piteous

She was in a piteous state.
Elle était dans un état pitoyable.
The Cuban penitentiary system is generally in a piteous and worrying state.
Le système pénitentiaire cubain dans son ensemble est dans un état pitoyable et très inquiétant.
And then there is the piteous case of the children who are night commuters.
Il y a aussi le cas lamentable de ces enfants de la nuit.
I have just read the piteous appeal that Taoufik' s young brother has made to the Tunisian journalist to urge him nevertheless to end his hunger strike.
Je viens de lire l' appel pathétique que le jeune frère de Taoufik vient d' adresser au journaliste tunisien pour l' exhorter à arrêter néanmoins sa grève de la faim.
The poor orphan had a piteous expression on his face.
Le pauvre orphelin avait une expression pitoyable sur le visage.
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