| 单词 | pitiful |
| 例句 | I made another effort, a pitiful one, for the words I said were the last to bring comfort. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s pitiful and ugly seeing remaining ash, blackened trees and ground. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Gently but firmly, she took his hands in hers, uncurled them, saw the telltale juice marks of bruised chokecherries that darkened his fingertips, then the pitiful, berry-stained smile that sealed his guilt! The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, we decided it was in good enough shape to offer us some semblance of security for the night, however pitiful it might be. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z It makes this game look pitiful—which it is. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Before I could respond, the baby let loose a pitiful cry. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z When he saw me in the doorway, he closed his eyes and went limp and quiet but for a pitiful sobbing deep in his throat. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Then one by one they turned and blinked in the pitiful light. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z They must have looked pitiful enough, because they managed to get face time with the immigration officer on their case. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I could explain it by arguing that profiting from a pitiful flying fish’s navigational mistake made me shy and sorrowful, while the excitement of actively capturing a great dorado made me sanguinary and self-assured. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z For just that instant I see the pitiful nature of my life. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Here and there a loop stuck out, maybe big enough to stick your pinky finger through, pitiful testimony to the challengers who had tried and failed. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He probably meant it to sound tough, but it came out sort of pitiful. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not forgetting,” she said with pitiful dignity, “that you are my sister. And I hope you remembered that, too.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I never forgot the pitiful sight of those dead soldiers, some without heads or arms, some with legs missing, and rifles bent or snapped in two. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Did we look as pitiful as they did? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Describe this boot to me, then! What kind of a pitiful salesman are you? No wonder you’re starved for customers.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z For that brief moment the demon’s voice was pitiful, and all who heard it were moved to sorrow. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It’s funny, or maybe just plain pitiful, that my friends know that everything I do depends on which week it is. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z If she made me sound like a pitiful little boy to them. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Nothing could have been more pitiful and hopeless than the twenty-eight men marooned on the rotting ice pack nearly 200 miles from the nearest solid land. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Their room was a pitiful mess of clothes, wet towels, orange peel, torn-up pieces of a comic arranged around a sheet of paper, upended chairs partly covered by blankets and the mattresses at a slew. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z At the end of the day we received a pitiful portion of watery soup. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I let him run out of steam before I couldn’t take his pitiful expression anymore and had to stifle a laugh. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Too sad a story to tell pitiful little growing girls, he say. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And even though he felt pitiful and ridiculous, he didn't want it to end, because he knew the absence of her would hurt more than any breakup ever could. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z They saw neither Huntsmen nor gwythaints, and they made little attempt at concealment; for, as the bard had said, the forces of Arawn sought the Crochan and not a pitiful band of stragglers. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “When the family just disappeared, I went to her friends and begged them to tell me where she went. God, it was pitiful. I was crying on Sarah Bishop’s front doorstep, for Christ’s sake.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The next day, in the Sunday paper, I saw a pitiful closeup photograph of Elizabeth, walking alone in front of Central on that first day of integration. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If boats like that come back empty, what can you expect from a plywood skiff with one pitiful bucket of salted herring for bait? The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I felt my heart limping in my chest, and was revolted by it, a pitiful muscle, sick and bloody, pulsing against my ribs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Nothing that I can imagine could have moved me as deeply as seeing her pitiful state. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It was grueling work up there, and wages were pitiful, but when the call came through camp for workers to alleviate the wartime labor shortage, it sounded better than their life at Manzanar. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Now they wear only the most pitiful clothing, and try to exchange little carvings and objects that they have made out of shell fragments and copper driving bands. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It is someone who is cute and pitiful. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He allowed the pitiful man sitting across the table to begin to shake. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The chick really looked pitiful and it got me down. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I wandered from Mr. Turner’s office and into the hall, feeling weak, frustrated, and pitiful. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Kids in costumes are silly, but aging victors, it turns out, are pitiful. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I don’t take to dogs, but this one is just plain pitiful. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z As he came forward, he projected the appearance of a wounded, pitiful creature. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The park was filled with hideous, pitiful howls as more plague dogs raced after us through the trees. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Y’all,” he said, “did I really make myself out so pitiful that you had to go to this much trouble for my birthday?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z My voice starts sounding so pitiful that no one stops to listen. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Outside the air resounded with buzzing and pitiful screams. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They didn’t have to wait three hours for a pitiful can of crabmeat! Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “I liked sharing a room back home,” I said, making my voice sound pitiful. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z And what was so sad, I realized, was that Canada had become a pitiful fantasy. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And the rolled-up tarpaulin and the bulge of the net were even more pitiful defences. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z When I thought on all the things I’d done with my own dad and how Judd could only remember hunting, well, that was pretty pitiful for a lifetime. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “What a pitiful waste of a peculiar life.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “How are we going to carry on paddling with our arms all sore and pitiful?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “But enough about pitiful me. I came over to ask about you, Constance. Are you feeling all right? You seem rather, well, green-colored.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Here, a black man pocketed Ann Atwater's money for that pitiful shack—and threatened to toss her family into the street because she had trouble making the rent. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He put his arm around me and we sat there together on the porch, two people being completely pitiful and lost. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “I’m pitiful,” she said, just as her grandmother did sometimes when praying. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Curse all of you. May your pitiful water monster never regain its former health!” it yelled and made a mad dash for the fire. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “She didn’t even look the same. She looked short. Short and pitiful.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z To Ismene, shocking as it was, overwhelming her with anguish for the pitiful dead body and the lonely, homeless soul, it seemed, nevertheless, that nothing could be done except to acquiesce. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He came upon the great box and broke it open and took the pitiful cargo home to his wife who was as kind as he. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “You loving somebody like she loves that fool and you hate to see them looking so pitiful.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z What a pitiful and horrendous idea to build a secret society around. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z In sturdy contrast with the pitiful fate of the Kreuzkirche, stood the Frauenkirche, from the curves of whose stone dome the Prussian bombs rebounded like rain. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Arthur’s were of the pitiful spectacle— the show of an earthly, sinful man, but the best of them, plodding along behind these three supernatural virgins; his doomed, courageous, vain toil. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The fox stared down at the pitiful crumpled figure. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “I wish I might take this for a compliment; but to be so easily seen through I am afraid is pitiful.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z You are never as great or as pitiful as you think you are. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “My keeper has found innumerable corpses, including masses of small birds — Chaffinches, Greenfinches, Linnets, Hedge Sparrows, also House Sparrows . . . the destruction of wild life is quite pitiful.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Harry washed his hands and bolted down his pitiful supper. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I guess he was trying to protect me from those two pitiful dead creatures. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It was funny if you looked at it right quick, but it got pitiful if you thought about it awhile. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z My books made a pitiful shunk sound, reminding me that I couldn’t let my mother look in my bag. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He had one pitiful little tooth he was very proud of, and he tried to use it to bite the stick. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z As Mama cut a bite of roast beef, looking pitiful, Papa reached across the table and put his hand on her hand that held the knife. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He looked dumb and pitiful and just up from the Deep South. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It was pitiful to see the way Winky clutched at her tea towel as she sobbed over Mr. Crouch’s feet. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It was pitiful—yes, pity and shame were what he felt—when they were slaughtered instead of fulfilling their destiny as killers for food and status among their own kind. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z "Not so bad. That's better. Now why is Cohn pitiful? Be ironic." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Chuck said, a pitiful tremor in his voice, his eyes glued to the sky. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Yossarian’s heart pounded with fright and horror at the pitiful, ominous, gory spectacle of the broken corpse. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z By nightfall he was able to walk over to the soft grass at the side of the track, where he lay down and blinked happily at his companions, wagging his pitiful tail. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a sad, pitiful, almost musical whine. