Example sentences for: pathetic

How can you use “pathetic” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The collective message: What a pathetic loser!

  • He comes off as a pathetic little loser--a mutt.

  • Otherwise, "[d]ecadence has rarely looked so pathetic, lethargic and dispiriting" (Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times ). (Watch the trailer.)

  • Jaws drop; people fall all over themselves; buddies, goggle-eyed, take you aside: "How did you manage that ?" What a shallow, empty, and pathetic reverie: having one's worth enhanced by a gorgeous celebrity.

  • She had the pathetic aggression of a wife or mother--to Bunt there was no difference."


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