| 单词 | pitifully |
| 例句 | He had been afraid that she would attack him, would lay her poor snares before him—snares which would be all the more pitifully beguiling because of their poverty. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The things I felt, I was pitifully unable to express in the one- page letter that went every day to Mr. Elijah Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He would break put into Orgota and Karhidish all babbled pitifully together, begging me “not to,” and he fought me with a panic strength. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z They made a pitifully small assembly; the ironmen were few, the yard Urge. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As she argued with her husband, Drummer would whinny pitifully and lay his head on her shoulder. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When she shut him out once by mistake he wailed pitifully. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She was eighteen, pitifully small in the big bed, and she was frightened. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Ignatius breathed pitifully, bumping the tin hot dog over the low cement sill of the garage. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His numerous legs, pitifully thin in comparison to the rest of his circumference, flickered helplessly before his eyes. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z The dragons—bigger than the last time I saw them—strain against the plastic, whining pitifully. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z But, for all its impressive discipline, the Twelfth Legion looked pitifully small, a splotch of demigod valour in a sea of ravenous monsters. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He would cringe and flinch, if they stepped near him or made any sudden movement, and he avoided the touch of their elven-cloaks; but he was friendly, and indeed pitifully anxious to please. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Though the throbbing in my head had subsided, I went on holding it and grimacing pitifully but bravely, to play on their sympathies. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Olive hung her head and began to weep pitifully. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He smelled woodsmoke and passed a stack of old lobster traps, blown over and the staves broken in, then a heap of firewood guarded pitifully by some old barrels, also broken. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The sick lay in the stiflingly hot building unattended, calling out for water, moaning pitifully, and vomiting on themselves. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z It was pitifully easy to kill the seals: they had no fear of anything on land, and the men could ski or walk up to the trusting animals and club them to death. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Theo, “who was devoted to his brother, who had always supported him in his struggle to support himself from his art,” Bernard writes, “was sobbing pitifully the whole time.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He raised his eyes with difficulty to the dark slopes of Mount Doom towering above him, and then pitifully he began to crawl forward on his hands. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z If the number of field agents expected to see that the law was carried out was pitifully small, the resources devoted to patrolling the nation’s 4,993 miles of coastline were pathetic. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “I have spent it all,” he said pitifully. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The outrage in my voice was pitifully frail. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z In little more than a day, the companions had been scattered like leaves, and there remained only this pitifully small band, itself lost and driven. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z And there were a throng of people, some gazing mournfully upon the corpse, whose face was covered, others weeping pitifully. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I looked at the massive black hound, who whimpered pitifully, still licking Daedalus’s hair. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z No matter how much Charlie fed and watered him, no matter how much Charlie whispered in his ear, Thunders ribs showed pitifully. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Two of the lamassus, Shere Khan and Simba, had been torn free of the harness and were lying on the floor, mewling pitifully as they shrank back into their cat forms. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I create the whole universe, blink by blink.—An ugly god pitifully dying in a tree! Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The way she looked at me so pitifully, I couldn’t help but feel sorry for her. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes his dogs howled so pitifully that Meggie put her hands over her ears. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z All of these questions urgently require the precise answers that only extensive research can provide, yet funds for such purposes are pitifully small. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It was pitifully small; how could hairpins make a dent in that creature’s hide? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She was about twelve or so, he thought, and seemed to him pitifully unattractive. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z These people not only look at me, but they give me a pitifully sad smile when I make eye contact with them. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “That last Old Spice commercial was pretty lame,” Isaiah Mustafa said pitifully. Style Invitational Week 1081: It’s the stupidity, stupid — be a dumb-ask Last week there was a corporate bonding "away day" task that both teams pitifully fudged. Rewind TV: The Call Centre; The Apprentice; The Americans; Love and Marriage; The Unspeakable Crime: Rape 2013-06-08T17:04:01Z While there was self-involvement in all of them — a kinder term for it is “introspection” — they didn’t pitifully wallow. Men in books 2012-06-30T14:00:00Z Belushi left behind a pitifully small body of enduring work that belied his potential. The tragic legacy of John Belushi: ‘He could have done anything' 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z He couldn't wait to cast off the person he had been – that almost pitifully affectionate little boy who became attached to every au pair Dad employed and was repeatedly abandoned. 'Jesus, Ralph, you're dangerous' | Rupert Thomson 2010-03-27T00:36:00Z With her sound brooding, she effectively projected her character’s pitifully unmitigated sorrow. Review: Before Riccardo Muti Leaves Chicago, a Verdi Farewell 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z I’m pitifully equipped to deal with reality in a lot of ways and that can be dangerous. Love Story: A Q&A with Singer-Songwriter Robyn Hitchcock 2013-03-05T20:02:08Z The incentive to say sorry can be pitifully small when the Internet is such a wildly unforgiving place. The NFL "slave" comment that won't go away 2011-03-16T15:30:00Z He's capable of genius but also great idleness; he's lazy, "pitifully ambitious, and famous for unhappiness"; moth-like in his manner, he's constantly drawn to the bright and the new. Fanfarlo by Charles Baudelaire – review 2013-05-26T13:30:01Z Whitfield is completely relatable as an intelligent, clean-cut family guy who makes, hilariously and pitifully, one terrible decision after another while trying to save his imploding middle-class lifestyle. ‘Poets’ at Book-It: an Everyman’s hilarious downward spiral 2013-06-14T04:08:58Z Mr. Keen’s Macbeth is almost pitifully human in the weakness he keeps revealing even at his most resolute. | 'Macbeth': Ambition Doth Curse All Makes of Men 2011-04-06T21:38:26Z “Government investment and development assistance for mental health remain pitifully small,” says the report. World in mental health crisis of 'monumental suffering', say experts 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z She looks for but fails to locate William Faulkner’s grave in Oxford, Miss., and finds the Ole Miss bookstore pitifully lacking; she has a chat with the writer Walker Percy. Joan Didion’s ‘South and West’ is a reminder of what the journalist could do 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z The final moment, as the creature asks pitifully to be put out of its misery, is a nightmarish reminder of Brundlefly’s enduring humanity. From Alien to Nosferatu: the most horrifying movie monsters of all time 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Wasn’t he a brute to slay his enemy Turnus when the man was pitifully pleading for his life? Virgil’s ‘The Aeneid’ still looks strikingly contemporary 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Our back garden is only 12 paces long and seven wide, with, now I look at it through the eyes of ecologists, pitifully few flowers. The secret life of a suburban garden 2010-05-18T19:59:00Z It’s a bold play, one that seems either comically or pitifully implausible, especially when compared with big-budget Oscar campaigns financed by the likes of Harvey Weinstein. Mya Taylor is the face of this year’s most improbable Oscar campaign 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z By last night’s episode, when he manipulates his pitifully devoted new wife into walking to her death in his own orange parka, he’s neither a man nor a fearsome predator. Breaking Good: How Fargo Changed Cable's Antihero Game 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z “We’d pitifully say, ‘Oh, it’s just the three of us … ’ but we didn’t get too many invitations.” Instead of Making Turkey, They Make Reservations 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Of course his progressive critics can see right through this, no matter how much he pitifully identifies as one of them. Succession's Kendall Roy is the perfect #Girlboss caricature 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Even by the relaxed standards of movies--new TV shows, for instance, see second-week drops too, but considerably less given the blast of fresh content--these are pitifully small numbers. Box office: Has summer moviegoing gone unbearably ADD? 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Even in a kinder climate, however, Daniels’ broadsides against Trump would be pitifully inadequate. Crash landing: Space Force is not the Trump satire we need right now 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z There is a shocking moment of near paralysis when every familiar hand motion is rendered pitifully inadequate. Glimpsing the Brain?s Powers (and Limits) 2010-11-19T18:00:00Z It was a field with pitifully little data. Sputnik’s spawn: How the Cold War created astrobiology 2014-03-09T17:30:00Z I trembled in the plastic-covered chair, staring at my scuffed boots bolstered pitifully in front of me. The Dentist Who Treated My Divorce 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z It was tough love, but really, when did admiration from afar become so pitifully not enough? I tried to cut 100 Facebook friends. One was Meryl Streep. 