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “If they gave him what he really deserved,” Dottie Lynch said, “he would be getting all P’s. That’s P as in pitiful. ” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was evidently in a pitiful state of mind. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z His friendly old face was pitiful to see. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z If you molest us again, sir, you may feel the sting of the lash across your pitiful shoulders. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The only thing more pitiful than a dwarf without a nose is a dwarf without a nose who has no gold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Dad listened to the radio with a drink in his hand and watched what I now know was a pitiful spectacle. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He said coldly, “You people will never learn. It is pitiful to see your foolishness.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He pushes my pitiful linoleum block aside and gently sets down an enormous book. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z But Seanie always had a way of obsessing about things like they were the greatest trespasses ever committed against his pitiful soul. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Ma could have a garden instead of her pitiful plants in pots. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z A pitiful kind of bark, like he’s got to be taught how, but it’s a happy bark, and he’s learnin’. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff told him—and it was sort of pitiful: ‘Wendle, I don’t know what to make of it. There’s two bodies upstairs.’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She was pitiful, foul, her smile a jagged white tear in the firelight: waste. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The pitiful sounds coming from the circus and the sight of dead fever victims did not exactly “dispel the gloom” of the households nearby. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “We’ll be in terrible trouble if you tell on us,” she said in as pitiful a voice as she could manage. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “What, then? Don’t get pitiful. I won’t stand for you getting pitiful, hear me?” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z At the pitiful bawl of Old Dan, Little Ann, throwing caution to the wind, ran in and sank her teeth in the lion’s tough neck. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Next, Mrs. Cadaver slashed and sliced at a pitiful rosebush that had been trying to creep up the side of her house. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z We had witnessed a pitiful one-man attempt to make up for some of the abuses the man had seen practiced against the Negro. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I leaned back, trying to ignore the throbbing in my head and the pitiful dying animal noises coming from Chubs once he remembered how much pain he was in. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Usually, I shut my eyes and listen for the pitiful squeak, because Grandma Knife's stone never misses its mark. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Because these enforcers received pitiful salaries and were prized for being quick draws, it’s not surprising that the boundary between good lawmen and bad lawmen was porous. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Mute, carrying his pitiful chalkboard around, lost in his restoration of Sappho, Lefty had begun to seem old to his son. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And then I hear her perform her usual pitiful check, to make sure the line is free. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It breaks my heart to see her so pitiful, with just the top of her cabin showing, and a shine of oil spreading like blood on the water. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I thought back to the isolation rooms and the two pitiful husks that were my parents. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The voyageurs watched from a distance as the baby crawled in a circle, whimpering and pitiful. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Mobutu’s Kinshasa mansion is surrounded by a park, where some zebras and one pitiful elephant paw at the grass. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He had this pitiful look on his face as the ref blew the whistle and made the signal for traveling. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Nestor fought his children off with a cane when they tried to lift him from his chair, and he cried with such a pitiful hoarseness that they finally left him in peace. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Iofur’s armor was in a pitiful state by this time, the plates torn and distorted, the gold inlay torn out or smeared thickly with blood, and his helmet gone altogether. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Blue eyes shone through an otherwise pitiful face, flabby and flushed. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z And once he said to me, talking about Salamano, “If that isn’t pitiful!” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “Sister McDonald was over this afternoon, and Lord knows she was in a pitiful state.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “That was only because I was a Titan that year, and Oliver was a pitiful captain compared to Ash.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was a pitiful noise, yet also slightly indecent. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “It’s seriously pitiful. What are we supposed to say?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Noodles started folding up those pitiful leaves like he folded up his comic book pages. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Finally, the poor phone lets out a pitiful buzz, and the red location marker updates on my map. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Such a pitiful little band of mourners, so bumbling without Mr. Birdsong or anybody else to tell us what to do. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She kept looking at me all pitiful, whining and sniffing at the crate. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I hadn’t seen anything more pitiful than my sisters’ ’bout-to-cry faces. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z A long, pitiful whinny came from the line of tethered horses and he recognized it as that of Islimach. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z If the stuff caught fire, she didn’t even have one of our pitiful little shields. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z There were times when Lefty’s need seemed so desperate, so pitiful, that she couldn’t resist giving in to him. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I watched her gather her nail polish and toss it into the duffel bag, and I started to feel more pitiful by the minute. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He looked about as forlorn and pitiful as I must have looked cowering in the bathroom stall to eat my lunch. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Half the town is liquor stores to keep the Marines happy. The other half is covered with mobile home salesmen to cheat the young enlisted men with families out of their pitiful salaries.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The gods were pitiful at the end, and the lovers’ parents too. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I start to tell her she needs to just get up, put on her tacky clothes, and forget about it, but the way she’s laying there so pitiful and poor, I keep quiet. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I doubt it, but they’re so pitiful I have to try to help. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I asked Ishtar, hating how pitiful I sounded. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Different from my pitiful voice messages, these were charming, darling notes from a person without headaches. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z For his pitiful sake, I ripped open the package he’d brought. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Her stomach felt like a pitiful empty sack. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The preacher is rapt with attention as Katherine begins spinning out a tale of woe and misery so pitiful that it belongs in a weekly serial. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It was right pitiful the way she set to begging. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Old men and women in pitiful rags sat hunched against the wall or lay upon pallets. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z It is a pitiful kind of childhood, to know that no one loves you or is taking care of you, to always be on the outside looking in. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He made pitiful efforts to appear gay, pleasant, talkative, but it was enough to see his sweat and paleness to know that his heart was not in it. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Even now, eight years later, I remember how my papa looked that day—like a thundercloud, but also like a pitiful, lightning-struck tree. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It was pitiful that all the older guys were either six feet under or living behind bars. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z So hip hip hooray, welcome home the pitiful Prices! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Too sad a story to tell pitiful litde growing girls, he say. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everyone who almost-made-it-but-didn’t lives in Queens,” and she laughs to cover how pitiful she knows that sounded. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Everything he had was on Lily, his body turning more pitiful by the second. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She had looked so pitiful crying in the middle of that wreck. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Valuable objects, precious rugs, silver candlesticks, Bibles and other ritual objects were strewn over the dusty grounds—pitiful relics that seemed never to have had a home. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z And then I thought about my own pitiful self, laying there wondering if my wish would ever come true. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I snickered, remembering the pitiful look on Tamika’s face after her failed spy attempt. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I must look really pitiful, because even Mouse Girl reaches out to give me a swift pat on the back. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He didn't see or hear Pong's pitiful splashes. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “Well, it’s too late now,” I said, then offered up a pitiful smile. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z And so many of the survivors whom I knew as tough hyenas and wolves of the streets in the old days now were so pitiful. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And all little Tony had was his pitiful piece of fish…. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “I took her home. She was standing in the middle of the room when I got there. So I just took her home. Pitiful. Really pitiful.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z We have a pitiful harvest of wheat and vegetables from our gardens, but the Indians often bring us food from their own harvests to trade. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z His conditioning had made him not so much pitiful as profoundly squeamish. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a pitiful sight—the half of his body that had lain in the rut was black and soaking, while the other was streaked and stained with blood. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew of all pitiful human weaknesses and of many cruel strengths. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In the other hand I held my pitiful folding knife, so small it needed several runs at halving a good-sized apple. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “My daughter is dying,” he moaned, and the wind snapped at his pitiful, animal cry. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood still in the torchlight with some straws in his beard, a pitiful figure in his jester’s patchwork. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And looking at the pitiful little pile on the table made it hard for David to stay cheerful. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I ask, thinking of my pitiful little envelope. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I turned the cookie package around in my hands, feeling like a princess who’d just granted a favor to a pitiful subject. