The documentary felt like pity porn, focusing on people's suffering to tug at viewers' hearts without offering them any real help.

After hearing him complain all night, I told him to stop serving himself the pity pie and actually do something about it.

When she saw the stray dog shivering in the rain, she couldn't help but take pity on it and offer it a warm blanket.

She spent months preparing for the role, but more's the pity, the production was canceled.

Her self-pitying tone made it hard for friends to offer helpful advice.

Many first-time buyers worry that rising interest rates will make PITI payments unaffordable.

Street performers left small pity pots at their feet, hoping passersby would drop a coin.

After yet another rejection, he sat on his pity pot and refused to answer his messages all afternoon.