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Our ad sales numbers were running pitifully short of our admittedly rosy projections. The early Serious Eats struggle days: Hemorrhaging money, "we were a soufflé ready to fall" 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z The dregs of the party wailed along, though they were pitifully rusty on the lyrics. It’s not a party without Joe Biden: Scenes from the correspondents’ dinner aftermath 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z Of course, there were pitifully few pies – and of course before we could get our hands on them, we had to sit through a lecture. Choose December's Reading Group book 2012-11-27T10:14:20Z Ask pitifully enough and your colleagues will commiserate with a dispirited cook. How to roast a chicken? The answers are horrifying 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Whether you see them as riotous feminist icons or pitifully reliant on men, one thing seems clear: the only way for Amy and Rachel to get angry is to forego their sanity. Beyond "girl gone mad melodrama" — reframing female anger in psychological thrillers 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z Robert’s motivations, meanwhile, seem pitifully readable, until we realize his hurt feelings carry a disturbing edge. Review: 'Cat Person' is an adaptation that's grouchy, wet and declawed. (You'll do the hissing) 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z The clearly orchestrated and almost daily personal attacks demonstrates the pitifully low level your Government has descended to. Nadine Dorries' resignation letter in full 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z Your cat, yowling pitifully, would vanish in a thick whorl of white papers. Opinion | Classified documents are everywhere! They are coming for us all! 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z The group accused Iran of showing "pitifully little respect" for human life. Alireza Akbari: Widespread outrage after British-Iranian executed 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z “Not perfect but still quite good and certainly better than not being boosted at all … Yet we’ve still seen pitifully low uptake of the bivalent booster.” After holiday surge, viral illnesses could derail school, work plans 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z Environment Program’s Emissions Gap Report found that there was “no credible pathway” to remain under 1.5 degrees Celsius — and that countries are falling “pitifully short” in making good on their national commitments. Opinion | The world is behind on climate change. But do not lose hope. 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z "I can briefly chuckle at the irony of what happened, but it is also incredibly frustrating because then I remember that the UK's growth prospects for the coming decade are pitifully low." Truss's demise ends the revival of Thatcher's libertarian economics 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z It insists that Addis Ababa's continued blockade amounts to using hunger as a weapon of war and that the aid operations were pitifully insufficient. Ethiopia civil war: Why fighting has resumed in Tigray and Amhara 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z In any case, given the damage that Musk has allegedly done to Twitter by his on-again-off-again dalliance with its purchase, $1 billion looks like a pitifully small assessment. Column: Who's really on the hot seat in the Musk/Twitter fight? This little-known Delaware court 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z The wages are so pitifully low that their families often go hungry. Assam: The wild mushrooms killing India tea garden workers 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z The Wolves were outscored 23-12 in the second quarter and 37-12 in the fourth, pitifully putting to waste some superb basketball in the first and third periods. Grizzlies claw back from 26 down, beat Wolves in Game 3 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Others argue that — in today’s pitifully low-interest environment — the amount of interest lost is pretty small, so they aren’t concerned about letting the government play their banker. Perspective | Inflation is another reason you shouldn’t aim for a big tax refund 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z And armies traded huge losses of human life for pitifully small land gains. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The ostensible reason, offered by local officials and health experts, is that the share of elderly people vaccinated remains pitifully low, less than 40 percent of those over 80. Opinion | Hong Kong’s ‘zero covid’ days are over. But where’s the exit plan? 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z Plastic production facilities burden disproportionately low-income and nonwhite communities with toxic air pollution, and the U.S. only recycles a pitifully small fraction of the 42 million metric tons of plastic waste it generates every year. Biden administration slammed for funding "false" plastics solutions 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z The theme, pitifully but inevitably, was endless variations of the claim that Republicans aren't as sinister, or frightening, or fascistic as the hotheaded #Resistance or "woke mob" make them out to be. Salon's 2021 spicy take awards 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z I’m hoping the issue is a fluke, because this blaster plays nice with practically every kind of dart on the market — and I’m including Nerf’s own pitifully inaccurate Elite darts in that. The Dart Zone Pro MK-3 might be the best foam blaster Nerf never made 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Kaiser remembered one day, when she was 7 or 8, her dad was up on the roof fixing something, and she begged pitifully to be allowed up to help. I Had a Chance to Travel Anywhere. Why Did I Pick Spokane? 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z “The promise to continue high-level discussions on the outstanding issues managed to deflate the pressure for a resolution, even if what Grossi brought back from Tehran was pitifully little.” Iran escapes rebuke at IAEA despite no 'promise' on open questions 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z That response rate was pitifully low by Trump standards. Trump ends blog after 29 days, infuriated by measly readership 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, through which the U.S. government supports arts and culture, have pitifully ungenerous budgets and had become dishearteningly large political footballs. Commentary: How about some culture in the Biden Cabinet? My nominees for Mr. or Madame Secretary 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z Yet Trump spent Monday morning on Twitter, pitifully howling “I won the Election!” about a contest he clearly and decisively lost. Opinion | Amid the worst of the pandemic, our mad king rages only about himself 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Andersen is a gifted simplifier, and he is undeniably correct; the right has been well-funded and monomaniacal in the goal of rolling back social democracy, even in its pitifully attenuated American form. Review: How Reagan and the finance bros gave us Trump 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z The world’s richest and most powerful country has been brought pitifully and agonizingly low. Opinion | Will Trump’s Presidency Ever End? 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z But this much is certain: GoodRx is a stark reminder that our healthcare system is so pitifully dysfunctional, there’s money to be made in doing what our elected officials are unwilling, or unable, to accomplish. Column: GoodRx IPO shows there's a lot of money to be made from bewildering drug prices 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z He finished in the pitifully slow time of 5:11 for only 354 points. AP WAS THERE: 1948 London Olympics 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z That ethos seemed in pitifully short supply on Tuesday as politicians largely laid the fault for this debacle at others’ doorsteps. Editorial Roundup: US 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z Even in our pitifully broken semi-democracy, rich people shouldn’t be in charge. Bernie Sanders' real obstacle is not Trump. It's the Democratic establishment | Hamilton Nolan 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Such folk never hesitate to point at the pitifully dysfunctional Department of Motor Vehicles and use that as the poster child for bureaucratic incompetence. Column: Newsom to unveil plan for California consumer financial watchdog agency 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z By standards anywhere else in the world, it is still pitifully cheap. Could Iran’s Revolution Unravel Over a Four-Cent Price Hike? 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z Facing the biggest challenge of their season against the No. 7 Utes the Bruins failed miserably, giving up 49 points in a row and offering pitifully little resistance. Elliott: Utah ends UCLA's brief masquerade as a winner 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z Siblings, his mother sometimes said pitifully, were the ones you sharpened yourself against. “God’s Caravan” 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Three groups behind him, Reid bogeyed the 469-yard sixteenth after his drive found water and doubled the seventeenth with a poor pitch and pitifully rushed short putt for bogey. A young Payne Stewart rarely made it easy, even in victory - Golf Digest 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z After a while, the kitten started to meow pitifully, as though it were begging for help. Abandoning a Cat 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z “The notion of a relationship existing with our unborn - however developed in the womb he or she may be - took pitifully long,” she writes. Julia Bueno writes about miscarriage in ‘Brink of Being’ 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z As if there was some kind of cultural authenticity tape-measure for which we, as a family, fell pitifully short with no chance of ever catching up. Bullies told me to 'go home'. Now, Trump is making me relive those moments | Marie Myung-OK 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z But “detain people humanely” is a pitifully inadequate rallying cry for those who care about migrant rights. If you care about migrants to the US, don’t call for humane detention – call for an end to it | Brianna Rennix and Nathan Robinson 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z The resale value of most other Android phones is pitifully small by comparison. Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL are $200 off 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z He called Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty “pitifully, even absurdly, inadequate.” John Hersey and the Art of Fact 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z “I turned in the pitifully awful title Even a Fool Learns to Love, which he rejected out of hand, quite rightly, I feel,” Bowie remembered in 1999. 'People who sing it want the world to know they exist': 50 years of My Way 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z It’s inscribed with the 26,370 women and children who died in the 42 official white camps – there were at least as many official black camps, about which we know pitifully little. The murder of Raymond Buys: 'I think they knew they were going to kill my boy' 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z I will not miss the disappointment with a child who insightfully tells you on Friday about their plan for success, and then pitifully avoids eye contact on Monday when in custody on a new offense. The imperfect science of juvenile court justice 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z Admittedly, the bar is pitifully low for Brits speaking a foreign language: like Samuel Johnson’s dog walking on its hind legs, it’s not done well but people are surprised it’s done at all. 