She heard a pitiful mewing sound and wondered vaguely if it could have come from her.

She made a pitiful little sound that was somewhere between a whimper and a moan.

The baby began to cry, a thin pitiful sound that echoed in the building.

He dreaded the lost, pitiful sound of his own voice in this enclosed place.

The head made a high, whining noise, a terrified, pitiful sound, like a child being tortured.

I followed the pitiful sound, almost certain that I knew where it was coming from and what had happened.

He screamed, but the roaring in his ears drowned the pitiful sound.

They fell silent - and the whole pitiful sound came back to him.

Robin saw her mouth twist and heard a pitiful sound.

His eyes widened and he made pitiful sounds behind the gag.