The horse was a pitiful sight.

这匹马一副可怜相。

youdao

The town had just been hit by the worst typhoon of the year. The ground outside was strewn with broken twigs and dry leaves. Fallen bamboo fences on the sodden ground. What a pitiful sight!

这个城市刚刚受到一次今年最严重的台风的袭击，窗外断枝残叶狼藉满地，整排竹篱委身在满是积水的地上，一片惨淡的景象。

youdao

No one could look at such a pitiful sight with dry eyes.

见此惨状，无不落泪。

《新英汉大辞典》

It is an almost pitiful sight and an almost inexplicable one to see Church leaders seemingly unable to explain why or how the Church denied membership to Blacks for so long.

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