'Victor Hugo becomes a sex god in my mind' – how to get better at French 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z They were lined up side by side in bright blue body bags, some of them pitifully small, containing the remains of children. A Year After the End of ISIS Control in Raqqa, a Ruined City Looks to Rebuild 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z “Mere confirmation, even to the Supreme Court,” he wrote, “seemed pitifully small compensation for what had been done to me.” A Bitter Nominee, Questions of Neutrality, and a Damaged Supreme Court 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z However, when his ship returned to England from Jamaica, he agreed to meet Symons and found her “weeping most pitifully and saying she was undone”. Rape secret uncovered in sailor’s 17th-century journal 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Ultimately, the pitifully small amount opposition to Donald Trump among current or former Republicans is driven by fear: Fear of how history will remember them when the final ledger of this dire crisis is tallied. Repent, Republicans, the end is nigh: But turning on Donald Trump isn’t enough 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z My father never hid that he had high expectations of me, for which my tuneless, lackluster attempts with guitar proved pitifully inadequate. Masculine Dads Raise Confident Daughters 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Two white coffins containing Domingo and Francis, one big, one pitifully small, rest on gurneys. Duterte Harry's drugs war: how one family was destroyed 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z While her spaniel whines pitifully for its missing master, her own complex feelings are still working their way to the surface. Charlotte Rampling's emotional depth buoys the minimalist 'Hannah' 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z There is so much we pitifully think we know. The male glance: how we fail to take women’s stories seriously 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z As far as the word “lies” is concerned, Mr. Trump either lies or is pitifully uninformed. Opinion | Members of the media are doing their job 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z How the inning played out was pitifully predictable. Joe Maddon's call for John Lackey to relieve was Cubs' downfall 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z America is in the midst of yet another of its racial reckonings which always confront us with a shock of events we are, pitifully, never collectively prepared for. 'The civil war lies on us like a sleeping dragon': America's deadly divide - and why it has returned 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z Many of us ranted a dozen years ago that D.C.’s golf community was being pitifully served — and ripped off in the process. Perspective | TPC Potomac was the big winner at the Quicken Loans National 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z Again, the media reported on this — great! — and then moved on from the story, most likely due to the aforementioned pitifully short attention span. Donald Trump’s Russia scandal: What you need to know (and what you should avoid) 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z “We were pitifully poor,” Scott remembers with a smile. 91-year-old fish fry volunteer hanging up her apron 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z It's a desert world, with a pitifully thin atmosphere less than 1 percent the density of Earth's. How Mars lost its atmosphere, and why Earth didn’t 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z In 2016, it folded pitifully, surrendering with barely a fight to a lightweight outsider. Opinion | American democracy: Not so decadent after all 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Funding levels for training were "pitifully low", said Prof Robert Coe, director of the Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring at Durham University. Schools have no funds to train teachers, says study - BBC News 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z The truth is that with the slow recovery and pitifully low inflation, the Fed worries that raising rates could actually risk deflation – which is seen as a disastrous outcome. Death of the Saver: How Low Interest Rates Are Punishing the Risk-Averse 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z North Korea is a pitifully backward country, except in its nuclear and missile programs. North Korea is scarier than ever 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z He argues that the bill could strengthen the voice of science in government, and address the “pitifully low” levels of science funding in the UK, compared to levels in other developed nations. Leading scientists clash over sweeping UK research reforms 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Uncompromising gay singers such as Michael Cohen, who mined the pained confessional style of James Taylor, sold pitifully few records. The industry closet: queer pop from Little Richard to Frank Ocean 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z And the argument that maintaining a forward-deployed military posture in the Middle East protects the free flow of oil is supported by pitifully sparse empirical evidence. Why We Should Close America's Overseas Military Bases 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z As Wolfe pointed out, Darwinian stories about the origin of human language are pitifully inadequate. Thoughts on language and Tom Wolfe 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z All things considered, this pitifully plotted Belgian-French production represents the nadir of animated movies released so far this year, a farrago of frantic action and mindless cacophony. ‘The Wild Life’: Animated tale leaves us stranded with a klutz 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Raising the pitifully low savings rate would reduce Turkey’s reliance on flighty foreigners. Sugar highs 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z That's because the beast, though a fearsome hunter, possessed a pitifully puny pair of arms. Fearsome Argentine dinosaur had pitifully puny arms 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z Debate about gun laws spikes after mass shootings because their carnage reminds us that guns are uniquely and efficiently deadly, and pitifully under-regulated relative to the risks they pose. So, about that ‘good guy’ with a gun 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z We’re creatures of passion, impulse, pride, mood and pitifully fragile ego, with barely the patience to drive a mile in our cars without wanting to kill someone. Fear, loathing and firearms: sensory overload inside the NRA's Mall of Death 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z "If you look at Reddit's reported revenue it's pitifully small compared to its traction, its audience and time they spend on it," says Nick Thomas of Ovum. Reddit's push to host users' content - BBC News 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z The existing royalties to performers are often pitifully small, but they are better than nothing—which is what performers now receive from terrestrial radio, as AM/FM is known. Congress’s Chance to Be Fair to Musicians 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z But Greece, currently home to 54,000 stranded migrants seeking to travel deeper into Europe, faces unrelenting pressure as the long-promised relocation of asylum seekers from Greece to other EU countries moves pitifully slowly. German, EU leaders heading to Turkey to promote migrant deal 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z The pitifully paid border police will be easy to square. Spot the difference 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z "We are pitifully far away from mapping a human connectome," he acknowledges. The immortalist: Uploading the mind to a computer - BBC News 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z Accepting a pitifully low positive rate is one thing: it is better than nothing. Are negative interest rates an adventure in financial Wonderland? - BBC News 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z They all were having a blast as the contestant plowed through six-figure offers and moved closer to the $1 million prize, but she made a misstep and ended with some pitifully low amount — maybe $500. SNYDER: In game of ‘Deal or No Deal,’ Ian Desmond emerges as clear loser 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Now only a pitifully small number of donors remain willing to continue funding human rights work in Russia. In Russia, human rights groups need Western aid more than ever 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Walmart wages were low, but not pitifully so; for both cashiers and salesmen, average pay at Walmart was close to the 25th percentile nationwide. High expectations 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Mona Charen wrote “Who, except a pitifully insecure person, needs constantly to insult and belittle others...?” The National Review's coordinated attack on Donald Trump will backfire | Jeb Lund 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z There was more pitifully sad offense for the Lakers after scoring only 74 points last week against Utah. It's deja vu when Lakers bumble their way to lopsided loss at Utah 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z But Anadarko is not planning to produce a drop of crude from the well for at least another year because the price of oil is now so pitifully low. Hoping for a Price Surge, Oil Companies Keep Wells in Reserve 2015-12-25T05:00:00Z Gayà also draws the ire of the referee, diving pitifully after edging past his man. Valencia v Barcelona: La Liga – as it happened 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z Painfully and pitifully, Sméagol almost succeeds in overcoming his evil side, but fails. Is Gollum Good or Evil? Jail Term in Turkey Hinges on Answer 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z His one-legged 21-footer was blocked by Nick Johnson in the second quarter and then Huertas pitifully slung the rebound over his shoulder in an attempt to draw iron before the shot clock expired. For a night, Lakers' Nick Young seemed like his old 'Swaggy' self 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z The plot points are as labored as much of the acting, even if some of the voices Henley channels ring pitifully true. Women’s voices, from the halfway house to a perky fantasy 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Forget overpriced schools, long days in a crowded classroom, and pitifully poor results. The 37 Best Websites to Learn Something New 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z Gayà also draws the ire of the referee, diving pitifully after edging past his man. Valencia v Barcelona: La Liga – as it happened 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z Given the scale of the crisis — more than 4 million Syrians have fled their country, along with hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, Libyans, Somalis and others — the bumped-up quotas remain pitifully inadequate. U.S. response to the refugee crisis remains woefully inadequate 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z “If you actually look at the area covered, it's just so pitifully small,” she says. The hunt for the world’s missing carbon 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Amnesty International, reacting to draft summit conclusions, called the proposals a pitifully “inadequate and shameful response.” Europe’s Promised Action on Migration Crisis Is Criticized as Inadequate 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Those amounts seem pitifully small, especially considering online shopping is a booming business. Mississippi editorial roundup 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Female participation in the labour force is pitifully low at 30%. Saved by the well 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z We never once understand the three most important things about him: why he’s drawn to teaching, why