from the big chair, with her lips working pathetically. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z A tiny blind boy lay there, with pretty, fair curls, and large dark eyes that he turned pathetically around. The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z That Government regulated mindset pathetically under-estimated wireless growth by ~100 times! Opposing "The Verge" of Socialism 2011-09-16T14:36:04Z How much more pathetically and emphatically might the question be asked of us! The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z For the Etiquette of our preparations, Aunt Angela threw herself pathetically on my mercy. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z "But, my dear sir——" "Don't pitch into me!" pleaded Dale-Bulmer, pathetically. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z "I am glad to hear you say that," said the President, pathetically, "your experience will help me to bear my affliction." Abraham Lincoln's Religion 2011-09-03T02:00:20.697Z But,” she looked at the matron piteously, with quivering lips, “he is so altered,” she said pathetically. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z Jane Oglander looked as if the six last years had been blotted out,—as if she were again a happy girl, pathetically, confidently ignorant of the ugly realities of life. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z But all that was over now—he saw it himself at once, and during dinner sank into dismal silence, gazing pathetically at Lilian, and sighing almost obtrusively between the courses. The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z The Chronicle pathetically records: "Now there was no food to be bought in the city, and the people were in the waves of death; and men were seen to drop and die in the streets." The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z And while her clear and pure nature reasserted itself, and thought and tried pathetically to find out truth alone, her cheeks still burned, her senses owned his sway. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z "No, not shriller: your voice is not shrill, it is beautifully sweet; but not so pathetically sweet as her." In a Glass Darkly, v. 2/3 2011-08-25T02:00:31.597Z Youth is always a little ludicrous, often pathetically ludicrous, and in nothing so much as in its capacity for taking itself seriously. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z The uncle was a widower and childless, and seemed to be most pathetically lonely. Subconscious Religion 2011-08-22T02:00:58.937Z In the Chinese romance, Yu-Kiao-li, the heroine is sixteen; and her father is in great distress, and laments pathetically that at so advanced an age she should still be unmarried. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z She told me pathetically that she had fed nearly all she had to the soldiers, but had a potato pie, and if I could eat that I would be welcome to it. Life in the Confederate Army Being Personal Experiences of a Private Soldier in the Confederate Army 2011-08-19T02:00:11.243Z When Valentine came in in the pure white which gave her such a girlish and even pathetically innocent air, he went up and kissed her almost fiercely. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z A letter written to Temple, during his absence on this occasion, by his grandfather, in which his grandfather pathetically complains of his silence, is another minor proof of the devotion felt by Franklin for Temple. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z I envisioned a woman with a white stick drooping out of the corner of her mouth and an old man sucking pathetically on the smoking stub of his cigarette. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z "Am I so very ugly, miss?" he asked pathetically. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z Instead, he stood firmly in the center of the cockpit and grinned pathetically. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z “A young widow is a beautiful sight,” observed Mrs. Wadsworth pathetically. Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life 2011-08-09T02:00:30.317Z As pathetically, but more briefly, she says about herself:—"My deafness, when new, was the uppermost thing in my mind day and night." Harriet Martineau 2011-08-05T02:00:51.493Z "May God bless your entrance!" he said, pathetically, yet cordially. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z Sir," he said, rather pathetically, "my life is at stake, and what is more, the property of the Count, my master. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z It is really too hard," she said pathetically; "they give me no peace. A Cabinet Secret 2011-07-31T02:00:10.693Z Oh, please, Mother, I can go all muffled up, no one will see me,” pleaded the girlish voice pathetically. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z But they remained fixed upon me and suddenly became again so pathetically anxious and helpless. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z Just see," he continued, pathetically, "what a revengeful people these Jews are. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z It contains, under a slightly veiled form, pathetically tender reminiscences of her own early life. Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z The latter was displayed in an almost schoolboy action that was pathetically humorous. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z Then as now, Republicans rejected all concessions by the president as pathetically inadequate. The debt ceiling backlash within the GOP 2011-07-21T20:19:00Z The interior emptiness was pathetically emphasized by the fact of a contentless experience which also worked to deprive his mind of spontaneous originality. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z “I try to, my dear; but I can’t help thinking sometimes,” said the poor little woman, pathetically, “that his heart is more devoted to Solomon’s gold—” “Oh, Mrs Bolter!” One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z How pathetically absurd that futile invention sounded now. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z I found the old man at this time, rather pathetically, trying to complete the collection of eggshells which he had begun as a Harrow boy sixty years before. A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z This the Swiss heart does when it is pathetically affected in hearing, in music, as if upon bells, "The return of the Cows." Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z There is no meaner treatment than this; nor is there anything more pathetically lonely than a singleton on a crowded golf course. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z He looked at her pathetically and motioned her to a seat. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z Few situations are more pathetically drawn than the attitude of these two lads, with its exchange of dependence and hero-worship on the one side, and of tender, helpful compassion on the other. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z “That does me good, my boy, indeed it does,” said the old man, pathetically; and he held his son’s hand against his true old breast. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z Of course grandpapa had to know: I chose my time, and told him the story as pathetically as I could. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z "See how falsehood and crime come always to the surface," answers Suslovski, pathetically. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z "God pity me!" she sobbed, lifting her face and looking pathetically at Norton. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z “If he were alive to-day he would be glad to know that he had helped you,” she said pathetically, seeking some adequate answer to his accusations. The Brute 2011-06-30T02:00:30.283Z On the other hand, all of the yearly reports of the various native provincial officers are, as a general rule, pathetically optimistic. The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z She turned her face to him and he looked down to see, under the starlight, her mouth pathetically drooping, her lips trembling, and the big brown eyes filled with perplexed tears. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z She smiled up at him a little pathetically as he came over to her. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z Sophy Christian, who was always asking pathetically “why mummie didn’t come,” died of the hardships she had to endure, while the men were shot in cold blood by the sepoys on November 16. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z Lord Ellerdine had been looking at his friend, pathetically waiting for a word of praise. A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z For the reasonable expectancy of life of an opposition paper in Manila is pathetically brief. The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z Was it her fancy, or did the Spinster look pathetically pleased because some one had said "good afternoon" and had made a playful remark? The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z He seems to me a kind of hallowing presence in the family, calling out every one's sympathy and kindness, and pathetically reminding us by his loss of the preciousness of our common mercies. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z Frank turned his head aside to hide his own emotion as his mother pathetically tried to smile. Army Boys in France or, From Training Camp to Trenches 2011-06-15T02:00:18.907Z But he delighted in seeing me make a good shot, and was almost pathetically puzzled on the occasions when I refrained from slaughter. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z Four months after the death of her consort she died on the way from Tangaroff, at Beloff, and soon rejoined him she had pathetically termed "her angel in heaven." The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z She turned her head and looked up into his face and smiled pathetically. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z There was something in the abandonment of his attitude that indicated even more pathetically than his face and figure his utter prostration—a prostration quite inconsistent with any visible cause. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z And in the last line she wistfully and pathetically asks: “But shall we be young and together?” A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z They show a person wanting to be wanted, trying pathetically to be desirable, and that I dare say is a universal. When does online fantasy become infidelity? 2011-06-07T01:01:00Z She left, two weeks ago, very much mystified but pathetically thankful, poor old girl!” The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z At length she pathetically complained of his coldness, and insinuated her suspicions that his affection was transferred to another object. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z In one such vocero the widow pathetically crowds epithet on epithet, in the attempt to give words to her affection and her sorrow. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z "Then let me beseech you," she pathetically rejoined, "to respect my feelings and those of this dear child." Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z Some touched him with the tips of their fingers, doubtfully, pathetically. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z She pushed back the damp rings of hair, and lifted to his, pleading eyes pathetically sad. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z “Since the 1990s, these dialogues have maintained their presence pathetically, but they are at the moment at a new low.” Always Awkward, New Rights Talks With China Now May Be Hopeless 2011-04-27T18:31:46Z "I see him too seldom, and love him too much for that," she said, pathetically, "and I must see if he will promise me to come no more where neither of us is wanted." A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z Mildred listened with unwearied sympathy while Ethel dwelt pathetically on her lonely and purposeless life, with its jarring gaieties and absence of congenial fellowship. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z Ah!" sighed Madame de la Beaume pathetically, "I believe that English husbands beat their wives only out of jealousy. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z He thought of the haunting, wonderful eyes of Urd, and bit his lips as he watched her; so pathetically hopeless, yet unwaveringly proud was the pure face he had loved long and passionately. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z How could the instinctive dislike of change in familiar surroundings be more pathetically described than in the poem for Whit Monday? Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z "Few companies do a post-mortem on a sale when it's lost," he says, and "pathetically fewer do a post-mortem on a deal that was won." How to Evaluate Your Sales Success 2011-04-14T15:45:00Z Dipping her handkerchief into the water, she dabbled her eyes pathetically. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z The line of action which Matthew Arnold vainly and pathetically urged on the Anglo-Saxon world has been unobtrusively but most effectively taken by France for now more than half a century. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z When the two walked down to the outer gate, the contrast between the virile athlete and the shadowy black form of the priest was pathetically vivid. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Once pathetically, as he sat talking in his room, he spread out his hands in the sun; they were thin and delicate with growing weakness. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z So she writhed and groaned, her hopes all pathetically trampled and dust-covered now. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z The remark was overheard by his wife, who pathetically joined him by singing: "This Moon! 'tis the night that makes blind men's wives weep." A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z Her smile was a little wistful, yet almost pathetically humorous. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z Now Jones is back in the spotlight he so pathetically craves – on ABC News' Nightline program, no less, where Friday night he denied that he and his benighted congregation bore responsibility for the Mazar-i-Sharif deaths. Karzai's Cynical Exploitation of a Koran Burning 2011-04-03T06:40:00Z Yet an English advertiser would never have been content with those two comforting hands which pathetically suggest so much. War Posters Issued by Belligerent and Neutral Nations 1914-1919 2011-04-04T02:00:11.403Z The proprietary's charter was assailed, and the story of Clayborne's wrongs, pathetically told at length. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z It was more insistent this time, and the knob of the door turned even as Peggy called out a none too cordial “Come” that broke pathetically in the middle. Peggy Parsons a Hampton Freshman 2011-04-01T02:00:36.933Z See how pathetically these soldiers of despair, with defeat in full view, offer themselves to other Associations, and take comfort in the assurance that God will not drive them from the earth! History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z And we shall be better convinced of the virtue of this nursery play, if we consider the case of the neglected children of the very poor, so pathetically described by Charles Lamb. Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School 2011-03-27T02:00:15.947Z "He has found his way in, then," she thought, not without a slight and natural tremor, which, however, disappeared as she gazed, so pathetically gentle was the whole aspect of the intruder. Uncanny Tales 2011-03-22T02:00:16.307Z “Look!” she cried, pathetically, to Uncle Peabody, who entered the room a moment later, pointing to the wound and gazing into his eyes with her own distended by her suffering and her sense of helplessness. The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z Hyacinth hesitated a moment, and then said pathetically, “Don’t you really like it, sir?” Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z It was pathetically amusing to watch her little plump body, balanced upon its unsteady supports, her dimpled arms outspread, her baby lips parted in glee, showing the two rows of tiny pearls between. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z The old Countess is hardly to be recognized, her treatment of her grand-daughter is so humbly tender, so pathetically anxious. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z Miss Leicester ceased speaking, and looked pathetically at Dyson, who could not refrain from exhibiting some symptoms of uneasiness. The Three Impostors or The Transmutations 2011-03-09T03:00:45.227Z He went to work on another book, but he said, pathetically, "I hear her constantly calling me!" Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z “Do you really like this book?” she asked at last, looking at her brother pathetically. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z Shelley still hoped to regain his wife’s love, and in some verses inscribed, “To Harriet, 1814,” he appeals pathetically for her affection. The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z The report authors reject ID's employment of scientific diction as being "pathetically inadequate," and contend that the rise of "an 'all things are equal' attitude may seem appealing and tolerant but is actually disastrous." Evolution Abroad: Creationism Evolves in Science Classrooms around the Globe 2011-03-03T21:45:00.243Z "I wasn't alluding to your hands; though I might," says Nolly, pathetically. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z And the clocks point pathetically to eleven, or eight, or five. A Woman's Experience in the Great War 2011-02-26T03:00:48.257Z "You had done your exams and got hopelessly, pathetically drunk and then you set about appalling behaviour." TV-in-oven fire students detained 2011-02-25T16:21:24Z "I wish," she faltered, gazing at the girl quite pathetically, "I wish we had never begun it." Louisiana 2011-02-18T03:00:21.217Z "Heaven has mercy," cried Hugo, pathetically, as he turned round to impart the welcome news to the others. Riven Bonds. Vol. II. A Novel, in Two Volumes 2011-02-16T03:00:40.700Z |
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