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Soon the monsters were gone and only the pitiful, wretched form of their friend lay on the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “You were always ready to skip out on time with us or leave early from training. And what was that pitiful display today?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Most often the minister was attracted by the pitiful shrieks and calls of the sick in the final stages of the disease. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Even if I’d felt less tired, I couldn’t have chased a girl with such a pitiful voice and such haunting eyes. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z His voice cracked as he spoke, and I guessed he was thinking about sights too pitiful to put into words. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He lowered his bony head and buried it in the palms of his gnarled hands; and at that moment he seemed to age a thousand years, a pitiful sight. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But this was the truth, a pitiful boy who desperately wanted not to be pitiful, screaming and crying, poisoned by an infected G-tube that kept him alive, but not alive enough. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z There, inches from the tips of Weary’s combat boots, were the pitiful buttons of Billy’s spine. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z For, though her first jailer had died, there was no change in the pitiful condition of Ariana Dumbledore. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z A queenless colony is a pitiful and melancholy community; there may be a mournful wail or lament from within. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Poor thing, he whine and give her one a those pitiful people-dog looks, his head turned funny, his eyebrows up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Jacksons don’t cry, especially not in community centers with eyes full of pity and news cameras looking for pitiful moments. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z We managed to sell one of yours, but for a pitiful sum of money. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He settled back on his haunches in exasperation, looking at the pitiful clump of grass and twigs. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z “There was only one left, the loneliest, most pitiful guppy you ever saw. I put him in the bathtub,” Shelly said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He let out a little whine, soft and pitiful. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z My big old grandfather who had always been strong and loud and cheerful now seemed pitiful, sad, and hopeless. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I must have looked pretty pitiful, because instead of getting mad, she turned concerned. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a group called mortician bees whose pitiful job it was to rake the dead bees out of the hive and keep everything on the clean side. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The miserable beast did nothing but give a low, pitiful moan. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Mark wandered around the room, though the light was pitiful. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Harry looked down at the pitiful figure on the floor and nodded so that Pettigrew could see him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Although it was pitiful to see them with their sunken stomachs and languid eyes, the children survived the journey better than their parents, and most of the time it was fun for them. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z They looked pitiful standing there in their long white gowns. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried again and again, but each attempt was more pitiful than the last. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z People subscribed to them because the salesmen were so pitiful. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A few dead beetles, two large earthworms, some unidentifiable vegetation and the pitiful carcass of a long-dead sparrow. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Pong's schooling at Namwon was fairly pitiful, but one lesson was drilled into the prison children over and over again: the greatest danger in the world was fire. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I know I must have looked pitiful, because that’s the way I felt. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Having gotten a little lost in my own pitiful thoughts, I suddenly realized that the room had grown quiet with that kind of Quaker anticipation—waiting for the next Friend to speak. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Make a pitiful whining sound when you drop it on the floor. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It was sort of pitiful for Tony not to know he couldn’t make a speech without saying that. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Biddy scoot into her room and thump her pitiful sack on her bed. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “It’s a terrible thing, it’s a pitiful thing, but it’s war. The sooner we make one great swoop, the sooner the sufferin’ is over fer all of us—South as well as North.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z As destruction goes, the monster said behind him, this is all remarkably pitiful. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z She wore a pitiful expression and stood with arms outstretched in the direction of the harbor, many blocks away, but also toward the Priest Hole, which was directly across the street. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z A sound came out of my mouth, a twisted, pitiful moan. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z It gave a pitiful cry, then lay back down. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “I saw something in the Admiral’s eyes that was pitiful,” he would say later. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Catch Ms. Wintour in New York today, and you might just get an earful about the crucial swing states for President Obama or the pitiful Spanish and Greek economies. For Anna Wintour, Power Is Always in Vogue 2012-06-15T22:24:08Z Its films have for a hundred years ignored us, parodied us and at best portrayed us as doomed and pitiful wretches. Hollywood's refusal to stand up to Alec Baldwin's gay slurs is shameful 2013-06-28T21:32:04Z We are close to becoming the “pitiful, helpless giant” that Nixon described and denounced during the Vietnam War. Cranky Guy: Nixon's Still the One 2014-08-09T04:00:00Z But Eve is simply a pitiful woman and Sylphid is a pampered, wicked fat girl with a bison hump. Man of letters 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z When he asks Ariel how the shipwrecked queen and nobles are, she suggests that they are pitiful from his torments: that if he could see them, his “affections would become tender.” Review: ‘The Tempest’ Starkly Amplifies Prospero’s Evolution 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z Basically, she gets to do all the things that, as the First Lady in “House of Cards,” she desperately yearns to do but is forbidden from doing by the pitiful confines of the plot. Top Ten Things About Wonder Woman 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z If Jack was scary, and Piggy was pitiful, what about Simon? Their Inner Beasts: ‘Lord of the Flies’ Six Decades Later 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z I would take my really pitiful jokes to school and fail. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Disarming Humor in ‘Heads of the Colored People’ 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z This week the most pitiful image was probably that of Lawrence Boyd sneaking a drink out of the trashcan like a homeless person while Axe pauses to look on. ‘Billions’ Season 2, Episode 10: Nonconformity 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z Sure, everyone would see what a pitiful, drunken, helpless, tearful state I was – the opposite of what I’d prefer to project, yet also the truth. why do men suffer depression in silence? 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z Of a celebrity, to claim any member of the public uttering even the mildest criticism is nothing but an attention-seeking "troll" whose pitiful so-called existence is several rungs below that of the lowliest silverfish. From Armchair Paralympian to Paedosavile: my words of 2012 2012-12-30T20:00:00Z But for the most part, those stories are rather pitiful. Ellen Burstyn Honors a Friendship With a Futurist 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Many famous defendants have aimed for respectability, maturity, wide-eyed innocence or even pitiful decrepitude on their days in court. Perspective | At trial, Gwyneth Paltrow is dressing for where she’d rather be 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z When baby Isobel screams in her crib, I sometimes curse him, and he tells me not to be so pitiful. I never thought I would marry. But my friend persuaded me – after he died 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z We are “trapped somewhere between the heroic and the pitiful,” Tempest writes in her long poem “Brand New Ancients.” Kate Tempest’s Transformations 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z This mother, the widow of a nobleman, does not even have the pitiful consolation of knowing that her only child is dead. Ian Bostridge Stars in Britten’s ‘Curlew River’ 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z They range from the pitiful – a child's grill for corn on the cob, rigged out of wires bent over tea lights – to the technically impressive – one man made a fridge. Home-Made Europe: the DIY geniuses shaking up design 2012-05-30T16:14:18Z Transportation and a lifetime of hard labor would likely have seemed the worst possible outcome to Bean, well aware of his pitiful lack of stamina. Killing Queen Victoria 2012-07-22T18:00:00Z His guttural utterances are sometimes more frightening than pitiful. ‘The Roads Not Taken’ Review: Alternate Lives, All of Them Hellish 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z One evening whilst at work on those pitiful telegrams, a colleague sent me a note to the effect that "Ha, ha you Jews are certainly getting it in the neck these days." My great-grandparents died in the Holocaust and were almost forgotten 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z He’s pathetic, he’s pitiful – but there’s something glorious about him too. The show the military couldn't stop: Luca Guadagnino on We Are Who We Are 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Or, as Donahue likes to call them, “a pitiful bunch of malcontents.” One Million Moms overreaches again 2012-07-25T17:05:00Z When Mr. Curtis confessed his wish that viewers feel their time had not been wasted, the admission had a pitiful sound. On Artists and Audiences at American Realness 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z He has an anarchistic streak, and he’s intrigued by physical destruction but also moral destruction and finds most people very pitiful and very easy to manipulate. There Are Worse Roles Than the Seducer. Ask Alexander Skarsgard. 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Silver streamers and seizure-inducing music washing over us, we gamely order a giant frozen something to share, in a pitiful attempt at enthusiasm. D. J.s, Swim Briefs, $25 Coladas: In Vegas, the Party’s at the Pool 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z But, pitiful as it was, I didn’t want the moment to pass. Someday, We’ll Look Back on All of This and Write a Novel 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z In the event, with pitiful irony, Katherine's knack for a canny chess gambit forsook her after Henry's death. Queen's Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle – review 2013-04-06T10:00:01Z Thus dispossessed, these people were at the mercy of mine owners for sustenance, sent daily for pitiful wages into sphincters of the earth. The Story of Appalachia, With Plenty of Villains 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z He began to work the issue more pointedly in his last novel, "That Old Cape Magic," which creates a mother every bit as exasperating, pitiful and wonderful as Russo's own. Richard Russo's 'Elsewhere': unraveling the mystery of a troubled mother 2012-11-07T22:04:05Z "This seemed, even at the time, a pitiful excuse, and seems the more pitiful with hindsight," Barnes writes. Good sex in literature: why is it so hard to find? 2013-03-06T08:00:00Z Mr. Barker is remarkably magnetic, limning Charlie’s unease and yearning in a performance that allows him to be funny and sympathetic but never pitiful. Review: In ‘Agnes,’ Familial Ties Bound So Tightly They Fray 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Poverty denial is a common reflex, a defence by the better off, calculating cunning ways to manage on puny pay, blaming the low paid without asking why wages are pitiful. If only soap operas didn't wash their hands of politics 2012-11-12T20:30:01Z My first hint was the suburban luau of stricken white men with their pitiful tiki torches. I share a name with the Charlottesville "Unite the Right" organizer 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z “It was a pitiful run,” recalled Ghadially, a dermatologist and researcher on aging at the University of California at San Francisco. They didn’t start running competitively until late in life. Why are they winning? 