indignity
Example Sentences
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The Angels’ ultimate indignity is its own hometown newspaper doesn’t regard it highly enough to staff its games with a full-time writer.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
You can call that depressing, or an indignity, or a simple fact.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026
You can call that depressing, or an indignity, or a simple fact.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026
The Ashes were decided after only three Tests and England have avoided the indignity of a 5-0 clean sweep.
From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026
At the revelation of this further indignity — Bono’s life altered universally by mere rumor — I could not speak immediately.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing indignity
Things Fall Apart
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"My Wonder Horse," Vocabulary from the short story
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 14–18
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