Sentences with phrase «of pity»

His family wants nothing to do with him and any work he gets is given out of pity.

This in turn, fuels our sense of pity for ourselves, keeping us trapped.

If you're sick and there is nobody available to cover, they should have a little bit of pity on you.

They are not objects of pity or «poor people» or inspirational tales.

It took many years and a huge stock market rally, but it seems not owning stocks is now the one investment strategy that'll draw looks of pity at the neighborhood cocktail party.

If they have any gut response to being in coalition, it's a feeling of pity at the plight of their junior partners.

If he has any mental capacity, he is the one that should understand that the «forgiveness» you extend is an act of pity on his dark personality.

If one has access to power and is knowledgeable about the range of problems facing a president, one has to have a certain sense of pity.

Feeling like a failure, I imagined that maybe he would give me an «oh well» look or some sort of pity eyes.

It's kind of a pity we are leaving these transfers this late again though.

What began as an act of pity, became a connection that benefited both characters.

But don't think that repeating that phrase is going to win you anything but contempt or possibly some degree of pity from anyone with a functioning brain.

With its usual lack of pity, it informed me there were still thirty - two minutes remaining until the bell.

Moreover, the situation should induce an uncomfortable amount of pity and shame from the world, rather than laughter.

Importantly, given in the manner that it was, the money had become a sort of a gift; it had become a token of pity, if you will.

No indulging in the seductive fire of pity and pain.

As a former type 2 diabetic, I ask you if it is better to provide positive support instead of pity and doubt.

They'll have a music of wet streets and lonely bars where piano notes follow themselves into a forest of pity and are lost.

The general outlook towards the whole institution of adoption is that it is done out of pity.

There's no need to become an object of pity.

Other times, it's more of a look of pity, or quiet resignation.

But when he sees plants broken and destroyed, he can not help a feeling of pity.

We find that what defines great leaders is that instead of hating their enemies, they feel a sort of pity and empathy for them.

I finally got out of the pity party and found your videos, ultimately leading me to sign up for Total Access Coaching, which has really made a difference, and so worth the investment.

Any time I pass by the Nigeria Police on the Highway my heart is full of pity for them.

It's sorrowful, and he's worthy of our pity in that way, even while we worry about what he's doing.

It was quite slippery and I obviously underestimated that so if anything it was me to blame - but it a bit of a pity because again it was Felipe.

Some students tend to romanticize or exotify other people's lives or circumstances, or make them an object of pity in uncritical and even disrespectful ways (presumably unintentionally).

Well, perhaps «disapproval» is too strong a word; the look had more than a hint of pity mixed in.

He turns into a figure of pity as well as of scorn.

Seeing two of the all - time greats going wheel to wheel was awesome - it's just a pity we haven't seen more of it

It's natural to shake our heads and thank our lucky stars that we live in countries that attempt to prevent these types of human rights abuses, but we must not let those initial feelings of pity mixed with personal relief assuage our guilt or distract us from our complicity in the system.

In all three Gospels the paragraph proceeds with an expression of pity for pregnant women and those nursing babies in the time of distress (Mk 13:17: Mt 24:19; Lk 21:23).

Enough of this pity party.

Social settings can become a trial on their own, a mixture of pity and pie and one can be left with a taste of indigestion.

This is part of the pity of Modernism, one of the sacrifices it enjoins...

That being said, there is undoubtedly a tinge of pity because the holidays are meant to be worry - free and enjoyed.

Meanwhile, James McAvoy's Xavier foreshadows a line that we have heard before: «I feel a great swell of pity for the poor soul that comes to my school looking for trouble.»

Pacino and director David Gordon Green's restrained approaches to, respectively, the character and the material keep the movie from becoming too much of a pity party for Manglehorn.

As for Mr. Moore, some degree of pity is probably in order.

While I do believe all of this is true, when these words are said in the context of pity, they make me feel like I've failed some sort of quality of life test that demands I have a significant other.

You said «ignorance is to be pitied» well you must get a lot of pity from the few who know you and I will pray the same prayer for you that Jesus did for mankind «Forgive them Lord for they KNOW NOT what they do.»

Not a source of pity.

In a Western society which has so often rejected the physically handicapped, at least at the unconscious level, and has made such persons the object of mission and oftentimes also of pity and scorn, the Suffering Servant shows God's concern not alone for the able and privileged persons of this world but even more for the apparently forsaken.