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z You see some of the most pitiful people with this disease – it’s awful. Endometriosis: hidden suffering of millions of women revealed 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z We have been told about Don Draper, too, though in the most recent season of “Mad Men,” his charm has begun to seem shopworn and sad, and his misbehavior more pitiful than demonic. Cross Cuts: How Walter White Found His Inner Sociopath 2013-07-24T14:48:26Z Even if he ever arrives at the point of accepting his bias as merely an incident in his personality, he sets up all sorts of pitiful little compensations. Books of The Times: David Margolick’s ‘Dreadful’ Explores a Gay Novelist’s Anguish 2013-07-31T21:30:19Z He knows that “his obsession is pitiful, sweet, and sad,” but that only makes the boy more precious to him. Francine Prose’s ‘Mister Monkey’ takes on the bananas world of children’s theater 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Born on an uncle’s nearby farm, the “pitiful” motherless creature isn’t expected to live long. Great New Children’s Books About Animals 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z The fictional postal worker, epitomized by Cliff in “Cheers” and Newman in “Seinfeld,” is a slightly pitiful character who demands an esteem he never quite receives. Dance, I Said — Dance! And Leave the Package on the Porch. 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z But the biggest hurdle may be Manson himself, with his pitiful impossible dream of being "bigger than the Beatles," the dream whose thwarting led in a roundabout way to what we call the Manson murders. 'Aquarius' reveals flip side of Summer of Love 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Imagine that you’re a humble woodland guide, working for pitiful wages at an island resort northwest of Vancouver, British Columbia. It’s 2038. The World Is Dust and Forests Are Scarce. 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z He makes Nitram pitiful as he searches for love and acceptance. "Nitram" director was "terrified" of tackling mass shooting that changed Australian gun laws forever 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z "Naturally, meeting individuals takes one away from the rather pitiful stereotype of Pakistanis all being one appalling, homogenous whole." Book festival aims to restore Lahore's cultural tradition 2013-02-01T15:33:25Z It’s here, when Bibi is in her early 20s, that her father dies, leaving her “among the loneliest of this pitiful world.” Brainy and Benighted, Lost in the Books of Bolaño and Borges 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z I put my money on the Rock because he was not explicitly vile like Diesel, was not a pitiful actor like Diesel, and because he possessed a certain self-deprecating charm, unlike Diesel. The Rock's defection to kids movies breaks my heart 2010-05-27T22:00:00Z Then bargaining — “some expectant yips” — and then depression: “It devolves into really pitiful crying that’s like, almost melodic.” Dogs, too, can find the pandemic disorienting 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z “Lucky Grandma” puts an older Asian woman center stage without infantilizing her or rendering her pitiful. ‘Lucky Grandma’ Review: Mean Streets of Chinatown 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z A pitiful man crouches and pounces before a towering showgirl before being swallowed in her voluminous cloak. Dance Review: New York City Ballet at David H. Koch Theater 2013-02-02T01:32:24Z The corporations's initial "pitiful" apology was "mealy-mouthed" he says, adding that the comments made on Top Gear are important because the programme has such a high international profile. Steve Coogan attacks Top Gear's 'ignorant' stars 2011-02-05T21:32:50Z Viola Davis, for instance, has been vocal on both the marginalised movie parts she is offered and the pitiful remittance that often accompanies them. American hustle: how Hollywood rips off women 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z If the celebrities I stalked stared at me, and asked, kindly, about my pitiful excuse for a career, I was stunned. ‘Alcoholism continues long after you stop drinking': my 15 years sober 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z By the time she returned to it, only the frame remained, as pitiful and useless as a single shoe. Rachel Whiteread: 'I couldn't say no. It felt right to do this one' – interview 2012-07-07T19:19:01Z Her spirit is still vibrant, but she is physically “pitiful,” her body ravaged by cancer. The Erotic Truths of “Scary Old Sex” 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z Are we describing a slow and pitiful goth band? July's best new music from across the MAP 2011-07-18T08:26:00Z I got the impression that even my invented sales figure was pitiful to him. Confessions of a celebrity biographer 2010-08-03T23:27:00Z In Billy Wilder’s “Sunset Boulevard,” Norma Desmond so deeply embodies this confusion that she punctuates a banal observation with a pitiful question: “Stars are ageless — aren’t they?” Review: ‘The Age of Adaline’ Coasts Through the Decades 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z The ageing process isn't terribly pretty… and you don't want yourself splattered all over the place if you look pitiful. Big mouth strikes (once) again 2010-09-03T20:30:00Z This, in her view, is a criminally retrograde story line, one that recasts women as pitiful creatures who cannot think and act for themselves — and it’s a story they seem to have internalized. ‘Unwanted Advances’ Tackles Sexual Politics in Academia 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z Dicky and Boo Boo continue throwing punches that don’t land, a pitiful burlesque that Mr. Russell cross-cuts with clips from the Leonard-Eklund match, a juxtaposition that makes the crack-house scene more pathetic. The Oscars: Christian Bale Summons a Fallen Man?s Delusions 2010-12-31T18:45:24Z On these shows, catfished women are pitiful, gullible, and decisively single — and for these reasons, they're the butt of the joke. The pathetic plight of TV's catfished women 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Celebrities who go round apologising are pitiful, and don't do themselves any favours. Steve Coogan: celebrities who apologise over tabloid exposés are pitiful 2013-07-29T23:05:00Z Example: If you wear sandals with socks, you are a pitiful dweeb. Gene is shaken to the normcore I left his apartment early on the morning that followed our long night – a pitiful but endearing pickup line, endless cheap drinks, a late-night invitation and an even later-night acceptance. Finders keepers: my favourite piece of clothing 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Our visitor was in a pitiful state of agitation. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: A new dog. A closed door. A mysterious puddle. Can Sherlock Holmes solve this case? 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z But the New York Times is here to tell how how pitiful and wrong you are. Repeat after me: you don't need to get fit to get married 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Her character’s path is merely a metaphor for life as performance, framed unpersuasively as a pitiful destiny. Review: Rachel Weisz Toys With Identity in ‘Complete Unknown’ 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z “Dog the Bounty Hunter” finds pathos and slapstick comedy in the hunting down of fugitives who are usually more pitiful than dangerous. Critic?s Notebook: Criminals, Addicts, Misfits: That?s Entertainment 2011-01-20T00:30:21Z It was not until I then returned to my Google search and actually hit the “Return” key that I moved from mildly amused by myself to profoundly pitiful. Gene Weingarten’s most pathetic career moment? This column idea. 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z “The Last of Us” has also become the most successful adaptation of a video game into scripted entertainment — breaking a pitiful streak by Hollywood. ‘The Last of Us’ Continues Craig Mazin’s Hollywood Ascent 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Walking home, shivering, hollow-eyed and gut-punched, Molly kept saying in a pitiful monotone: “I just ... don’t ... understand.” Perspective | His grandson’s name was at stake. Would the Nats throw Gene Weingarten a curve? 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z And the overwhelming whiteness of inner-city Gotham, as well as that fact that all the women bar Pfeiffer are left to wallow in pitiful temptress roles, is something that has been rectified by their progenies. 'I'm sucking up your IQ!': what 90s Batman teaches us 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z It’s both comical and somewhat pitiful, but it also feels like an authorial declaration because it dovetails with Mr. Russell’s belief in joyous, transporting cinema. Movie Review: ‘Silver Linings Playbook,’ Directed by David O. Russell 2012-11-15T20:57:57Z T-Dog was a joke, a pitiful character whose name we don’t actually learn until much later after his introduction and who is a glorified chauffeur and protector for the white characters — especially white women. “It feels like we’re watching misery porn”: Salon’s “The Walking Dead” experts break down the show’s issues with race and representation 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z It is cuntily pitiful, but I shall have to be polite about it. Digested read: Liberation: Diaries Volume Three: 1970–1983, by Christopher Isherwood 2012-06-17T18:00:01Z Katherine Parr, the king's intended sixth bride, sits calmly armoured by irony, rescuing one pitiful creature by requesting "that it be repatriated to the pond in the knot garden". Queen's Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle – review 2013-04-06T10:00:01Z But Mueller’s Marian never comes across as prudish, or pitiful, or needing a man to awaken her. Review | Trouble? Ya got none in Kennedy Center’s revival of ‘The Music Man.’ 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z This pitiful screen adaptation of the hit Broadway show saddled Adams with a thankless role of a mother grieving over her son's death. The worst film performances of 2021 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Admittedly, there’s a certain brattiness to my reaction: why are you jerks trying to ruin one of the few pleasures of my sad, pitiful life? If House Hunters Is Wrong, I Don’t Want to Be Right 2012-06-13T15:40:09Z Without the ruddy meat of the man, the jackets looked pitiful and also, maybe, a little bit humanizing. The Revealing Excesses of Paul Manafort’s Wardrobe 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z On harsher inspection, "I had wanted life not to bother me too much, and succeeded – and how pitiful that was." The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes ? review 2011-07-26T16:15:00Z White racism, which I used to take so seriously, came, more and more, to seem childish and pitiful to me. Obama’s Parting Gift: The Power Not to Fear White Racism 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z I’m reminded of those pitiful folks in old editorial cartoons — poor Americans who fell on such dire times that they were drawn wearing a barrel with shoulder straps. Review | Bravo’s ‘Stripped’ is like ‘Naked and Afraid’ for indoorsy types 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z The banana should be seen in the context of this earlier work, which places the art market itself on the wall, drooping and pitiful. A (Grudging) Defense of the $120,000 Banana 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z The pitiful cardinal in his clothes of burgundy bemoans that he will soon be worth less than a filthy stinking dog. Thomas Adès and the L.A. Phil find life in the Dance of Death 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z And Last: The Weakest Link > The Least Weak Ink: Every week this game show’s hostess mocks “Loser” entrants for their pitiful attempts at humor. Style Invitational Week 1462: Time for a new career? 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z This is an anatomy of two decisions recently made by a pitiful neurotic. