Adjective : piteous cries for help. From Dictionary.com.
Immediately afterward he was heard calling piteously. From Wordnik.com. [Phil Bradley's Mountain Boys The Birch Bark Lodge] Reference
He called her piteously, catching the limp body to him. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Bush Maid] Reference
A strong man from the far side of the barn calling piteously on. From Wordnik.com. [With Haig on the Somme] Reference
Caderousse continued to call piteously, "Help, reverend sir, help!". From Wordnik.com. [The Count of Monte Cristo] Reference
He listened intently -- surely he heard a soft sweet voice calling piteously through the wind. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Maiden] Reference
He called piteously for relief and St. Germain on his return endeavoured to embark him but in vain. From Wordnik.com. [The Journey to the Polar Sea] Reference
O, hear him call piteously his father's name!. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
She has become afraid to sleep alone, and calls piteously for a light whenever the noises begin. '". From Wordnik.com. [The Tyranny of the Dark] Reference
It looked piteously at the bottle which Hans held. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
Once again the Griffin's mouth trembled piteously. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Lal A Fantasy] Reference
'Have you the heart to do it?' said Arthur piteously. From Wordnik.com. [Stories from English History] Reference
But I saw him change colour and weep right piteously. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
The poor thing prayed to us so piteously to let her go!. From Wordnik.com. [Stories to Tell to Children] Reference
"You're very -- good to me," she said rather piteously. From Wordnik.com. [The La Chance Mine Mystery] Reference
Her face blanched piteously; terror looked from her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference
Chicken Little looked from Ernest to her father piteously. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
Sickly ten-months-old baby moans piteously for its mother. From Wordnik.com. [The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52] Reference
"Oh, let me go home!" she moaned, looking at him piteously. From Wordnik.com. [Only an Irish Girl] Reference
The child clung piteously, with a yearning love in her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
"Oh! do not fill my mind with doubt," she pleaded, piteously. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
One was crying piteously in mixed German and English for help. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873] Reference
Little Lexotinus piteously stretched forth his hands from the shore. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
When they got near the place, they heard him groaning most piteously. From Wordnik.com. [The Eskdale Herd-boy A Scottish Tale for the Instruction and Amusement of Young People] Reference
This she did as one accustomed to obey, groaning and crying piteously. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
"You know Pelletier?" he at last said, looking piteously at his friend. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
"No, I can't wring," looking piteously from one little hand to the other. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
Zuleika was lying in a corner upon a heap of straw and moaning piteously. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
She looked up piteously, and seemed half afraid to withdraw her gaze from. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
"And I caught the rabbit!" piteously bellowed the latter from his retreat. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Shirley cried piteously, she stopped often and refused to take another step. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Hill] Reference
There she cowered upon a divan, hiding her face in her hands and moaning piteously. From Wordnik.com. [Edmond Dantès] Reference
"Madonna mia!" the Queen cried piteously with clasped hands, "I do not understand!". From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus] Reference
She threw herself into a chair and covered her face with her hands, moaning piteously. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
And then Baby began to whimper piteously, and Betty's heart sank into her shabby small shoes. From Wordnik.com. [An Australian Lassie] Reference
"What is it, madam?" said Dr. Lively to a woman who was wringing her hands and crying piteously. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873] Reference
She stopped short in the middle of the floor, looked at me silently, piteously, and found no word. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
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