'Poor things,' I thought, looking around at the other passengers and feeling superior.
I have even heard people exclaim, upon hearing anecdotes of elephant-hunting, 'Poor things!'
'Poor thing,' thought Trixie, and wondered if she might be pregnant.
'Poor thing,' meaning that she didn't have the good sense to be enamored of you?
'Poor little things,' she continued aloud, 'I don't believe they're even old enough to be weaned.'
Some time after he was in his hammock that night, I heard him myself repeat to Ham, 'Poor thing!
'Poor little thing,' he said to Blanche.
"I'm still curious as to whom you meant when you said 'Poor thing,'" I remarked.
'Poor thing,' said Jack, and she flew up to his shoulder at once.
'Poor thing,' she'd sob, thinking about the heroine, and she'd get undressed so that she could carry on crying in bed.