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: This is how a neurotic makes a decision 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z For women, solitude is dangerous: a lone woman is considered vulnerable to attacks, pitiful for her lack of male companionship, or threatening to another woman’s relationship. Wild and the Rise of the Lone She-Wolf 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z Only in the snapshot does he look oddly pitiful: eyes red, shoulders slouched, cheeks shiny with tears. Crying Jordan: The Meme That Just Won’t Die 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z There is nothing pitiful about a decision to showcase Jimi Hendrix. Coming to EMP: Hendrix, AC/DC ? and some leather, too 2012-01-20T19:26:55Z So pitiful and appalling was the state of the bodies that hardened cops and firemen reportedly cried at the scene. “And everybody cried”: The callous murder of the Harvey family and the song it inspired 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z “This book is another pitiful attempt to cash in on the President’s strength and sell lies about the Trump family,” said Trump’s spokeswoman Liz Harrington. Trump played tough with Putin when cameras were around, but a new book details his insecurities 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Perhaps a brighter future awaits for at least one of these pitiful women. A Novel About 3 Generations of Cherokee Women (and No-Good Men) 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z What doesn’t seem to exist – clearly, based on that pitiful 4.8 percentage – are opportunities for us to not only break in, but stick around. Only 4.8% of TV writers are black. As one of them, I know the system is broken | Stefani Robinson 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z These are undoubtedly breakup songs, full of grim imagery and pitiful little details. Chris Martin feels it all on Coldplay's 'Ghost Stories' 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Those with back trouble will say that the merciful, pitiful recline option is all that is saving them from a trip to the chiropractor. There's a huge row over reclining your airline seat. Is capitalism to blame? 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Yes, yes, yes, and yes — but it’s a pitiful cinematic event, especially compared with Hurricane Cher. Review: ‘Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’ Takes a Detour and Loses Its Kick 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z When he grumbled about roadside food, I recalled the time I settled on a Chipwich for dinner, the best of several pitiful options. John Steinbeck’s classic travelogue showcases man’s best road trip buddy 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Caroline does, if no longer as a pitiful boy then as an ethical dilemma, an heir to the exploitative ways of even liberal whites. Review: ‘Caroline, or Change’ Makes History’s Heartbreak Sing 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z “Give Up the Ghost” offers the comforts of an acoustic guitar and a wish for benediction — “Gather up the pitiful in your arms” — against a phantom choir of Mr. Yorke, shakily harmonizing with himself. Critic?s Notebook: Radiohead Surprises With Early Release 2011-02-18T23:25:50Z The pay is pitiful — he asks for 3 pesos a day and receives 2 ½ — but he takes the job only to faint from hunger shortly afterward. Movie Review: Lino Brocka’s ‘Manila in the Claws of Light’ 2014-02-05T23:10:25Z They get the joke of their own pitiful existence. Fashion Review: Paris Men’s Fashion Week Reviews: Louis Vuitton, Rick Owens, Raf Simons and More 2013-07-03T19:50:22Z And after a blackout, with the dancers now vulnerable in their underwear, the mood of pitiful brokenness sinks further into cliché. Review: A Sad Noodle Debut by Rubberband 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z By turns frightening and pitiful, the process was fascinating to behold, and strangely affecting. Dance Review: Heather Kravas and Jeremy Wade in Solo Works - Review 2011-10-11T00:20:31Z And that’s why North Carolina’s absurd little stunt is so pitiful. Forget the theocracy, North Carolina 2013-04-03T19:57:00Z Without it, my lashes are sparse and pitiful. | Nonie Creme 2011-06-06T16:44:39Z The year after Hurricane Katrina flooded the city and the federal response was pitiful, the winner howled: “FEMA!” ‘The Yellow House’ Is a Major Memoir About a Large Family and Its Beloved Home 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z Workers had no rights; they had to make do with casual periods of work, and their wages were pitiful. The People's History Museum provides pieces of a global jigsaw 2010-12-04T10:59:00Z Many see that as a pitiful amount, given their hours of forced labor in prison. Stasi victims still in trauma as Germany cheers 25 years since wall fell 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z The sequence ends with the stalker about to murder a showering woman, and she lets out a pitiful scream; cut to the screening room, where we learn that Jack hasn’t bothered to dub the actress. Don’t Get What Makes Brian De Palma an Auteur? Try These Two Films 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z In one section a healthy-looking woman walks past two pitiful waifs with apparent indifference, and then she does so again. 2010-02-13T00:15:00Z The film’s initial, documentary sequences of plywood shacks and pitiful tents, hopeless against the rain, are searingly accusatory. Documenta 14, a German Art Show’s Greek Revival 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z The genre is really the only leg Showtime has to stand on given the theatricals coming out of the network's pitiful output deals. Departing Showtime boss out-HBOed HBO 2010-06-28T05:24:00Z My dishevelled clothes and bag-laden eyes didn't shock my silent, elderly waiter: no doubt he'd seen many travellers in this pitiful state. Rum running in Puerto Rico 2011-01-01T00:06:04Z I Can't Stand Myself Sober is a pitiful fable of lack of self-esteem. July's best music from across the MAP 2012-07-18T09:17:04Z Or maybe it was a heartbreaker about someone “suffering” from a disability — either heroic for overcoming odds, or pitiful for succumbing. Spare me, “Me Before You”: Hollywood’s new tearjerker is built on tired and damaging disability stereotypes 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z But, even if there a lot of Liberals, there’s this well meaning but ultimately dehumanizing like, 'Look at these pitiful refugees, they need our help.' Showing dignity and depth in Syria 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z She is both alluring and disgusting, predatory and pitiful and, despite her unsubtle fondness for animal prints, so much more complex than all the pornified milfs and cougars that came after. Here’s to you, Mrs Robinson: why The Graduate unites warring generations 50 years on 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z The further he went the more clogged the road became, and the more pitiful the state of the fleeing population. Ridley Scott to produce Robert Harris adaptation 2010-04-13T10:26:00Z Ignoring the rolling hills and glimpses of the Mediterranean, Dubuffet chose to highlight “the dwarf, close-cropped vegetation and the pitiful plants which grow along the sides of these poorly kept roads.” Jean Dubuffet at Museum of Modern Art 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z The sights attending this endeavor are as pasty and pitiful as you’re no doubt imagining. ‘Sink or Swim’ Review: Pool Boys 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z The two had been invited to the same San Francisco dive bar in August 2010 to celebrate the marriage of mutual friends, and once there, they both flocked to the neglected, pitiful dance floor. On Love: Amelia Gingold and Aneet Makin So underneath all the lies told in “To Build a Better Beta,” there’s a pitiful, childlike vulnerability. ‘Silicon Valley’ Season 3, Episode 7: Stop, Beta Time 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z A study from the University of California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism earlier this year found that less than a third — a pitiful 28.4 percent — of speaking roles in films went to women. Witches Are The New Vampires — and That’s A Good Thing 2013-11-11T17:08:08Z Othello appears, furious, and puts Cassio—sputtering, pitiful—on speedy public trial. Monica Lewinsky and the Shame Game 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z "The problem for a democracy is how to get rid of the pitiful vanities of partisan talk and voting and the corruption of party machines without silencing opposition criticism," he muses. Unseen WH Auden diary sheds light on famous poem and personal life 2013-06-26T08:00:03Z It's so pitiful, you don't even want to say it: their lacking confidence, their lacking skill in communication, their refusal to discuss any matter intellectually. Ai Weiwei: 'China in many ways is just like the middle ages' 2011-04-11T17:05:01Z We knew we were wrong to laugh, but we were too young to take much seriously, let alone a character like Sarah Jane, whom we found more pitiful than pitiable. The Performance of Racial Passing 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z She also found time to write letters home with raw observations of mangled corpses, mourning families, pitiful rations and devastated forests, and she sometimes photographed the awful sights. Over There: Daughters of Liberty 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Mailer said he would be a better writer if his contemporaries had been better writers, and, pitiful statement that it is, one knows what he means. Interview: Gore Vidal 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z A battered Volkswagen van pulls up to a pitiful excuse for a tennis court in Compton. ‘Venus and Serena’: a smashing look at star sisters of tennis 2013-05-23T21:06:47Z Raabe said the pay was pitiful - "by today's standards, people would say you were crazy to work for that," he once noted - but enjoyed the recognition the film brought him. Hollywood mourns Munchkin actor 2010-04-11T09:56:00Z Even the one film that he directed that didn’t have a role for him – his pitiful Saturday Night Fever sequel Staying Alive – still included a tell-tale flash of egotism. You're so vain! The phenomenon of the self-loving actor-director 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Many variables will factor into the selection—will the series end on a triumphant note, or a pitiful one? Vote: What Should Be the Last Song on Mad Men? 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z The hot-air balloon of what is now referred to as white male privilege comes plummeting to earth in the pitiful visage of a once-vigorous breadwinner trotted around like a garish puppet. Review | Taylor Mac’s play ‘Hir’ shows an America that’s groping in the dark for its moral identity 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z Have you seen the pitiful new poem Harold Pinter has written for the LRB? Distant Intimacy by Frederic Raphael and Joseph Epstein – digested read 2013-03-18T08:00:27Z And she's both hilarious and pitiful, extracting from it a toothbrush, a lipstick, a comb to keep up appearances. In 'Happy Days,' character is buried in sand, wrestling with life 2012-03-14T20:22:04Z Other than his recovery this whole story felt bitter, angry, and pitiful - bot funny at all. Tracy Morgan Is a Survivor. And ‘a Better Man Now.’ 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Soon, though, there are other problems to contend with, including the pitiful makeshift camp to which the family is relocated with scores of other bewildered villagers. Blame it on the 10-year-old when bad things happen 2014-02-20T19:50:43Z They work endless hours in garment sweatshops for pitiful wages, yet still manage to save their money and send most of it back home. The most nightmarish holiday commute ever 2011-09-27T16:28:00Z At Jack’s insistence, he and his engineers visit the underground data storage vault where Pied Piper’s pitiful appliance will be tucked away like the holy relic at the end of “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” ‘Silicon Valley’ Season 3, Episode 3: Julia Roberts and 11 Men 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z But his blowups are more pitiful than menacing: his rage is the manifestation of self-loathing, the knowledge that he has once again failed to fit himself into the world around him. Make America Cringe Again: Tim Robinson’s “I Think You Should Leave” 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z A cruelly deformed human being referred to as the "pitiful creature" spends much of his time penned up, though at night he roams free with his razor-sharp claw. Despite a few bumps, 'Blacktop Highway' still leads to horrors inside the American psyche 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Friends took one look at the pitiful figure on her knees, clinging to the hallway radiator, and gently suggested I might need to start taking better care of myself. 