We found 6 examples of how to use piteous in an English sentence.
Sentences 1 to 6 of 6.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | He looked piteous, like a drowned mouse. | |
| 2. | She was in a piteous state. | |
| 3. | Poor piteous reasoning. Weak beyond contempt your haughty minds! | |
| 4. | "O queen, a tale too true, / too sad for words, thou biddest me repeat; / how Ilion perished, and the Danaan crew / her power and all her wailful realm o'erthrew: / the woes I saw, thrice piteous to behold, / and largely shared." | |
| 5. | Here first with missiles, from a temple's height / hurled by our comrades, we are crushed and slain, / and piteous is the slaughter, at the sight / of Argive helms for Argive foes mista'en. | |
| 6. | Then again / a third tall shaft I grasp, with sinewy strain / and firm knees pressed against the sandy ground; / when O! shall tongue make utterance or refrain? / forth from below a dismal, groaning sound / heaves, and a piteous voice is wafted from the mound: |