pathetically ,

That is a step forward, but a pathetically small one.

It was pathetically simple to set individuals against one another.

Maybe pathetically enough to use the child that grew within her to try and hold him.

He asked rather pathetically to be informed the moment any news of you came in.

He had never been so pathetically glad to see anyone in his life.

They led us on until the season's end, and then pathetically collapsed.

She was pathetically willing to please me no matter what I asked of her.

He checked the power level and it was pathetically low.

It was pathetically little, and I began to feel embarrassed.

"But I want you to be happy," she said pathetically.

"I want to go home," she heard herself say, almost pathetically.

It could hardly matter very much either way, for everything was so pathetically simple.

Inevitably there were one or two people pathetically out of step.

He nodded and went on his way, looking pathetically determined.

The difference between them and the two older ones was pathetically obvious.

My grandmother was pathetically thin in the final weeks before her death.

Ben was at his most loving and pathetically trying to help.

He was a good old thing, but out of touch, pathetically inadequate.

As we ran, however, an idea came to me, one that seemed pathetically obvious once I had thought of it.

On top of that, there were pathetically few outside election observers.

The young girl woke up, and cried pathetically for her dead mother.

It was pathetically little for an escape into the unknown.

It did indeed give good service, being pathetically eager to please.

Her mouth was wide open and she looked pathetically at Michele.

"At the moment, the government's acquisitions fund is pathetically low."