5am ice baths and a strict vegan diet: my year of living (very) healthily 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z At another point, this man declares, “I seemed to have turned into a superfluous and pitiful character, like someone in a William Trevor story.” Books of The Times: Marcel Theroux’s Eccentric ‘Strange Bodies’ 2014-02-13T20:41:07Z But wages are so pitiful at around £60 per month that workers are currently risking their lives in protests to fight for more. Virginity for sale: inside Cambodia's shocking trade 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z Some great unpleasant moments here but what makes it so special is the stunning performance from Robin McLeavy as Lola, one of the most terrifying yet pitiful creations in horror cinema. Simply the best of the rest 2010: films the critics forgot to mention 2011-01-10T16:45:33Z Hunchbacks, dwarves — hunchbacked dwarves — they were laughable, or pitiful, or repulsive as freaks, but in any case, they were other, never quite human. Killing Queen Victoria 2012-07-22T18:00:00Z Kipnis’ latest book is a critique of sexual politics on college campuses, which she argues recast women as pitiful creatures who cannot think and act for themselves. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z She wants so much to be believed, this voice, and is almost as pitiful as the other me, which is the one that is writing this story: the one that wants to live. ‘Alcoholism continues long after you stop drinking': my 15 years sober 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z Not comedy clubs, where the pay even for comics who bring down the house is generally pitiful and the chance of being abused by drunk hecklers is high. So, college “p.c. culture” stifles comedy? Ever hear a comedian sh*t on the American Dream at a Wal-Mart shareholders meeting? 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Held’s full-bodied sound combined with his haggard, pitiful look made his Wozzeck seem especially delusional and dangerous. Music Review: In ?Wozzeck? at the Met, the Night Belonged to Levine 2011-04-07T12:58:54Z I think a lot of people would maybe look at it in a more pitiful way, like, “Oh, why doesn’t she get to play lead characters? Why just supporting?” She’s Oscar-Nominated, but Hong Chau Hopes to Stay an Underdog 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z He presents subjects who are pitiful and therefore unthreatening, all the while reminding viewers that these subjects are basically “American” and therefore acceptable. Unfollow Humans of New York: The site engages sentimentally with real political matters — empathy is much harder 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z And, of course, we should fight tooth and nail for palliative care and hospices to be available to all, with those services funded better than their current pitiful levels. Assisted dying should be a right for all 2012-05-18T09:30:01Z Doing his mimic marching shuffle, around the corner from the practicing British troops, what a pitiful imitation "human" he appears to be. Creating a spectacle of slaughter at the movies: Ambush at Kamikaze Pass 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z He can also cover his voice and fill it with pitiful tears. Review: A Singer Returns to Shore at the Met in ‘Dutchman’ 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z Hungry people intrude into the office at times, desperately trying to sell their pitiful wares. Review: The wolf is at the door in 'Cornelius' 2013-06-12T22:22:08Z “Comrade Writer,” she calls him, a pitiful oxymoron. A New Translation of an Anti-Heroic German Doorstopper of 1968 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z He highlighted "the pitiful state of the defence industry, the capability to produce enough ammunition, depots, and the ability to make external contracts". Ukraine war: EU set to miss target of a million shell rounds 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z But Saturday night when Evans asked Riley if he would be considering making personnel or schematic changes to his defense after another pitiful showing, it was Riley’s response that drew this fan’s frustration. Commentary: Lincoln Riley is on the verge of losing USC fans' devotion by keeping Alex Grinch 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Hannas, now a Georgetown University analyst, told House lawmakers that the intelligence community’s effort to learn about foreign gains in science and technology is pitiful. Former CIA officer warns that China is ‘light years ahead’ of U.S. in monitoring foreign tech 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z How about saying that you are embarrassed for the Dodgers fans for that pitiful effort? Letters to Sports: Forget about the Dodgers! Wait, when will Shohei Ohtani sign? 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z Marina Tauber, his most prominent political ally and a candidate for mayor next month in Moldova's second largest city, Balti, denounced the move as "sad and pitiful". Moldova moves to bar members of banned pro-Russia party from elections 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Calling the scandal "the most pitiful incident in human history", Higashiyama said there had been debate, but no conclusion, as to whether the agency should change its name. Japan's Johnny Kitagawa sex abuse scandal forces shake-up at J-pop agency 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Disgruntled customers cite other examples: ice cream is shown with whole almonds but contains only shavings, pizza toppings are meagre, salads pricey but pitiful. Why your burger may not always look like the advert 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z Trade union Unite said the "momentous" decision had been taken because the charity had refused to improve a "pitiful" offer of a 2.25% rise. St Mungo's: Staff at homeless charity being indefinite strike over pay 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Writing at MSNBC, Zeeshan Aleem describes what actually took place, a pitiful scene that suggests Trump's power and command over his most loyal and militant followers may in fact be weakening: The many ways MAGA seeks to avenge Trump 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Anti-racism campaigns and slogans are welcomed but increasingly viewed as tokenism, especially when fines handed to clubs or federations for racial abuse committed by fans often are so pitiful. Racist abuse of Vinicius Junior highlights entrenched problem in soccer 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z The union said workers were "taking a stand" following a "pitiful" offer of a 2.25% pay rise. Staff at homeless charity St Mungo's to stage month-long strike over pay 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z In the process, Byzantium was reduced to a pitiful fragment of its former glory, holding on to the city of Constantinople and its hinterlands but otherwise surrounded by Ottoman territories. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Skimpy pots are pitiful, a wasted chance for beauty. A pretty gardening pot is the perfect place to try something different 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z He glowers and glares, but one also senses that he's well aware that he looks pitiful. The MAGA movement is having its worst week 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z It is so tawdry and pitiful and, yet, so perfectly appropriate for a man of gross appetites and bereft of a moral compass. Trump’s stranger-than-fiction moment | Horsey cartoon 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z “People wanted to show that we can dish it out as well as take it. We’re not a pitiful helpless giant.” 20 Years On, a Question Lingers About Iraq: Why Did the U.S. Invade? 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z She added that barracks were "pitiful", with some lacking "functioning toilets, clean showers... indoor sports facilities, troop kitchens, care facilities, ammunition depots and armouries". German military boost fails to spend single euro 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z “Trump has turned into a pitiful figure, continually bemoaning his loss in 2020. Big Republican donors are abandoning him in droves. DeSantis is shrewd, ruthless and ambitious. He’s likely to be the Republican candidate.” NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z His side struggled to make it out of their own half in a pitiful first-half display, and had no impact up front throughout. Celtic stay nine points clear with Aberdeen rout 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z Where would they have gone if their housing, pitiful as it was, was taken away in a town where market-rate studio apartments rent for more than $2,000 a month? The 'plantation mentality' of farm work means brutal housing conditions are normal 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z There, tiny tents made of tarpaulin and duct tape now fill the landscape, providing pitiful shelter to their occupants, who are often small children and their traumatized mothers. Pope Francis Visits Congo: What to Know 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z "There were very heavy losses. It's very pitiful. It's hard," said Danylo, an officer in charge of repairing tanks for the 24th Mechanised Brigade. Ukraine war: Bakhmut defenders plea for Western tanks 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z "It looks so pitiful," he says in a video which has now gone viral across the Philippines. The Philippines' food worries amid Ukraine war and typhoons 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z A pitiful guava tree in the front yard seemed to be crying for attention. Op-Ed: His cat, his house, his neighborhood gone 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z "It was just all very, very pitiful, like it was an excuse for what he had done and that I'd pushed him to it." Zara Aleena murder: Jordan McSweeney ex feels 'lucky I still have my life' 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z China's embassy in Australia last year denounced former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott as "pitiful" after he decried Chinese pressure against Taiwan when he visited the island in a personal capacity. Bipartisan group of Australian MPs to visit Taiwan from Sunday - The Australian 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z The pitiful performance spawned questions about personnel, coaching and effort. Browns out of the cold, set to face Bills indoors in Detroit 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z The fact he even tried shows a pitiful lack of self-awareness. Opinion | How Rick Scott crashed and burned twice in one year 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Last night's speech even featured this rather pitiful lament: Donald Trump launches 2024 revenge tour — and Fox News, at least, is here for it 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z “It is a pitiful case,” he observed, “and I think it is time for people to follow the admonition of the Bible about persons throwing the first stone and that none are without sin.” Review | A biography that may change your mind about J. Edgar Hoover 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Back in 2015, defeat by Bangladesh ended a pitiful 50-over World Cup campaign for a cricketing nation still visiting Blockbuster in the age of streaming. 'England spoil party with one of their greatest wins' 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Eastern Illinois: The Panthers look like a team that will surpass its pitiful 5-26 record from last year. Shannon scores 24 as Illinois beats Eastern Illinois 87-57 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Now there will be a bunch of hired trolls and bots in my comments that will cry in extremely pitiful whiny key strokes, 'but you're tweeting now!' Marjorie Taylor Greene says communists got her banned from Twitter 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z “Do you know how many homeless people are laying on the streets dying? I cried for three days. Pitiful, pitiful, pitiful. That should not be. It should not be.” Column: L.A., it's time to choose a mayor. Is it Bass’ moment, or Caruso's? 