Came to sorry end, swallowing pigment (8)
I believe the answer is:
numbered
'came to' is the definition.
(come to can mean to amount to or number to)
'sorry end swallowing pigment' is the wordplay.
'sorry' is an anagram indicator (sorry can mean poor-quality or wretched).
'swallowing' indicates putting letters inside.
'pigment' becomes 'umber' (umber is a kind of pigment).
'end' with letters rearranged gives 'ned'.
'ned' placed around 'umber' is 'NUMBERED'.
(Other definitions for numbered that I've seen before include "Amounted to" , "Designated" , "was calculating" , "If one's days are ........, there's not long to live" , "One whose days are ... has not long to live" .)