How to use "pitiful" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "pitiful" in popular movie and book plots

  • That someone is Simon Thekkilakaadan (Vijayaraghavan), who is crippled and in a wheelchair, and presents a rather pitiful sight.  - Sooryan (2007 film)
  • At first Mejuben is very angry on seeing Moti but understands that he is in a pitiful condition.  - Saudagar (1973 film)
  • He also placed a curse on Drake, so Drake will forever be a pitiful pirate (The Final Curse).  - Pirates of the Great Salt Lake
  • Having personally experienced the pitiful plight of the Tamils in Sri Lanka, she goes back to South India with a heavy heart.  - Aanivaer
  • At the moment, the pitiful Zhao still knows nothing about the case.  - The Black Cannon Incident
  • Bridge overhears this, takes off to the ranch and organizes its pitiful defences.  - The Mucker
  • However, she thinks it's a very pitiful state of affairs that Tamsin's father is actually begging people to be her friend.  - My Summer of Love (novel)
  • In court, the men see the pitiful state of Skvoznik.  - The Purple Heart
  • Wilmarth arrives to find Akeley in a pitiful physical condition, immobilized in a chair in darkness.  - The Whisperer in Darkness
  • He also has a pitiful parentage: he is actually the illegitimate son of Xuanci, the abbot of Shaolin, and Ye Erniang, one of the "Four Evils".  - Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils
  • He absorbs all the people into the tower, telling them to "wipe the pitiful smiles off your face" and to "let the evil show, baby".  - Jet Set Radio Future
  • Surya's sister Jaya (Revathi) also meets a pitiful end at the hands of criminals, but Surya refuses to give up.  - Thamizhan
  • Liza realizes how pitiful he is and tenderly embraces him.  - Notes from Underground
  • Peer lands on shore bereft of all of his possessions, a pitiful and grumpy old man.  - Peer Gynt
  • Lily Smalls wakes and bemoans her pitiful existence.  - Under Milk Wood
  • They began a duel that was much more pitiful than Tajōmaru's account had made it sound, and Tajōmaru ultimately won through a stroke of luck.  - Rashomon

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