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z If his pitiful candidates don’t survive, maybe some Republicans will ask for their money back. Trump’s blessing loses its luster 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Entering the season, it seemed the most pressing concern facing USC’s defense was the Trojans’ pitiful pass rush. Tuli Tuipulotu devours quarterbacks: Takeaways from USC’s win over Washington State 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z But somehow, thanks to some bold steering, ingenious staging and a potent humanity — especially in depicting the calmness that creating art gives Petrov — the movie never feels like a pitiful wallow. Review: Willfully impenetrable, 'Petrov's Flu' says it's complicated being Russian 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z “It is pitiful that countries like us that emit less greenhouse gases are most vulnerable,” Lansigan said. As disaster hits the Philippines again, a farmer’s sorrow reveals the stakes 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Let’s start here, at the pitiful spot where Robert Sarver has asked the world to view him. Perspective | Robert Sarver said he wanted forgiveness. He really wanted us to forget. 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z “Gorbachev’s wife, Raisa, gave me a look that seemed to be a mix of gratitude that I had bothered to show up and embarrassment at the pitiful turnout,” Ryckman said. Covering Gorbachev: AP remembers his wit, wisdom, warmth 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z The author said the Christie estate's reaction was "astonishingly pitiful". Queens of crime: Val McDermid reveals legal threat over Agatha Christie title 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z With her shoulders hunched, eyes downcast, the actress seems to absorb the insults and deprivations to which Mister subjects her as if they are Celie’s pitiful due. Review | ‘Color Purple’ is lifted by powerful voices at Signature Theatre 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Unite said the action would hit all council waste services in response to a "pitiful" 2% local government pay offer. Bin workers at 15 Scottish councils to strike in pay dispute 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z It is the same political bent that leads to pitiful maternity leaves and a severe lack of affordable, quality child care. The criminalization of pregnancy 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z MPs had demanded a "complete reset" of the industry, amid "pitiful returns" for artists. Music industry as tough as it has always been, watchdog says 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z McDermid joked: "Obviously, you see that on the poster, you're going to go, 'Oh, queen of crime, we're not going to read that Agatha Christie any more are we?' It's just astonishingly pitiful." Queens of crime: Val McDermid reveals legal threat over Agatha Christie title 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Why would they default to that kind of pitiful behavior and think that's how you fight back against a bully? Dr. Mark Goulston on why Democrats keep losing: They're afraid of their own anger 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z It’s their pitiful Hail Mary attempt to hang on to power by distracting women from how universally terrible Democrat policies have been for them. Women — don’t take Pelosi’s bait! 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z But she said it was "pitiful" that the investigation was launched two days after the campaign group said it was considering a judicial review over "time wasting". Covid: Terms of inquiry into UK pandemic response finalised 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z Answering in accented Korean that I was born in Korea forces a puzzled face; explaining that I was adopted conjures a pitiful one. Perspective | Why I reclaimed my South Korean citizenship after losing it as a baby 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z The reason for the pitiful state of U.S. broadband is that the high fees extracted from users aren’t being reinvested to build better infrastructure, but to enrich executives and investors. Opinion | The Internet Is Broken. How Do We Fix It? 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z With the stock market continuing its slide downward and banks paying pitiful rates on checking, savings and money market accounts, people are fleeing to Series I bonds, which were created to keep pace with inflation. Perspective | Inflation-linked U.S. bonds crashed the TreasuryDirect website 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Earlier Tuesday, I was about to anoint the Bruins the night’s biggest loser given their pitiful showing in Carolina and historical connection to May 10. NHL insider: Playoffs again provide plenty of drama on a historically significant date 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z The stories — with forceful headlines such as “Vladimir Putin has turned into a pitiful and paranoid dictator” and “Russia abandons the corpses of their soldiers in Ukraine” — were shortly taken down. Russian TV, online platforms hacked with antiwar message on Victory Day 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z Moreover, their low single-digit scores were so pitiful that their support may carry little weight. Analysis: In presidential race, Macron can no longer count on anti-Le Pen front 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z Laurence’s wife, Florence, was not happy about it — the family’s deed to a ghost town in Alaska seemed pitiful compensation. How a family secret (or two) led a Seattle attorney to his grandfather’s Alaskan ghost town 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Last year, there was criticism from a committee of MPs who said artists were seeing "pitiful returns" from streaming services. How TikTok is forcing singers to search for a viral moment 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z “But it’s a pitiful drop in the bucket compared to what we need.” Treasury Shifts $377 Million Among States as Pandemic Housing Aid Dries Up 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z “When China gave covid to the world and millions of people died, what did we do? We didn’t even call one pitiful meeting at the United Nations,” she said. Trump muses on war with Russia and praises Kim Jong Un 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z I had three choices: leave the party; eat and drink outside — drenched, alone and pitiful; or ditch the mask and enjoy the party indoors. Perspective | I’m a 64-year-old vaxxed doctor. Here’s how I calculate my covid risk at parties. 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z But this computer was where my previous Wordle statistics, as pitiful as they were, were kept. How to fix your NY Times-based Wordle if it isn’t working 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z In a landscape where women their age are portrayed as either powerless and pitiful or powerful and despised, this feels revelatory. The Rise of the Over-50 Fashion Mentors 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z It was, The Times wrote, “a pitiful commentary upon humanity.” California is closing San Quentin’s death row. This is its gruesome history 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z They looked pitiful shoved into the far corner of the cheese drawer, and I was momentarily annoyed with them taking up space and creating clutter. Fromage fort turns odds and ends of cheese into an elegant French spread 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Aberdeen still had half an hour to mount a recovery, yet their comeback attempts were pitiful as the hosts comfortably protected the lead. Stunning Ronan strike downs Aberdeen 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z And there’s the fact that Allen and Payne, considered to be brotherly bookend defensive tackles, went after each other amid the pitiful performance. Perspective | In one half of football and fighting, Ron Rivera’s steady WFT rebuild descended into chaos 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z Trailing 2-0 and needing to win to keep their Ashes hopes alive, England were dismissed for a pitiful 185 after being put into bat in the iconic Boxing Day Test. England crumble again in Boxing Day Test 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z "It’s pitiful and I didn’t think we guarded well at all," Kansas coach Bill Self said. Remy Martin’s late 3 lifts No. 7 Kansas over Stephen F. Austin 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z Just 11 months ago, coming off another pitiful season, the Jacksonville Jaguars found themselves in one of the more enviable situations in the N.F.L. Jaguars Fire Coach Urban Meyer After Less Than a Season 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z America's democracy doom loop is already becoming the "new normal," and the country's experiment in multiracial democracy may end in a pitiful anticlimax. Can American democracy escape the doom loop? So far, the signs are not promising 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z It was a downright pitiful and, as the coaches and players acknowledged, embarrassing performance. Month after rout by Colts, Jets D gets ‘do-over’ vs. Eagles 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Paulo Dantas planted corn, beans and watermelon several years later, but the produce was so pitiful, they fed it to the cattle. A Slow-Motion Climate Disaster: The Spread of Barren Land 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Mike Padden, a Minnesota-based defense attorney who also practices in Wisconsin, called the fact that Brooks had been freed just three weeks ago "pitiful." Waukesha parade horror made possible by left-wing district attorneys' attempts at bail reform, critics say 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Go ahead and imagine how low those numbers were in 2020 and how pitiful those tax receipts were from: D.C. tourism is abysmal, but holiday travel needn’t be 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z “This is pitiful that the Russians would do this,” Bill Nelson, NASA’s administrator, said in an interview. Debris From Test of Russian Antisatellite Weapon Forces Astronauts to Shelter 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z “I’m no tactician,” Lana wrote, “but the defense looks pitiful at times.” For Qatar, the World Cup’s Glamour Is the Payoff 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Jackson’s pitiful start continued on the next drive. Tucker’s OT game-winner lifts Ravens past Vikings 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Before the pandemic, I was not accustomed to writing in books: My thoughts seemed so pitiful when put up against the words on the page. How Scribbling in the Margins Transformed My Reading 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z To watch the Democrats be consistently outmaneuvered and defeated by the Republican-fascist movement is a pitiful thing to see. Why are Democrats afraid to use their power? American democracy depends on it 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z MPs recently demanded a "complete reset" of the music industry, amid "pitiful returns" for artists. Major music streaming services to face competition inquiry 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z These pitiful thoughts quickly passed — for better or worse, my talent for cultivating creeping doubts is only surpassed by an even greater talent for chopping them right above the root. The Myth of Asian American Identity 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z The bureau, he contended, “is in a very pitiful situation of not being able to regulate what needs to be regulated.” Federal regulation of oil platforms dogged by problems long before O.C. spill 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z A Donald Trump spokesperson called the book "another pitiful attempt to cash in on the president's strength and sell lies about the Trump family." Trump told Putin he had to act "a little tougher" toward him — but only "for the cameras": book 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z This display was pitiful and clearly shows we were outcoached by miles. Letters to Sports: It's time for UCLA football team to make changes 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z It is critical that low-income countries increase their vaccination coverage rates from the current pitiful levels of roughly 1% of the adult population. Coronavirus vaccines: Waive patents, share know-how 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z The move comes after MPs demanded a "complete reset" of the music industry, amid "pitiful returns" for artists. Major record labels could face competition inquiry 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z And rather than being merely pitiful, guys like Neil are actually dangerous. Cry macho: Why scared white guys are so dangerous 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z To protest that the Republican Party is hypocritical or lacks principles, as some commentators invariably do, is a pitiful example of missing the point. Rogue general vs. rogue president: GOP cultists willing to defend Trump destroying the world 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Political will to undertake such measures is pitiful, though, including among leading Democrats. Opinion | Firing Fed Chair Jerome Powell, as some progressives want, would sabotage Biden’s agenda 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z What a pitiful path Mr. McCarthy has traveled, from initially placing at least some blame for Jan. 6 on former president Donald Trump to actively undermining congressional inquiries into the riot. Opinion | Kevin McCarthy’s downward spiral 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z His actions horrified his old friends and followers; Mercouri told a French journalist that Mr. Theodorakis had become “grotesque” and “pitiful.” ‘Zorba’ composer Mikis Theodorakis dies at 96 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z That is a pitiful cause for which no one should have died. Paying the ultimate price in Afghanistan 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Hope can be a futile, pitiful, self-defeating and dangerous thing – if it is not accompanied by action. As the right ramps up the cruelty and dread, it's time to stay clear-headed — and fight back 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Perhaps it was engaging enough in the novels, but its pitiful execution in the monotonous films made it clear from the very start that Team Jacob never stood much of a chance. Analysis | The teen love triangle is a complicated TV tradition. ‘Never Have I Ever’ actually pulls it off. 