But my pitiful pleas fall on deaf ears.

Julia visited once a week, never shirking, closing her ears to the pitiful pleas and wails, his demands just to end it all.

If only Mom were here, he thought for maybe the millionth time, taking care to block his pitiful plea from the other child.

Unarmed, he backed away in horror, pitiful pleas slobbering from nerveless lips.

Someone took her hand and Cristina croaked a pitiful plea.

He stopped and listened closely to the broken words, the pitiful pleas that were punctuated by long sobs.

I've filtered some pitiful pleas through her agent.

As Eliza and I watched through peepholes, they made a pitiful and fog-bound plea for help.

His raucous voice had softened to a pitiful plea; he was begging Mildred not to shoot.

If only Mom were here, he thought, taking care to block his pitiful plea from his sibling's sleeping mind, lest it disturb her childish dreams.