look pityingly

Frequency: 3.50.8 per million words

Used to describe the action of looking at someone with a feeling of sorrow and compassion caused by their suffering or misfortunes.

pityinglyVERB + ADVERB

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look

Examples (10)

  • She looked pityingly at the homeless man shivering in the cold.
  • The mother looked pityingly at her crying child, unable to ease his pain.
  • He looked pityingly at his failed project, knowing all the effort he had put in.
  • Everyone in the room looked pityingly at the contestant who had just been eliminated.
  • I couldn't help but look pityingly at the stray dog searching for food.
  • The doctor looked pityingly at the patient, delivering the bad news gently.
  • She looked pityingly at her friend who had lost everything in the fire.
  • With a sigh, he looked pityingly at the broken toy, remembering his childhood.
  • The crowd looked pityingly at the athlete who had fallen during the race.
  • Seeing the old photograph, he looked pityingly at his younger, naive self.