He explained how they struggled to survive, living in pitiful conditions with no water or electricity and at risk of typhoid and cholera. (politics.co.uk)
Now, if he and his colleagues are just scheming liars — as opposed to being grossly biased like those nineteenth century journalists — it seems to me that it's pretty interesting that Taranto carries the lying deviousness to this level of pitiful attempted humor. (realclimate.org)
Now at 11 years of age, and despite suffering from Glaucoma and Cushings» Disease, Cinnamon is still an absolute bundle of joy, is described to hate being left alone while her furparents are away at work and demands cuddles all the time from her loving owners with pitiful cries for attention. (petsmagazine.com.sg)