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Examples
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Despite its "Lawrence of Arabia" length, this film -- the Sexless and the Self-Pitying -- is as unfunny and shapeless as another famed desert epic.
Virginia M. Moncrieff: The Funniest Lines From Scathing SATC2 Reviews 2010
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Pitying Teddy, who, after all, had just been making conversation, Hannah said, What is it you do for a living, Mr. Luxton?
Kate Morton Ebook Collection Kate Morton 2008
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Pitying, however, the uneasiness of Lavinia, when they came near the town, he called to the footman, and said, 'Hark'ee, Jacob, do you ride on first, and keep a sharp look out that nobody has the small pox.'
Camilla 2008
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Pitying Teddy, who, after all, had just been making conversation, Hannah said, What is it you do for a living, Mr. Luxton?
The House at Riverton Kate Morton 2008
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Pitying his desolation, and watching him as he gradually settled down upon the pie, I made bold to say, “I am glad you enjoy it.”
Great Expectations 2007
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Pitying his condition, they might have compassion on him; and if they did not, it would be better, he thought, to die near human beings, than in the lonely open fields.
Oliver Twist 2007
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Pregnant Miserable Self-Pitying Loser Pie: Lumpy oatmeal with fruitcake mashed in.
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Pitying the poor bird, Sandaranbulan carefully picked it up and carried it home.
Asian-Pacific Folktales and Legends Jeannette L. Faurot 1995
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Pitying his age and feebleness, I took him up, and wading across the stream I bent down that he might more easily reach the bank, and bade him get down.
Still Separate & Unequal Fredrickson, George M. 2005
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Pitying the wasp, after allowing it to struggle for more than an hour, I killed it and put it back into the web.
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