he’s drawn to gambling, and why he’s so pitifully prone to self-destruction. Review: Don’t bet on this oddly lifeless ‘Gambler’ remake 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z Optimism for 2015 is prevented by pitifully slow progress on both these fronts. Viewpoint: Confrontation key to tackling violent extremism 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Some states reimburse so pitifully for Medicaid services that providers are loathe to care for too many needy patients. Medicaid Rolls Surge Under Affordable Care Act 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z The webpages are pitifully slow to load & render, because the processors in phones are still painfully primitive & slow compared to even a Walmart Wintel PC. The Web Is Dying; Apps Are Killing It 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z This is of course a pitifully small sample. Seattle Sounders face LA Galaxy in MLS Supporters' Shield decider 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z The first post-revolutionary government included some of the activists from the Maidan protests and proved to be pitifully weak, lacking experience and skills. The battle for Ukraine’s future 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z The generational divide is comic just as it is pitifully depressing. Tragicomedies at Toronto find mixed results 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Obama’s foreign policy approval ratings, once one of his strengths, are now pitifully low. Obama’s dilemma is America’s appetite for power and disinterest in political risk 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z That’s either pitifully small or a proof of concept—and either way it’s certainly enough to rattle the used-car dealers of Charlotte. Selling Used Cars Sight Unseen, With Free Delivery 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z If you are an income investor with more than a five year horizon, you should be looking outside of the bond market for your income needs given the pitifully low yields on offer. Choosing The Right Dividend ETF 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z It was sixth in an Eastern Conference that was pitifully weak compared to the West. Jason Kidd Orchestrates a Move Out of Brooklyn 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Sorry, Barack, but you have only yourself to blame for so pitifully demeaning the Office of the President. Obama's Climate McCarthyism Demeans Presidential Office 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z The identities of pitifully few of those held at Mitchell can be determined. The bone collectors: a brutal chapter in Australia's past 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Still, he called that rate of change in the Bay Area "pitifully incremental." California home prices rise slightly in May 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z However, he called the rate of that change “pitifully incremental.” San Francisco Bay Area home prices climb in May, but pace is slowing 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Its 120,000 strong expeditionary force was pitifully small compared to the millions fielded by France, German and Austria. 'Fairyland' care for Indian troops 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Smith stuttered so pitifully in struggling to answer her, you almost felt sorry for him. The weird, wild world of the House Science Committee 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z I don't need most of books on my shelves, those pitifully empty shelves. Linda Grant: 'I have killed my books' 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z “But this amount is pitifully low. We’re hoping that they consider this just an initial contribution. It is a token amount considering Walmart is the largest retailer in the world.” 3 Retailers Give to Aid Bangladesh Workers 2014-03-28T23:14:31Z Unfortunately the base numbers are still pitifully small. Electric Car Sales In Western Europe Spurt, But From Miniscule Base 2014-02-06T14:35:00Z American consumers, law enforcement officials said, make it pitifully easy for these masterminds. Can data breaches be prevented? Congress’s and companies’ answer for now: No. 2014-02-06T01:32:27Z The old Doctor Who was infamous for its pitifully low budget, often with shoddy sets and special effects apparently made in a garden shed. Viewpoint: Who cares about the Doctor? 2013-11-23T01:50:49Z But you’d be losing money because the interest rates on deposit accounts are pitifully low compared to the interest rate you are paying on the mortgage. Singletary: Fear of another shutdown has many trying to prepare just in case 2013-10-22T22:54:46Z When she lost to Laura Robson this week, she looked pitifully thin, yet still hit with as much of her old muscle as she could. Andy Murray agonises between French Open pain or waiting for Wimbledon 2013-05-18T21:00:17Z It was an embarrassment, then, for Inverness as a city, Caledonian Thistle as a club and Scottish football in general that such a pitifully low number of supporters arrived for the north for this game. Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1-1 Hearts (Hearts win 5-4 on pens) 2013-01-26T19:20:50Z But in 2012, they're still going strong - their pitifully weak signals just a billionth of a billionth of a billionth of a watt of power by the time they reach the Earth. The maths that made Voyager possible 2012-10-23T00:23:26Z Greek exports remain pitifully low, totaling €12.5 billion, or $16 billion, in the first half of the year. Euro Watch: Draghi Sees a Ray of Hope for Euro Zone 2012-10-09T20:15:17Z There was a time when the American savings rate was pitifully low. Squirreling away your savings 2012-10-04T14:22:20Z What is decidedly less British, however, is for that enthusiasm to not then crash pitifully on the cliffs of disappointment. London 2012: how the Olympic Games have changed Britain 2012-08-07T19:00:01Z Dragged out and ordered to bed, he sobbed pitifully. Can You Call a 9-Year-Old a Psychopath? 2012-05-17T16:26:01Z Interest rates are pitifully low for old standbys like Treasurys and highly rated corporate bonds. How to Play the Bond Market Now 2012-05-07T03:49:49Z But he has been found at last, in a wretched little hosier's at Portsmouth—ill and weak and pitifully poor. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z Some of the job seekers feel they have every right to storm my office; some are pitifully humble. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z Her lips were quivering pitifully, but the fount of tears was dried, and her eyes blazed with an intensity that conquered Whittaker for the moment. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z The dowager and the nurse were looking at each other pitifully. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z He smiled pitifully, but he could not trust himself to speak. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z He looked as big and strong as ever, but had become pitifully thin; and I thought his hair was greyer, and there were deeper lines upon his forehead. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z The dogs of war, ferocious though they be, are sometimes kind and sometimes pitifully cruel. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z "Do you think that I have no feeling?" she asked, pitifully. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z "The worst, I fear," she said pitifully, smoothing her skirt. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z Meanwhile the Duchess, posted in the dark, had heard the noise of the window being driven in, and cried out pitifully to know what it was. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z He had been given a position of responsibility and trust--and he had failed pitifully. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z He had brought with him copies of the morning papers, and was perusing the accounts of Bob Maillard's pitifully weak story regarding his father's murder, when a stranger stopped beside him. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z "Then why do you go rushing off in the middle of the night instead of coming to bed like a Christian?" she cried, pitifully. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z He rose and shook hands with her, marking pitifully the dark hollows under her eyes, and inwardly confirming his resolution to get her a substantial settlement. The King's Stratagem and Other Stories 2012-03-22T02:00:40.343Z How pitifully his little childish words smote upon the hearts of his sad, sorrowing parents. It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:14.013Z The child shook pitifully, and the fear in its eyes deepened as it regarded the loathsome old man. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z The stranger's eyes dwelt kindly and pitifully on her. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Whatever his look, she could not meet it; her own sank again, she blushed pitifully, quivered, hesitated, finally let him take her hand. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z Believing Smith to be gaining, I cried pitifully to them to save me, and then my horse stumbling, I flung myself from the saddle, and plunged through the sand towards them. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z “He has stopped; he is listening to me,” said Metsi; and he cried more, cried in a louder voice and more pitifully. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z The child clung more closely to his mother, and looked imploringly and pitifully in her face. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z The glasses clinked pitifully against the plates as she handled them; the knives jarred with one another; and I stood by, trembling myself, and endured this strange, this awful penance. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z The Trivia Puzzle Another proposal: Ask a pitifully easy question like, "What color is the sky?" Use It Better: 8 Alternatives to the Hated Captcha 2012-02-28T13:15:02.540Z Fear seized her with icy hands and her face worked pitifully. The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House 2012-02-27T03:00:12.427Z I read his mind, and called pitifully to the Waldgrave to stop. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z Sir William was sick abed and suffering pitifully, but he rose and refused to listen to Doctor Pierson, saying that the congress should never be delayed by anything but his own death. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Every body thought that it was all over with him; but when we ran to pick him up, we found him lying on his back, not dead, but groaning most pitifully. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z It was clean, but so pitifully bare of all that is bright and comfortable. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z "Oh, Tom, to see thee in this sorry plight!" he exclaimed, pitifully. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z My lady, whom few had ever seen unbend, took the girl in her arms, and laid her head on her shoulder and stroked her hair pitifully. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z One ox went down, legs shot to pieces; the other stood 203 bellowing pitifully. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z And suddenly she covered her face--they could picture it working pitifully--with her hands. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z At least he promised to consider it: and though he meant nothing now, perhaps when he was alone he would think of it, and more pitifully. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z On the other hand the new union was pitifully weak. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z And yet how pitifully foolish to be disturbed about such petty details! The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z They wince pitifully when their pads are put on again. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z But his heart cried--cried pitifully that he was losing moments that would never recur--moments on which he would look back all his life with regret. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z This gentleman regards modern infidelity as "pitifully shallow" as to its intellectual conceptions and as to its philosophical views of the universe and of the problems regarding man's place in it and of his destiny. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z The dogs of The Place had always been trained to give the fowls a wide berth; so the pretty little peacock fell a pitifully easy prey to the first snap of Melisande's jaws. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z The doctor was feeling his pulse, a negro girl was fanning him, and a lady stood at the foot of the bed looking at him pitifully. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z How much more pitifully wicked is it, then, to teach such untruths only or mainly as must advance the pecuniary interest of the oppressor! Slavery and the Constitution 2012-02-01T03:00:13.957Z He relieved her of her glass, taking it from hands that trembled pitifully. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z Then with a cry of joy he sprang forwards, stumbling pitifully from the hindrance of his fetters. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z Then, seeing the pitifully blank look on Nora’s face she dropped the subject. The Girl Scouts at Rocky Ledge Nora's Real Vacation 2012-01-20T03:00:14.427Z Uneducated in art, she appeals pitifully in the following words to her lover, who finds out her worth too late. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z He let it fall at his side and stood looking at us pitifully, like a trapped animal. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z She sobbed pitifully as the full horror of the situation struck her. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z As the half hour was reached, and the telephone bell remained silent, Mrs. Stapleton uttered a groan of despair, and sank upon the couch, weeping pitifully. The Blue Lights A Detective Story 2012-01-17T03:00:19.713Z "I must have a doctor; and yet—I am afraid—I am afraid," she wrung her hands together, and her lips quivered pitifully. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z Then I felt my mother's arm round my shoulders, and she cried pitifully, "Oh, my son, my son!" The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z It is mildly amusing to read the two different takes on the pitifully low television ratings garnered by Monday night’s Bowl Championship Series title game. The Quad: Bowl Ratings: Dip or Trend? 2012-01-11T20:36:41Z A white rose joined its fallen brethren, pulled to pieces by fingers that trembled pitifully. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z Poor Coco had indeed been shivering pitifully when he came down from the deck. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z There is a pitifully accurate portrait of a captain whose soul and nerves had not recovered from the war. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z For their age, they sufficed, but in the light of later knowledge and achievement they are bound to appear pitifully crude and inadequate. The Money Gods 2012-01-04T03:00:39.617Z Atutahi and the stars of the morning Look pitifully down from their fastnesses, The earth reels to and fro, For the mightiest support of her children lies low! Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z It is a grand and godlike thing to be mechanical, but it is a pitifully weak thing to stop with being mechanical. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z She used to plead pitifully with him to eschew the practices. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z She looked down into his famished eyes and smiled pitifully—perhaps a little for him, certainly for herself. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z I made several attempts to kill him, but every time I would raise the pistol to shoot he would look up into my eyes so pitifully as much as to say please don't kill me. A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life 2011-12-17T03:00:14.127Z One flashed a shining tentacle around, as if to point to the stadium, the pitifully small spaceship on display, the crowds of people. We're Civilized! 2011-12-15T03:00:16.297Z The Forest Service is now absurdly and pitifully inadequate to the needs of the country. Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace 2011-12-14T03:00:16.577Z It seemed to know there was danger as if by instinct, for it struggled and cried most plaintively and pitifully. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z The splendid fa�ade of the Enslee home had suffered pitifully. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z And how absurd seemed society's unwritten taboo on discussion of this admirable but pitifully degenerate sense! Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z But the brave dog has pulled him to the brink, and sits by his side, lifting his chin up towards the sky, and howling most pitifully. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z The eyes of the others followed her pitifully. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z Why should he be brought here, she thought pitifully, to the room he never frequented, where she scarcely welcomed him, she acknowledged? Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z Among the trees the wagon waited pitifully to take them back from their dingy cheer to their dull homes. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z “Ah! now you think me unwomanly,” she said, and her voice shook pitifully... Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z “It is only that we Scout girls are supposed to try to do things ourselves without expecting all sorts of help from our mothers and fathers—and grandmothers and uncles,” she added rather pitifully. The Girl Scouts Rally Rosanna Wins 2011-11-29T03:00:16.213Z Following this, under the Monroe Doctrine, it had compelled her to sell it East Florida for a pitifully inadequate sum, not one dollar of which had ever found its way into the Spanish treasury. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z Mrs. Day followed her to the steps; her face was pitifully pinched, almost old. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z A head waiter appeared, and, curt as he was with the rest of the mob, he was pitifully regretful at losing Mr. Enslee, who had failed to reserve a table and who would not wait. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z She figured that Mexico was the best foil for the United States and that our pitifully small army would have its hands full with troubles at home. On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z When Chresten had to turn Walter in bed, the latter screamed so pitifully that I felt sympathy with him, and begged Chresten not to be so unmerciful to him. Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 2011-11-26T03:00:13.823Z I can’t shoot a creature that begs so pitifully for its life! Mighty Mikko A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales 2011-11-25T03:00:15.030Z As you read this story, you watch him mentally murdering a human being; "Sally" clamors pitifully for life, but he condemns her to death, and relentlessly executes his sentence. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z As it raised its drooping head and looked at them pitifully, Frank felt a thrill of hot anger against the outlaws who were responsible for its condition. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z And she looked pitifully helpless and hopeless as she lay there sobbing convulsively in the big chair. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z The penalties the agency meted out — including pay cuts, demotions, counseling and suspensions of up to 30 days — are “pitifully too little, too late,” Halio said. Madoff victims enraged at SEC?s decision to keep employees who failed to stop fraud 2011-11-17T00:36:29Z The children, she learned, were from a tenement district, and were not technically sick, but oh, how pitifully near it! The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong Peg of Tamarack Hills 2011-11-17T03:00:34.720Z Her dress is pitifully shabby, her shoes ragged. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z Rufus sprang back and looked about for escape, his weak face working pitifully. The Girls of Central High at Basketball The Great Gymnasium Mystery 2011-11-04T02:00:20.757Z He does so pitifully and pleadingly ask for the prayers of Christian people. Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler His Life and Work 2011-11-01T02:00:21.043Z Nothing, from the blunt, early assessment that the Cougars were pitifully undersized, to the unfathomable blowouts, to the erosion of alumni belief that this thing was going to work someday. This rebuilding process is hitting a big roadblock 2011-10-23T06:00:05Z On she sang, her voice growing more pitifully tender. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z Of Robert Gray she thought pitifully, but with not much understanding. Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z Dickie leaned forward, opened his eyes, gave a cry of pain, and then looked pitifully up in Meg's face. Mother Meg or, The Story of Dickie's Attic 2011-10-13T02:00:40.380Z "You are right, mother," and in his heart he prayed for the little one crying so pitifully. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z His voice trailed off, and he sat hunched up in his chair, looking at me most pitifully. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z She sobbed pitifully and leaped upon the roller-towel which hung on the door, pulling it round and round like a captive squirrel in a revolving cage. Of All Things 2011-10-09T02:00:26.957Z The small revenues thus realized, yielded the teachers pitifully inadequate reward, and made improvements practically impossible. Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College 2011-10-08T02:00:24.723Z The breeze he speaks of is not hushed, or still—none of the usual epithets are applied to it—it is "slain," as utterly and as pitifully as though it were a murdered child. Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems 2011-10-08T02:00:23.627Z And how absurd seemed society's unwritten taboo on discussion of this admirable, but pitifully degenerate sense! Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z Bill was horrified to hear of my call at Manuel's pitifully poor dwelling. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z My Lord, my back I hold most pitifully at your service. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z But Snoop stayed up on a limb, where he cried pitifully. The Bobbsey Twins at Cedar Camp 2011-09-30T02:00:20.203Z She cried pitifully, and begged me never to allow you to bother her. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z "But—what can I do?" she repeated pitifully. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z "The poor creatures," she said, softly and pitifully,—then: "How did you say you came to find out about it?" In a Mysterious Way 2011-09-25T02:00:17.377Z Then, all at once, his mood changed to something absolutely earnest and his look was pitifully appealing as he leaned toward her: "Oh, Lady Leech, can you do nothing for me?" The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z "You must bring her—back," he urged pitifully. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z She flung her arms around Marise's neck and hiding her face on her shoulder, cried out pitifully, "Oh, Marise, don't you ever just want to go back home?" Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z Her damp hair hung in her eyes, and she moaned and sobbed most pitifully. The Motor Maids' School Days 2011-09-17T02:00:33.303Z She bit her lip so as not to cry, but her pale face worked pitifully. In a Mysterious Way 2011-09-25T02:00:17.377Z And yet it was only a brief time ago—a pitifully brief time ago—that he had been holding this same boy in his arms as a baby. Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls 2011-09-17T02:00:26.183Z Some were still dying, groaning pitifully, and not a few were put out of their misery by men whom the fiercest passion could not deprive of some sense of compassion for innocent suffering. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z Besides, his muscles and above all his hands were pitifully soft after an indoor winter and his fortnight of vegetating. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z At last she disappeared, and presently Ha'penny heard her crying pitifully upstairs. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z He raised his left hand pitifully as if to shield himself from the coming blow, and yet his parched lips uttered the soundless word: "Whose?" Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z "I do not wish to leave Summer House," she said pitifully. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z The scalps of many of the slain would have been too pitifully small to add much grace to a warrior's belt. Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 2011-09-09T02:01:02.147Z When Mrs. Bindle appeared, the centre of an eddying mass of children, with a few women on the outer fringe, she was carrying in her arms a child of about five, who was whimpering pitifully. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z An old Frenchwoman, with a pitifully eager, servile manner, was waiting on them, bringing out of the villa, of which she was evidently the care-taker, armfuls of red-sealed bottles of wine. The Red Cross Barge 2011-09-05T02:00:20.603Z He might well say so, for the edges of the wound showed tinges of yellow, and the hand itself was torn pitifully. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z A beautiful black Newfoundland, whining pitifully beside what appeared to be the dead body of a man. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z "Never mind," he repeated, pulling down the impertinent finger and wondering as he did so that its fresh imprisonment left him so pitifully, piteously unthrilled. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z Inadequate as had been their clerical income, supplemented by pitifully small private means, she and her husband had grudged nothing to Bayworth. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z He does what he can to save himself—he runs to the Ark, puts his head in among the holy scrolls, and cries pitifully to them for help. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z Fifty years thereafter I went over that house and found it small, pinched, and pitifully meagre in all its appointments; twenty years later, Hawthorne speaks of both house and street as filthy. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z “Oh, why didn’t Alexander tell me all this?” he asked pitifully, and she answered: “He said it was no use; he said you had no money.” The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z They took Taylor into his own room and laid him on the bed; a long, limp figure, pitifully shattered, lying very white and still. The Ranchman 2011-08-27T02:00:21.017Z Was it not pitifully clear that Mrs. Maule, poor beautiful Athena, had no part or place in her husband's house? Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z There was much to do and yet it was so pitifully little after all! The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z And at once the entire swarm fell upon the old woman, who began to scream pitifully. The Swedish Fairy Book 2011-08-26T02:00:23.380Z “Why, no,” said Justin, with the conventional answer to an appeal which still pitifully claims for truth that which it has made false. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z He was whining pitifully when they entered; but upon seeing my uncle, he ceased to whimper, and absolutely seemed to shrink into himself with fear. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z I believe," said the doctor pitifully, "that he just thinks you are away because Plessing is so dull and quiet. The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z There was the dog boiling in the pot for the second course, in token of a state occasion, while the disconsolate puppies moaned pitifully in the corner of the wigwam. Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History 2011-08-25T02:00:28.183Z They have so pitifully short a flowering time, So suddenly sweet a story so soon told. Poems 2011-08-16T02:00:47.467Z She longed pitifully to take the boy’s little hand and kiss it, and hold it against her cheek, although the hurt had been over so long ago. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z The latter clasped his hands and said pitifully: "Brother, dear brother, contain yourself!" With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z A woman who pulls up her dress deliberately in order to show her legs is pitifully immodest. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z Prince yelped and whined pitifully, but, like Mr. Stagg, he hung on. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z Her body, too, suffered pitifully, and she seemed to me to do nothing but wait for the meager words that Roger sent her. The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z Shaking at each step pitifully at first, then growing stronger, with one hand locked in his, she found herself ascending the rocky path 43 of the hillside with dark moving shapes beside her. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z But then the thought would rise whether it were not a wicked thing to destroy the poor man's hope--his last hope, to which he clung so pitifully. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z The boy abased himself; he was pitifully ashamed. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z He tried to hide his unhappiness, even from her, until night, when she found him sobbing pitifully in the dark, and had to spend a long while in endeavouring to soothe him. Niece Catherine 2011-07-30T02:00:13.927Z If it had not been for her face, she might have passed for a fashionable young lady, but her face was beyond the reach of art, and looked pitifully out of keeping with its surroundings. A Girl in Spring-Time 2011-07-29T02:00:31.493Z At last I looked up full in the policeman’s face, to exclaim pitifully—“Please, sir, it’s gone.” The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z "Do not take it to heart so much, dear master," said the man, interrupting his report, for Taras was groaning pitifully. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z Why so many want Books that Shriek You can see all this exemplified, pitifully, in the present day. The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors 2011-07-26T02:00:15.573Z Staring at the pitifully white, small face against the pillow, she came into a flashing, emotional knowledge of the embittered spirit that had prompted the writing of those vexatious letters. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z How strangely and how pitifully altered was the congregation of Severn church from the merry prosperous country gentry he remembered so long ago! Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z In the first place, the supply of raw material is pitifully meager. Japan and the California Problem 2011-07-25T02:00:13.940Z But on the contrary, he thought much and pitifully of the roving man and his strange hunting-time. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z As they went, so they return; happily, or rather pitifully, unconscious of the narrow circle in which move their factitious enjoyments, their confined experience, their half-awakened sympathies! Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z Maxwell next glanced down at the negro pitifully, his forehead contracted and his lips firmly set, but he nodded abruptly when Dane spoke again. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z To enable its master to live, it must write, and, as was pitifully evident, if it could not write in obedience to a creative instinct, it must do the next best thing. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z In addition, the sums suggested as necessary to restore strength to the banks are pitifully low. The financial support given to EU banks is killing the recovery 2011-07-17T17:45:01Z They found but one man, the coachman, who started aghast and prayed for his life pitifully. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z Mustered at length, the militia, pitifully few in numbers, sallied forth to meet the enemy. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z Her husband was to see that no one entered the court to carry off the Bents’ things, which were exposed pitifully to the gaze of the public until the authorities could do something. Molly Brown of Kentucky 2011-07-16T02:00:18.603Z Arthur Rosebury was so pitifully weak that he was ready to obey anybody; and he sank back and seemed to go to sleep at once with the doctor and Chumbley seated by his side. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z Ridge people gossiped pitifully, sentimentally, to each other as they drove home. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z He whined pitifully about his lumbago—the worst attack he remembered—and earnestly hoped that "the facts would not be misrepresented in any way." Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z She was evidently so pitifully embarrassed and the suffering in her large, expressive eyes so keen and genuine, his first impulse was to rush to her side with words of comfort and assurance. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z The little fellow pranced wildly about, and bleated pitifully, but a stroke of the hunting knife across his throat soon relieved his suffering. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z Then he began to moan pitifully, as if in pain, and suddenly, to my intense relief, he hurriedly went on deck again. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z “Oh, yes, yes, uncle,” cried Sage, pitifully; and the messenger was sent off. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z "You don't mean to say that you are going to——" said the latter, and he nodded his head comically and yet a little pitifully towards Clara Vanderlyn. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z The poor thing was pitifully at sea in her new world and its work. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z But why do they continue, so meanly and pitifully, to irritate him, and withhold the beggarly islets from him? The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z She sat down with her two hands clasped on her knees, and looked so pitifully in my face, I could not stand it. Inkle and Yarico An opera, in three acts 2011-07-06T02:00:44.873Z The hands, pitifully thin, are clasped rigidly over the thighs. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z Our striving, however, to know and to possess the Soul of the universe is pitifully meager. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z The lips trembled pitifully with the last words. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z "Oh, why do you weep so pitifully," said Robin, "and what is the cause of your great distress?" Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z With him expired the dynasty of the Saxon Emperors, less pitifully, however, than either the Merovingian or Carolingian line. