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How do you use Pathos in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like poignancy or quality, plus the exact meaning.

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Pathos in a sentence

Pathos meaning

  1. The quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, especially that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality.
  2. A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses emotional appeals to the audience as the main form of persuasion.
  3. An author's attempt to evoke a feeling of pity or sympathetic sorrow for a character.

Synonyms of Pathos

poignancy quality commiseration pity ruth sympathy fellow feeling expressive style style

Related words

Other words often associated with Pathos or its synonyms:

communication property feeling mercy way inclination acknowledgment poignance prize level variety flair

Using Pathos

  • The main meaning on this page is: The quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, especially that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality. | A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses emotional appeals to the audience as the main form of persuasion. | An author's attempt to evoke a feeling of pity or sympathetic sorrow for a character.
  • Useful related words include: poignancy, quality, commiseration, pity.
  • In the example corpus, pathos often appears in combinations such as: pathos and, the pathos, and pathos.

Context around Pathos

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

nihilists 1× underlying 1× wrung 1× intense 1× extra 1×

Often after:

gives 1× isn 1× pain 1× communications 1× too 1×

Sentence patterns with Pathos

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

absurdity with pathos while michelle 1× an intense pathos for others 1× and the pathos that is 1× comedy or pathos isn t 1× demy s pathos and pathos 1× for extra pathos 1× forced the pathos is over 1× full of pathos and highlights 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and whatever potential 1× but kelly doesn 1× christopher sieber brings 1× connor the forgotten 1× devashish makhija s 1× i don t 1×

Common sentence endings:

an arrogant sleaze 1× are often inextricable 1× at its heart 1× buffoonish comic relief 1× cavendish st london 1× for extra pathos 1×

Words around Pathos

Just before it in the word index:

pathophysiology 31 pathophysiological 4 pathom 2 pathology 193 pathologizing 3 pathologization 2

Just after it in the word index:

paths 1.376 pathshala 3 pathstone 20 pathum 4 pathumwan 2 pathward 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

adamson 90 adapts 90 adeyemi 90 adriana 90 agitating 90 ahab 90

Corpus analysis for Pathos

  • In this selection, "pathos" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, nihilists, underlying, wrung, gives, isn and pain stand out and add context to how "pathos" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include absurdity with pathos while michelle and an intense pathos for others. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "pathos" sits close to words such as adamson, adapts and adeyemi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with pathos

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Pathos Communications Headquarters on New Cavendish St, London. (8 words)

It really carried the audience along with its pathos. (9 words)

The story remains rooted in Demy’s pathos, and pathos gives ’ gravity. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

According to this view, our existence (action, suffering, willing, feeling) has no meaning: the pathos of 'in vain' is the nihilists' pathos — at the same time, as pathos, an inconsistency on the part of the nihilists. (36 words)

The descriptions can be sickly sweet, distracting from the deeper strength of the work, and the reason some of the essays are capable of bringing tears to the eye: an intense pathos for others. (34 words)

The older Harry is played by Meyyappan himself with a pathos that skirts easy sentiment for something deeper in a stunning and all engulfing creation possessed by a deep-set humanity at its heart. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

According to this view, our existence (action, suffering, willing, feeling) has no meaning: the pathos of 'in vain' is the nihilists' pathos — at the same time, as pathos, an inconsistency on the part of the nihilists.

The story remains rooted in Demy’s pathos, and pathos gives ’ gravity.

And whatever potential she had for comedy or pathos isn’t evident by the dialogue or situations given her, which invariably paint her as a selfish twit and Indy as an arrogant sleaze.

Connor, the forgotten Roy sibling, is a subject of pathos rather than merely of buffoonish comic relief.

It all paves the way for one of cinema's most unforgettable final scenes, during which the story's underlying pathos is laid bare.

It has the same humour, heart and pathos of the sitcom, but with more anecdotes and insight as to what inspired the events you see on screen.

It really carried the audience along with its pathos.

It’s trite and predictable stuff: the laughs are forced; the pathos is over-stewed.

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Night after night, on TV and in Las Vegas, he wrung pathos, pain and hopelessness from his situation.

Out Tuesday, her book is emotional, full of pathos, and highlights how abortion makes possible all the wonders of life.

Pathos Communications Headquarters on New Cavendish St, London.

The descriptions can be sickly sweet, distracting from the deeper strength of the work, and the reason some of the essays are capable of bringing tears to the eye: an intense pathos for others.

But Kelly doesn’t suggest that you “spray and pray”, littering the internet with every ounce of pathos and self-expression you can muster.

Christopher Sieber brings an understated charm to Ernest, balancing absurdity with pathos, while Michelle Williams dazzles vocally in her role as the mysterious enchantress Lisle.

Devashish Makhija’s new Hindi-language film melds a chase thriller and a topical political drama to exhilarating effect – and throws in a baby for extra pathos.

I don’t always agree with this sentiment, but he’s right to suggest—his work demonstrates—that humor and pathos are often inextricable.

The older Harry is played by Meyyappan himself with a pathos that skirts easy sentiment for something deeper in a stunning and all engulfing creation possessed by a deep-set humanity at its heart.

There was a kind of pathos when, even in all their finery, their lives remained threadbare.

These situations are played for laughs, but Wiig also mines the pathos, too.

They are, rather, feted for their creativity and the pathos that is reflected in their imaginative work.

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Common combinations with pathos

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "pathos" in a sentence?
An example: "According to this view, our existence (action, suffering, willing, feeling) has no meaning: the pathos of 'in vain' is the nihilists' pathos — at the same time, as pathos, an inconsistency on the part of the nihilists." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "pathos" from authentic English texts.
What does "pathos" mean?
Pathos means: The quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, especially that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality.
What are synonyms of "pathos"?
Common synonyms of "pathos" include: poignancy, quality, commiseration, pity, ruth, sympathy, fellow feeling, expressive style. Plus 1 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "pathos" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "pathos", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.