I left quietly, catching one last glimpse of Gilbert's stunned and pathetic expression.

Especially memorable is a story about a young woman whose dream of flying finds pathetic expression through invasive surgery that promises more than it delivers.

No anger showed in her eyes this time, only a pathetic expression of hopeless sorrow.

"I do," Guy told him, and the pathetic expression on his face changedin an instant to one of blackest hatred.

The face had a pathetic expression which told the tragedy of his last years.

Penny, her face wearing the pathetic expression of an abandoned calf, said little, but she did sigh frequently and with feeling.

On Tarzan's face was a pathetic expression of disappointment.

Sometimes, there is irony, that makes the tragicomic, prevents the story's pathetic expression from getting kitsch.

The gambler's face had taken on a pathetic expression.

There was a pathetic expression upon Griscom's face.