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z She listened, pitifully, knowing that the lad scarcely knew even yet whom he was holding—save that it was human, and friendly, and warm. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z “I—I hope you’ll be able to find out something, Jed,” he said, but his voice quavered pitifully and as he heard it, a light of understanding broke over the aged cripple. Harry Watson's High School Days The Rivals of Rivertown 2011-06-16T02:00:20.053Z The strain had been terrific and in the reaction he was pitifully tired. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z She awoke refreshed, free from pain, but pitifully feeble. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z We wept and moaned as we begged for mercy, but the more pitifully we pleaded the more they laughed and jeered at us. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z Something in her voice vibrated pitifully, then choked her utterance. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z "Wait," he said, and his livid face was convulsed pitifully. Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z The bankers are at worst self-satisfied, while the government falls somewhere between pitifully overwhelmed and plainly naive. Too Big To Fail Review: Too Light on Blame? 2011-05-24T05:03:30Z He paused a moment and Rose looked pitifully at him. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z The ushers, courteous to the last, smiled pitifully upon their own efforts to put ten gallons into a pint pot. From the Easy Chair, series 3 2011-05-14T02:00:12.237Z She flings her arms about him clinging with passionate despair, sobbing and moaning pitifully. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z And to cap the climax, the resources of the National Committee were still pitifully inadequate to the great task confronting it. The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons 2011-05-07T02:00:25.193Z All earlier attempts were mere masses of blot and scratch, evidently impossible and false on the face of them, and even pitifully conscious that they could not be true, not being human. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z Once only did his sorrows overpower him, when pitifully looking toward the window, he cried out as Ajax in the "Iliad":— "Light! light only, then may the enemy come!" Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z We cannot spare the men of action, it is true; yet the contemplative soul, with the body so pitifully unequal to sustain its agonizing struggle, is an earnest of higher things. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z The poor old animal hung thus suspended in the air; screeching and mewing pitifully; whilst Heribald rocked it gently to and fro, talking Latin to it. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z With the pitifully inadequate funds and men at its disposal, all the National Committee could do was to go ahead with its general campaign, leaving the detail and special work undone. The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons 2011-05-07T02:00:25.193Z “I shall be glad to, for I’m pitifully hungry,” said the tenor voice. Aunt Jane?s Nieces on the Ranch 2011-04-14T02:00:48.280Z Her attempt to discountenance him with a stony stare combined rather pitifully with the outraged decorum and flush of fright on her face. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z "I don't want to know him," she said, in what she intended to be a fierce tone, but which was a pitifully scared tone. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z The girl's face in the early morning light was pitifully lined and haggard. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Yet while it is an almost indispensable accomplishment, it is one which is pitifully neglected. The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms 2011-04-05T02:00:10.347Z Sir Within merely raised his eyebrows, half pitifully, that there were such people; and Grenfell hastened away on his mission. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z That's worth all of a cent and a quarter - and it's regarded with about as much affection as the pitifully lightweight one yen coin in Japan. A fistful of riels 2011-03-30T10:03:17Z I began to review the pitifully little I knew about officiating at births--just in case. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z People who saw him just as he came before the crowd reported that he was pitifully nervous, drawn, haggard. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z Its churchyard, so little, so old, so pitifully crowded, is a sad place, like all the cemeteries I have yet seen here. One Year Abroad 2011-03-27T02:00:18.457Z The little dog stood motionless for a moment, then, instead of eating the entrails as ordered, ran straight up the mountain-side yelping and crying pitifully, for the gall smarted as it ran into his eyes. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z He saw the sweet face into which he gazed contract pitifully, and the shoulders shake with sobbing. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z Where I thought I was strong I find I am weak; miserably and pitifully weak—so weak I feel acute shame for myself. Professor Huskins 2011-03-13T03:00:20.620Z You didn’t think it could happen, but Chicago’s pitifully short school day is getting even shorter. Chicago News Cooperative: It?s Breakfast Time, and Education Will Pay 2011-03-13T01:04:18Z I tell him of gulls, which used to fly all day long over the stormy sea: now they splash about in a puddle of water, screaming pitifully. My Little Boy 2011-03-12T03:00:27.087Z I will!” he repeated, setting his teeth; then, as he put on his hat, he smiled pitifully and murmured: “Poor Laura, poor Laura!” Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z And now came the storm, springing from a misunderstanding pitifully out of proportion to the furore it excited! The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J. 1834-1851 Edited by Extracts from the Diary of the Latter 2011-03-10T03:00:53.010Z She looked pitifully at the child, and at her husband timidly. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z She is so simple now, and so pitifully modest. Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z Certainly this first stirring of democracy ended very pitifully and lamentably. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Rhoda cried herself sometimes, but that was when he talked very pitifully about poor people, and little children, and things like that. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z Incessantly she raised herself from the pillows, cried pitifully, and stretched out her little arms. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z "What have they done to you?" she says, pitifully. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z So here, hour after hour, since six o'clock in the morning, she stands, waiting pitifully for a chance to get back to her villa and take away her dogs, that she fears may be starving. A Woman's Experience in the Great War 2011-02-26T03:00:48.257Z You see down yonder,” she added, pitifully, as she waved one brown hand in the direction of the path. The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z “Something ought to be done, you know,” said the old man feebly; “but don’t hint a word of what I’ve said, sir, to a soul—please don’t,” he said pitifully. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z One half of his efforts, too, had fallen pitifully flat. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z Madeleine hesitated, her lips parting pitifully, her eyes wet as the grass which brushed her skirt. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z To meet all these inquiries came Dicky, tugging after him by the leg, the baby, howling pitifully by this time as she was dragged over the grass. Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge 2011-02-24T03:01:03.877Z Her voice had sunk to a terrified whisper, and he looked pitifully at her and drew her within his embrace. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z These romances so pitifully uninteresting to-day did much; but a book of a different character had in its way a still more brilliant career. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z "I don't know," she answered, a little pitifully. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z Shall I, straining my ears after the music, not be shown now for ever only the instrument, and how pitifully the ivory has come off the keys? Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z "The girl looked so pitifully at me, you see—and I did think she might give the brooch back, out of gratitude." Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z The ordinary methods in vogue for the reclamation of alcoholics are pitifully futile. Habits that Handicap The Menace of Opium, Alcohol, and Tobacco, and the Remedy 2011-02-15T03:00:18.787Z To his relief, she did not cry out, but merely shivered pitifully and closed her eyes. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z The last Labour government failed pitifully in this respect and we are still seeing increasing numbers of veterans in prison - maybe as high as at one in nine of the prison population. MP criticises care for veterans 2011-02-13T04:47:07Z She did not try to shut her ears to the murmurs that still came to her—children crying faintly and oh, so pitifully! and strong men, yes, she heard the moaning of strong men. Serbia: A Sketch 2011-02-11T03:00:25.893Z "And I tell you, I have come to you to be mended," he went on, almost pitifully. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z When we halt men fall into a doze as they stand, and curse pitifully when they are urged on from behind. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z She tried to smile, but her lips only quivered pitifully. Vestigia Vol. II. 2011-02-04T03:00:22.950Z She was pitifully young to wear those marks of experience upon her face. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z The sentence quoted that caught his eye referred to the Church of England: 'A pitifully forlorn body, bankrupt in valour and policy, resource and prestige.' The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z But President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address offered pitifully small spending cuts while floating Obama’s fiscal commission out to sea on an iceberg. AAA Rating Is Tough to Defend as U.S. Debt Soars: Kevin Hassett 2011-01-31T02:06:02Z Holbein could get no further commissions of this kind, and was pitifully reduced, it is said, even to the painting of escutcheons for a living. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z As long as unreasoning terror held sway among them they had galloped tirelessly, but now their legs shook under them and they quivered and drooped pitifully. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z In her distress Miss Pond trotted out of the locker-room without a thought for the bit of paper on which she had scribbled the memorandum of Sally’s pitifully meager life history. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z "Oh, how cold it is!" pitifully piped the freezing Canary. Verotchka's Tales 2011-01-24T03:00:16.880Z The poor woman coughed pitifully, and her old companion could only bring her lukewarm coffee and heap upon her mountains of straw. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z She was still, however, pitifully pale and shaken, clutching unconsciously at my arm, and whispering: "That man—that man—" like a frightened child. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z When his master came to look at him, he moaned pitifully and would not move one leg. Among the Forest People 2011-01-17T03:00:55.113Z Four girls were scrubbing the warped, wide-planked floor, three of them pitifully young for the hard work, the baby of them being only six, the oldest nine. