Explore Pity through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like commiseration or compassionate. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Pity meaning
- A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
- Something regrettable.
- Piety.
Synonyms of Pity
Using Pity
- The main meaning on this page is: A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something. | Something regrettable. | Piety.
- Useful related words include: commiseration, condole with, compassionate, feel for.
- In the example corpus, pity often appears in combinations such as: pity for, pity party, pity that.
Context around Pity
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pity
- In this selection, "pity" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, take, real, traditional, system, city and vote stand out and add context to how "pity" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a great pity as i and a real pity. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pity" sits close to words such as bulletin, cayman and climax, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pity
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Indeed, I truly pity you. (5 words)
And it’s a pity, it’s a real pity. (10 words)
A sorrowful sort of pity, one that’s mixed with admiration. (11 words)
But he urged a judge at Manchester Crown Court to take pity on him for his latest incident, telling the court he had been told his mother was ‘about to take her last breath’ and was racing to see her before she died. (43 words)
If it is off, you could theoretically roll 1s 10 or more times in a row if your luck is bad enough, while Karmic Dice will take pity after one and give you better odds of success after a failure. (40 words)
As the oldest daughter in my own family, I'm an expert: for all its pathetic self-pity and mind-numbing narcissism, Harry's tales of perceived second-best treatment could have been written by my own sister. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
And it’s a pity, it’s a real pity.
Goddess of Victory: Nikke has a pity system different from the traditional pity system that exists in the gacha games.
Qtd. in Butler, 44. Most of Burke's detractors deplored what they viewed as theatrical pity for the French queen—a pity they felt was at the expense of the people.
According to Nonnus of Panopolis, the Indian army was annihilated by Bacchic forces, and Dionysus took pity on his enemies.
A sorrowful sort of pity, one that’s mixed with admiration.
As the oldest daughter in my own family, I'm an expert: for all its pathetic self-pity and mind-numbing narcissism, Harry's tales of perceived second-best treatment could have been written by my own sister.
But he urged a judge at Manchester Crown Court to take pity on him for his latest incident, telling the court he had been told his mother was ‘about to take her last breath’ and was racing to see her before she died.
But the SEC is a grueling and unforgiving conference that takes pity on no one, even the champs.
Daniel says the separatists expect officials to release No Pity’s family members in the days ahead as agreed during negotiations.
During a video town hall, MillerKnoll CEO, Andi Owen, told her employees to “leave pity city” when questions were raised over whether they would get bonuses.
Even with a secret vote, none of them have the guts to do anything other than have a unanimous vote, other than the rare occasion where there is a pity vote.
He said: ”It’s a great pity as I believe it was one we could have won, especially as we would still have had the services of fast bowler Shaun Wolmarans before he goes back to South Africa.
However, some circumstances like pity for some unattached women or other local reasons may persuade an Oba to marry more than one woman.
If it is off, you could theoretically roll 1s 10 or more times in a row if your luck is bad enough, while Karmic Dice will take pity after one and give you better odds of success after a failure.
I know that it’s frustrating and it’s a pity the work is taking so long to complete,” Mr Feely said.
Indeed, I truly pity you.
In the case of drugs, everyone knows beforehand what they bring – there is simply no case for pity due to ignorance – only another dive into community compassion.
In this context, even Max stops viewing Danielle as a de facto grown-up, instead eyeing her from above with pity when she tries to engage him in a sexual act.
I pity the Finance Minister, that’s why he is taking the easiest route of debt exchange, but that will not solve the problem.
It also conveys a racist narrative that Black Americans are a hopeless, hapless, and oppressed race who need pity and handouts to succeed,” Owens said.
Common combinations with pity
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- pity for 17×
- pity party 16×
- pity that 15×
- pity the 14×
- pity on 13×
- is pity 11×
- of pity 10×
- it pity 9×
- the pity 8×
- pity they 6×