The nurse looked at him pityingly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a pitying look. From Dictionary.com.
His mother called pityingly after him; but he only sobbed back. From Wordnik.com. [Young Lucretia and Other Stories] Reference
D'Alembord looked pityingly on his superior officer. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Honour]
I said pityingly, 'you must long to see the flowers. From Wordnik.com. [Dwell Deep or Hilda Thorn's Life Story] Reference
Very slowly, almost pityingly, Joe turned toward him. From Wordnik.com. [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference
"Poor fellow," said Meggy, looking pityingly after him. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run] Reference
No, it's not a party, the girl looked at Cerys pityingly. From Wordnik.com. [Freshers: Part two - Cerys] Reference
Luther Hansen looked at her pityingly and shook his head. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
She looked at him earnestly; she looked at him pityingly. From Wordnik.com. [Cord and Creese] Reference
"But you can't ride that far," Silas protested, pityingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
Fleety stopped of her own accord, and looked pityingly back. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866] Reference
Then he looked more pityingly than ever at the pretty child. From Wordnik.com. [Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold] Reference
I said, pityingly alluding to this failure afterward with her. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
"Not much, poor boy, I'm afraid," Mrs. Morton replied pityingly. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
Even that assurance will help me to think more pityingly of her. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
The grey eyes lifted to his face, dwelled on it almost pityingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
Some smiled rather pityingly and went away saying to one another. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Missionary Heroes] Reference
The dwarf looked pityingly down upon the youth for several moments. From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 02, April 9, 1870] Reference
I said, and Julia and one or two other people looked at me pityingly. From Wordnik.com. [Time and Again]
"True," says Lady Stafford, pityingly, letting her eyes fall on Molly. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
"Now, if you please, sir, just listen to that," cried Mrs. Tobey pityingly. From Wordnik.com. [Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life] Reference
He wondered pityingly about the circumstances that had maimed and freed her. From Wordnik.com. [Corpus of a Siam Mosquito] Reference
"But wait," said Brandon, and he looked at her earnestly and most pityingly. From Wordnik.com. [Cord and Creese] Reference
"I wish you could tell me what is the matter," he said pityingly and quietly. From Wordnik.com. [Janet of the Dunes] Reference
Here Pete drew his hand across his eyes, and the girls looked pityingly at him. From Wordnik.com. ['Our Guy' or, The elder brother] Reference
Eleanor looked at them pityingly, and then spoke to the older of the two women. From Wordnik.com. [The Camp Fire Girls on the March Bessie King's Test of Friendship] Reference
The girls explained, and Mrs. Nelson looked pityingly at their grave young faces. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point Or a Wreck and a Rescue] Reference
"I guess she feels it even worse than we thought she did," said Mollie pityingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point Or a Wreck and a Rescue] Reference
"Say," said Phil, eyeing them pityingly, "don't you fellows know it's time to eat?". From Wordnik.com. [Lucile Triumphant] Reference
How tired their arms and legs must be, she thought pityingly, pushing that heavy load. From Wordnik.com. [A Thousand Splendid Suns]
He regarded her pityingly; then that emotion was quickly reflected from her to himself. From Wordnik.com. [Hubert's Wife A Story for You] Reference
'Poor fellow! perhaps he does not feel able to do the work,' said Mrs. Howard pityingly. From Wordnik.com. [That Scholarship Boy] Reference
She shook her head pityingly as the tractor began moving with two others toward Southport. From Wordnik.com. [Badge of Infamy] Reference
Elsie could still see Norma's sweet face, with its gentle blue eyes pityingly bent on her. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Allen: Right Guard] Reference
"Oh, poor, poor mother," said the prince pityingly; and he stooped and kissed her withered lips. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
He scratched his head, and looked pityingly at the little girl, who held fast to Coomber's hand. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor's Lass] Reference
His father looked pityingly at him; he knew only too well what a blow this was to the young man. From Wordnik.com. [Adrien Leroy] Reference
Eben, who was a friendly young man, looked at her pityingly as he put the 'fish into her basket. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885] Reference
"Poor little thing!" said Miss Crow, looking pityingly at her drawn white face and purple eyelids. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
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