It should imitate actions arousing fear and pity.
Below it his face aroused pity in Harkness.
It was a grisly scene, but not one to arouse pity in any of the men who surveyed it.
It's generally a gesture to arouse pity or terror in their lover.
Defiant, indomitable, even harsh to excess, they at the same time aroused pity.
What was there about his situation to arouse pity?
Claudius welcomed them home after so many years, and their sad stories aroused much pity.
Her attempts at suicide had aroused only pity.
There was something else, something that aroused loving pity in the younger woman.
For some reason, however, this mixture aroused only pity in the priestess's soul, rather than the revulsion she usually experienced.