Words similar to pity

Example sentences for: pity

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

("That is why," the Economist observed a few years ago, in its trademark tone of languorous hauteur, "when a Russian steel factory reduces output, it is an achievement, not a pity."
"Rather a pity it was done by Owen Lattimore.
3) It is a vivid reminder of the "love, pity and guilt that a child feels for a favorite toy" that many adults have probably not thought about in quite a while (Roger Ebert, the Chicago Sun-Times ). (Visit the film's official site.)
such hopeless, astonished pleading, such overwhelmed, untempered pity for the self dying;
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.