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z In the morning, Moorka would follow at the Cook's heels and meow so pitifully that it would melt a heart of stone. Verotchka's Tales 2011-01-24T03:00:16.880Z But in my dream I could do no more than weep pitifully and weep, and when I woke up my eyes were wet with tears. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z A lover of changeless chivalry might have given her a prophet, instead of a genius, pitifully enmeshed in fleshly complications. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z For the fraction of a second he stood and looked at her pitifully frightened and disheveled little figure. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z She is haggard and old-looking, and the child in her arms is wailing pitifully. Betty's Battles an Everyday Story 2011-01-02T03:00:19.670Z Then poor old Bob would go back of the house and cry and whine so pitifully. A Child of the Sea; and Life Among the Mormons 2010-12-30T03:00:27.140Z No poet of recent years has possessed this need of expressing his life to others, more imperatively, pitifully, or tragically than Paul Verlaine, because no other poet was so weak to the press of destiny. Paul Verlaine 2010-12-28T03:00:19.670Z He was pitifully weak, but the stimulus had lifted his mind out of the hells of obsession. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z Lupin looked for long seconds at this weak and listless creature, so pitifully helpless. 813 2010-12-28T03:00:13.553Z Maria had entered the adjoining room, attracted by the unusual sounds, and heard what he said, and as she heard she cried out pitifully. Lola 2010-12-24T03:00:35.720Z How pitifully the compass of our lives is played with by the most wanton little winds. God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life 2010-12-21T22:55:55.287Z The ill-fitting window rattled; the child in the next room cried more pitifully. The Breaking of the Storm, Vol. I. 2010-12-20T17:12:22.067Z There was something pitifully boyish in the trophies he had treasured—so much of the college cub, and the youth who refuses to permit his travels to be forgotten. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z “Ah, and it’s touching me on me soft place ye are,” said Dinny pitifully. Commodore Junk 2010-12-20T17:12:13.450Z It was the first time since Lola had left them that she had spoken her name or made any allusion to her, and he shrank away from it now pitifully. Lola 2010-12-24T03:00:35.720Z His face worked pitifully; his hands twisted over each other. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z Healthcare for the average city dweller may even be better than before the earthquake, even if that is a pitifully low bar by international standards. Special report: Is aid doing Haiti more harm than good? 2010-10-25T14:19:00Z White rock turned to blown paper; the man-mask rubbed out; Havoc featured upon an erect thing, with arms pitifully outstretched. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z Then it started growing again, even as the pitifully slow pace of growth still meant the level of economic activity was horribly depressed. Most Americans Don't Think Recession Is Over 2010-09-27T16:47:00Z Photograph: Tim Hales/AP Tonight, in front of a pitifully small crowd, Pakistan batted like a side who on the whole would rather have been elsewhere and paid the price. England trounce rock bottom Pakistan 2010-09-07T20:59:00Z "Will you not go after him to Wirreeford and get him to come home again?" she asked pitifully. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z Holloway's squad is still pitifully thin and the real tests will come when injuries kick in and the euphoria of promotion wears off, but for now though they look like they have a fighting chance. Five things we learned from watching football this weekend 2010-08-30T13:07:00Z Then finally out of the helplessness of one pitifully stricken, a tithe of her old vitality returned. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z "This is all compounded by what I would only describe as pitifully weak real governance," he said. Kandahar push 2010-05-14T01:18:00Z The sparrow cheeped pitifully as he ran aft again and took the ladder in two jumps. H.M.S. —— The same hour each day found the eager mistress and anxious maid in their respective places, the former mounted on the window-sill, the latter gazing pitifully towards the window of her mistress’s hateful cell. Irene Iddesleigh “You know, my dear boy, these things always will arrive when we are absent,” he said, pitifully. A Little World Nowhere does a man show the youth of his soul so pitifully as when first alone with white paper and an idea. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z “But you do not mean to say that he is trying to get that creature’s address?” cried Laura pitifully. By Birth a Lady The man reached forward to the floating cap and without a word continued to use it, ladling the icy water overside in pitifully small quantities. H.M.S. —— Richard!” she cried, pitifully; and she rose to run away, but he caught her wrist, and forced her back into the seat. The Parson O' Dumford There were great beads of moisture on his face, and the decanter clinked pitifully against the glass as he poured out more wine. The Princess Galva A Romance We cannot but feel that the evidence is pitifully scanty. Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn Ella looked at her so pitifully, that she directly ceased her light bantering tone, and changed the subject; while, perfectly astounded at the unexpected termination of his reception, Max Bray rode slowly home. By Birth a Lady Poor man," cried she pitifully when she knew all, "ah, these poor solitary prisoners! Idonia: A Romance of Old London Toinette herself, so exquisitely beautiful, so courageously true to her conception of her own nature, and so pitifully mistaken in that conception, fascinates us as she does Edwin, and excites our deepest compassion. A Divided Heart and Other Stories She could have no interest in a fisherman; and what interest could a fisherman—bah, it was pitifully laughable! The Belovéd Traitor None of them had any superstition concerning this particular number of hundreds, and the amount was pitifully small compared to the figures they had used from time to time so recklessly in estimating their returns. The Bread Line A Story of a Paper “Mr Bray came to tell me of the illness of a very dear friend,” said Ella pitifully; “and now I come to ask your consent to absent myself for a few days.” By Birth a Lady Oh," he wailed pitifully, "do not drive me thus, master. Idonia: A Romance of Old London As though a flash of light had laid bare his mind, she saw how weak, how pitifully weak, any words of hers must sound, so she was silent. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 "Jean," she cried pitifully, as she set it upon the table, "he is not—" Jean shook his head. The Belovéd Traitor "He said it was positively legal," she kept repeating, believing evidently that the judge and jury had been pitifully misinformed. Manslaughter Please let me go!” she said pitifully, clasping her hands together; “just to see him once, and then I will go away—far away—and try to be at peace.” By Birth a Lady His gaze swept the pitifully bare room and failed to reveal one. The Man from Jericho But when the confirmation in the wandering looks of the invalid was not to be rejected, she flew to her sofa and wept pitifully. A Sister's Love A Novel She saw him suddenly safe and free; and she fell to sobbing and trembling pitifully, so that Philip without offence for a moment held her in his arms. The Unknown Sea "I come to see if you had any news of my son," said the veteran pitifully. Dick Hamilton's Cadet Days The Handicap of a Millionaire's Son And then the figure, that had been so pitifully mauled and in such dire extremity till he interfered, emerged from the midst of her persecutors. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers With all these preparations the defensive ability of Havana was pitifully if not ludicrously slight. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 He went there several times in our absence, and saw how pitifully and miserably the poor woman was plagued and tormented by the evil spirit. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. Some tools were ranged against the walls; twine and canvas and common oddments lay there, a small enough show of garden store, and of fuel a pile pitifully low. The Unknown Sea He was pitifully wrought up over the incident. The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew "I have much to learn," she answered almost pitifully, whenever her uncle asked of her progress, "and so much to unlearn, it seems discouraging." Rockhaven "I—I don't know," came a voice pitifully—his voice, it seemed. The Haunted Pajamas Then McCalloway and Prince had named the pitifully few great soldiers of the present, peers of those who had passed to Valhalla. The Tempering Probably that was why Blodgett had been so pitifully anxious to crowd his bulk into the army. The Guarded Heights He seemed to be near-sighted, for he groped rather pitifully for my sleeve, and thrust his face close to mine. The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew It is all so strange, and I am not well,” she ended, pitifully. The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec She stood tottering pitifully and looking as white as a dead person. The Cottage of Delight A Novel The unknown murdered man lay pitifully huddled on the floor, lifeless and dead, a great bullet wound in one temple and another along the side of his neck that must have severed the jugular vein. The Night Operator "Don't think I've ever ceased to regret——" he started rather pitifully. The Guarded Heights And the mother's shriek resounded so pitifully and loud that for a moment it shook the Piedmontese's firm resolution. Marguerite de Valois She asked that I would not leave—“if it be not a trouble to you, madame,” the poor thing pleaded, pitifully—and I remained beside them. The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec But the slim arms, the spare willowy body, the little white sandalled feet of the little girl—these overcame him with a pitifully amused sense of the disproportion of means to end. The Firebrand She had been so blind, so painfully sure of herself, so pitifully important in her self-esteem! The Master's Violin But the number of these refuges is pitifully small beside the extent of the evil. Drugging a Nation The Story of China and the Opium Curse "Oh, my God! my God! the poor young man!" cried Marguerite, pitifully, wringing her hands. Marguerite de Valois I ran lightly upstairs, always ready to be of use in emergencies of any kind, and opened the dining-room door just in time to see the Marquis raving most pitifully. Bill the Minder Nothing remained even of that last look in which Jack's blue eyes had pitifully retold his sorry tale. A Bed of Roses She began to weep gently, thinking pitifully of his old father with the loud voice, and his fragile mother and the sister and brother and the little nephew. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play At the first and last she and Tommy had wept together pitifully; at the middle tragedy of the three the iron had entered into her soul, too deep for tears. The Furnace She held before him again the tight-folded little bill, seeking with trembling fingers to unfold it so that he might see its pitifully small denomination. The Broken Gate A Novel The antiquated brownstone wilderness of fashionable houses blossoms into white and gray and red clusters of mansions, richly varied in form and treatment, with the welcome grassy settings so pitifully missing in the older quarter. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 |
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