Then she sighed deeply and took on an expression of self-pity. From Wordnik.com. [All That Glitters] Reference
They did not, indeed, think in terms of self-pity. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference
Or he can be me, and surrender to leprous self-pity. From Wordnik.com. [Bad parroting skills: Gene confronts a beast ... and his mortality] Reference
What makes Richards charming is his lack of self-pity. From Wordnik.com. [Who Could Hang A Name On Him?] Reference
But rather than wallow in self-pity, he wrote a treatise. From Wordnik.com. [Three Books To Get You Out Of A Political Wilderness] Reference
This leads to the inevitable finger-pointing and self-pity. From Wordnik.com. [The Lawsuit Cha-Cha] Reference
There was never any self-pity or whining in his reflections. From Wordnik.com. [Dying With Courage] Reference
Paul did not sense any self-pity, like Jenny's, in Ginger. From Wordnik.com. [True Love and the Giraffe] Reference
He succumbed to self-pity, and a friend admonished him for it. From Wordnik.com. [When Barry Became Barack] Reference
From time to time we all indulge in at least a bit of self-pity. From Wordnik.com. [Don’t Wait For a Thank You, Mr. President] Reference
This moment of self-pity relaxed me and I immediately went to bed. From Wordnik.com. [The Misplaced Battleship] Reference
All I can hope to do, I guess, is avoid the sump hole of self-pity. From Wordnik.com. [My Elbow Is Killing Me!] Reference
He's prone to self-pity, not to mention the selfishness of suicide. From Wordnik.com. [It's A Wonderful Legacy] Reference
A taste for revenge mixed with self-pity is a dangerous combination. From Wordnik.com. [Vengeance Of A Victim Race] Reference
When will people learn that self-pity is a most-unappetizing emotion?. From Wordnik.com. [Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12: The Puppetry of the Pea-Brains.] Reference
I asked, happy to have a reason to step out of my indulgent self-pity. From Wordnik.com. [Anat Shenker-Osorio: The Long Wait: What Legal Immigration Requires of Families] Reference
In fact, Fido, this invisible dog, is someone who represents self-pity. From Wordnik.com. [These Books Have Gone to the Dogs] Reference
In my bitterness I was full of resentment against her, full of self-pity. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
She builds splendid portraits of her parents and never indulges in self-pity. From Wordnik.com. [It's Better To Tell All Than To Tell It Well] Reference
I allowed myself a week to wallow in self-pity, literally wallow in self-pity. From Wordnik.com. [Starting Over: Pressing Life's Reset Button] Reference
Right-wing self-pity has become a depressing staple of our political discourse. From Wordnik.com. [Jonathan Weiler: Dr. Laura's Interesting Interpretation of the First Amendment] Reference
They looked at each other with sympathy, because each was moved with self-pity. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"You'll be sorry when I'm dead," said Sarah, her voice plaintive with self-pity. From Wordnik.com. [Rosemary] Reference
But all his self-pity and uncertainties vanish in the face of his passion for wine. From Wordnik.com. [LIFE IS A CABERNET] Reference
And as she looked, her eyes suddenly filled with tears -- tears almost of self-pity. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point Or a Wreck and a Rescue] Reference
She also surrendered to the weakness of self-pity, that craven mocker of self-respect. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
My self-esteem and confidence disappeared leaving me in a pathetic puddle of self-pity. From Wordnik.com. [Staness Jonekos: How to Rebuild Your Self-Confidence During Menopause] Reference
And that, without a word or whisper of self-pity or self-aggrandizement, is what he did. From Wordnik.com. [A Lesson In Dignity] Reference
But I understand this sort of non-thinking for what it is: sentimentality and self-pity. From Wordnik.com. [Hitchens on cancer] Reference
You won't need lube since your tears of self-pity will get the Count Cockula nice and wet!. From Wordnik.com. [Dlisted - Be Very Afraid] Reference
… I remember once, years later, I was sitting on my bed, sick with despair and self-pity. From Wordnik.com. [Vitamins] Reference
"You won't need lube since your tears of self-pity will get the Count Cockula nice and wet!". From Wordnik.com. [Dlisted - Be Very Afraid] Reference
Glenn Beck's rally was large, vague, moist, and undirected -- the Waterworld of white self-pity. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Hitchens: Glenn Beck Rally Was 'Waterworld Of White Self-Pity'] Reference
Then, without cause, she began to weep in a passion of self-pity, and with the abandon of a child. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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