Willy looked pathetically grateful at the thought of a beer.

Now she felt pathetically grateful for the male strength that was guarding her.

It was a sinecure, of course, but he was pathetically grateful.

Many of the lepers were pathetically grateful that anyone had come to fight beside them.

The giant blonde youth seemed pathetically grateful to be allowed to help, and Kate's heart went out to him.

They're pathetically grateful to be asked for anything.

It was the best thing that had happened in quite a long time, and I was pathetically grateful for anything good.

We are strangers in a strange land, rarely invited out, pathetically grateful for any attention from a local.

Her family had been badly in debt and pathetically grateful for the tiny amount of money he paid her.

He was pathetically grateful for being called on this job.