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Example sentences for: pity

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It's a pity that eating disorders have been pasted over with banal notions such as "body image" and "self-esteem," and unappetizing medical terms such as "morbidly obese," because obsession with food is by no means a dull subject.
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Pity the poor typographer who has to keep the four kinds of o and u straight!
As each new blow falls, we react with pity, astonishment, horror and compassion."
There is much to interest and amuse the reader in Mother Tongue , and I find it a pity that teachers do not use books like this to introduce students to the wonders and humor of language to reinforce what I hope is their own enthusiasm for the subject in place of the turgid texts they are stuck with.