Pitiful has 3 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The pitiful sight moved us to tears. | |
| 2. | The little girl, deeply moved by the old man's pitiful story, burst into tears. | |
| 3. | The pitiful tale fetched tears from the girl. | |
| 4. | He's unlucky to a pitiful extent. | |
| 5. | That's pitiful ... don't put on such a death-bed voice from just a body slam. | |
| 6. | Many fine minds have no use for literature. In pitiful blindness, they say, "It's not real." | |
| 7. | That was pitiful. | |
| 8. | With pitiful clothing and a handfull of bills with him, an old man asked with quavering voice whether he could pay his bills here. | |
| 9. | This is pitiful! | |
| 10. | Three more / fierce Eurus from the deep sea dashed ashore / on quicks and shallows, pitiful to view, / and round them heaped the sandbanks. |