Definition of Pathos
a feeling of sympathy or pity
Examples of Pathos in a sentence
The pathos of the movie caused me to leave the theater with tears in my eyes. 🔊
In order to solicit donations, the charity created a video filled with pathos to draw out sympathy from the public. 🔊
Successful movies usually combine pathos with comedy so audiences will not be overwhelmed by sadness during a film. 🔊
As I watched the video of the tornado touching down on the school, I could not help but be moved by pathos. 🔊
The crooks used a pathos con to scam senior citizen into donating to a fake charity. 🔊
Because the serial killer was unaffected by pathos, he felt no sorrow for his victims. 🔊
Although lives were lost during the bombing, we have to work through our pathos and ensure tragedies of this sort will never happen again. 🔊
How can you not feel pathos for the mother who lost her child in the fire? 🔊
Surprisingly, I felt pathos for the man convicted of killing my brother. 🔊
The judge hoped the threat of prison would cause the teenage criminal to feel pathos for those he hurt. 🔊
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