Exempel på piteously

• Norman sank to his knees and began to sob piteously.

• The cat's yellow eyes gleamed in the beam of light and she miaowed again piteously.

• In the distance he heard a dog whining piteously.

• Based on these funds, one hundred thousand employees cry piteously for food.

• The hare at this point is more often than not still alive and screaming piteously.

• Other cities may do better than this, but the evidence suggests that financial support from both central and local government is piteously inadequate.