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z The music industry is weighted against artists, with even successful pop stars seeing "pitiful returns" from streaming, a committee of MPs has said. MPs call for 'complete reset' of music streaming to ensure fair pay for artists 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z And what's truly pitiful in all of this is that the majority of Americans — 63% — favor a free public university system. "Public" universities aren't free, conservatives 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z “What a pitiful day in the history of women’s sports!” said Linda Blade, former Canadian track champion and author of the newly released book, “Unsporting: How Trans Activism and Science Denial Are Destroying Sport.” Olympics hit with backlash after first-ever transgender athlete qualifies on women’s side 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z "And guess what? I was absolutely pitiful when I started," she shared. ‘Pioneer Woman’ Ree Drummond reveals how she lost 43 pounds in 5 months: 'I was tired, puffy, and desperate' 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z She called on the government to provide financial support for the West End and other forms of commercial theatre, which "received pitiful amounts from the Cultural Recovery Fund". Covid: Theatre and music facing lockdown reopening delay 'catastrophe' 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z "Capitalist ethics, a pitiful parody on Christian ethics, strikes with its anathema the flesh of the laborer," Lafargue wrote. Cancel work: The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us that work is not a virtue 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z In between pitiful requests for selfies from an Avenger-fanboy banker, the duo are consistently told they don’t have enough income for the bank to issue a loan. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is a brief respite in a post-Thanos world 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z The Royal College of Nursing called the rise "pitiful" and started preparing for strike action, saying that its members should get 12.5% instead. NHS pay: More health unions join backlash against 1% pay rise 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z But the government is facing a backlash over the proposal, with unions condemning the "pitiful" rise. Covid-19: Starmer calls for bigger pay rise for NHS 'heroes' 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z And Texas’s favorite grocery store, HEB, will always supplement the pitiful support provided by the state government. 'Shivering under a pile of six blankets, I finally lost it': my week in frozen Texas hell 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Democrats in the Kansas House, your part in the half-finger-wag of a response to your newly elected member Aaron Coleman, of Kansas City, Kansas was pitiful. Editorial Roundup: Kansas 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z The contestants’ pitiful creations may fall flat but spirited host Nicole Byer, who landed a historic Emmy nomination last year, will never fail you. 11 reality shows to stream when you’re done with ‘Bling Empire’ 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z “It was so loathsome, pitiful and vile a sight,” wrote Dickens, upon witnessing the killer’s execution, “that the law appeared to be as bad as he.” Crime books to take you to other times and places, as recommended by our critic | The Plot Thickens 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z “He’d walked in the rain, was running a fever and was just in a pitiful state,” Brown said. COVID-19 shelter for South Carolina homeless people to open 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z “We are in a pitiful situation. The government situation is completely blocked.” Path to new Lebanese cabinet totally blocked, Berri says 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z Just a week ago, that division was on a pace to be historically pitiful — and it still might finish as such. Steelers’ Defeat Was a Comeback Wrapped in a Comeback for Alex Smith 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z Footballers 41, Cowboys 16 While Dallas played well last week, we predicted that Washington, as the most complete team in the pitiful N.F.C. N.F.L. Week 12 Predictions: Our Picks Against the Spread 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z The Premier League's proposed £50m rescue package for League One and Two clubs was described as "pitiful" by committee chairman Julian Knight. Ten clubs struggling to pay wages, MPs told 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z And don’t even get us started on the pitiful participation rates when there’s no presidential race at the top of the ticket. Column: Sports has reason to be proud, but can’t be one-off 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z At that time, television seemed to reinforce the notion that we pretty much didn't exist, or, when we did, it was generally pitiful. BBC Four's unexpected monologues on disability 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Wales, and Wayne Pivac in particular, will not fancy his first season in charge ending with a fifth place finish - the de facto Wooden Spoon given how pitiful Italy continue to be. Wales v Scotland: Six Nations 2020 – live! 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z “These grants are a pitiful attempt to distract from the sky high, mounting costs of the Trump EPA’s prioritizing corporate polluters over Black and brown communities,” Tlaib said. Minority communities question election-year push by EPA 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z Audrey Wells is just pitiful enough to be plausible, a woman on the cusp of stardom who can’t quite get there. Review: Not your average queer, meta-fictional spooky Victorian romp 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Thousands of women and children were trucked to the camp nightly, often in pitiful condition and sometimes shell-shocked. Kurdish-led zone vows to release Syrians from detention camp for ISIS families 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z Boosting many of those proficient attacks are some pitiful defenses. Analysis: Let’s light up those million-dollar scoreboards 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z Kenyan commentator Patrick Gathara tweeted: “This debate would be sheer comedy if it wasn’t such a pitiful and tragic advertisement for U.S. dysfunction.” World tunes in for, is stunned by Trump-Biden presidential debate 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z New York is a rebuilding team that won 12 games over the past three seasons and its performance Sunday in a 36-9 loss to the depleted San Francisco 49ers was pitiful. Despite 0-3 start, Giants a game out in woeful NFC East 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Such reactions are naïve and, in many ways, pitiful. Tim Wise on Trump, RBG and why we must fight to save multiracial democracy 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z “The transient population, it’s just so sad and it’s so pitiful, and you sound like you’re so mean,” Zimmer told my colleague Julia Wick, presumably with a straight face. Column: She tried to rent motel rooms for homeless people. A NIMBY hospital stopped her 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Professional diplomats are needed in the State Department to help mend our pitiful image in the eyes of the world. Opinion | The path forward for Biden 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z The region around Cubulco, Guatemala’s dry belt, was among the poorest in the country and particularly vulnerable to climate change; the last several harvest seasons had been a pitiful sight. How U.S. Policy Turned the Sonoran Desert Into a Graveyard for Migrants 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z A pitiful season for Pittsburgh is showing faint signs of turning around. LEADING OFF: Darvish, Greinke still among elite on mound 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z The $4.4 billion in the Senate version of the new supplemental funding bill does not even rise to the level of pitiful. Opinion | Covid-19 threatens to overwhelm the developing world 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z Labour promised to achieve that by 2016, and environmentalists condemned the later date as "pitiful". Planning law overhaul for England takes next step 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z Which only really changed his view of a pitiful team sliding sadly into Segunda 26 years later. It’s the Sids 2020! The complete review of La Liga's 2019-20 season | Sid Lowe 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Moms in yellow T-shirts and dads with leaf-blowers are the perfect way to show up Trump as a pitiful helpless giant. Mail order macho: The cheap Halloween costuming of Donald Trump’s toy fascism 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z America is now a pitiful nation led by a pathetic Mad King who will apparently do anything to stay in power. Donald Trump, Fox News grandpa: TV tells him what to do, and he does it 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z Instead, what he got was a pitiful turnout from his own supporters — who barely filled a third of the arena — and a peaceful protest outside that got virtually no media attention. Trump and the statues: He still thinks provoking conflict will get him re-elected 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z The contrast between the two countries was in most respects pitiful. A tale of two pandemics: how Germany got it right, and Britain blundered | Martin Kettle 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z His response to the pandemic and the protests over George Floyd’s death have been widely criticised as pitiful. First Thing: coronavirus has brought the US 'to its knees' 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z Although Donald Trump's rally on Saturday in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was pitiful and poorly attended, Trump offered his followers a buffet of their favorite treats. Trump looked weak in Tulsa — but the political vulture fed his faithful more toxic lies 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z In a new essay at the Atlantic, George Packer describes this ominous and pitiful moment in which America under Donald Trump appears more like a failed state than a great nation. Former Harvard psychiatrist Lance Dodes: Trump is trying to "turn America into a police state" 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z It may not feel that way, but the United States isn’t as hapless or pitiful as it sometimes seems these days. Opinion | Trump’s weak attempt to outsource strongman rule to the military 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported last year that youngsters need 40 to 50 hours of nutrition education each school year to change their pitiful sugar-laden eating habits. Perspective | The virus has made healthy eating more costly — just when we need a better diet 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z |
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