dignify

Monarchical trappings dignified Napoleon Bonaparte’s power grab and still dignify the Inauguration Days of American presidents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

A spokesperson for Khan told the BBC: "We are not going to dignify his appalling and bigoted comments with a response."

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025

New York Rep. Mike Lawler said Greene’s belief “doesn’t dignify a response,” while Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon observed that “I think enough has already been said. I ignore her.”

From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2024

He said it was important to attract migrants to Portugal to help solve its demographic challenges, saying the "door shouldn't be wide open nor locked," adding: "It is necessary to regulate and dignify."

From Reuters ● Nov. 25, 2023

The argument—if we can dignify it by such a word—went something like this: “I can’t see a thing on Venus.”

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Your marches are full of empty promises and until you take action that dignifies and respects Black women, I have no choice but to ignore you.

From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2020

“Perhaps it’s time to think of a universal wage that recognises and dignifies the noble and irreplaceable tasks you perform.”

From The Guardian ● Apr. 12, 2020

Heat, however, neither disguises nor dignifies their narcissism of small differences.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2019

Like a long line of fictional characters before him, Peter dignifies his misdeeds by casting them as potential literary scenarios.

From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2018

It is not the occupation that dignifies a man, but the man that dignifies the occupation.

From Nature and Culture by Harvey Rice

"He had very limited family involvement around his passing but we assured it was appropriate, met his wishes and was dignified."

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

"The straw polls may show that some candidates are just not viable, and allow them to bow out in a dignified manner," Richard Gowan of the International Crisis Group told AFP.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Trump’s remarks were made as he traveled to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to attend a dignified transfer of U.S. service members killed in the war.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Trump attended a dignified transfer in March 2026 for six U.S. servicemembers killed in the Middle East, and another later that month for fallen aircrew members.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

He sat on the sofa, silent and dignified, while Mami fed him crackers and lemonade.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

It’s a building that delivers an architectural premium in small, cost-efficient, dignifying doses.

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2022

Faith is really important and dignifying the faith and respecting it is really important to us.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2021

Asked for comment on Sunday evening regarding the altercation, John LaBombard, a spokesman for Sinema, told The Washington Post: “We are not dignifying this behavior with a response.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2021

She added: “It’s not worth dignifying his attacks a lot of the time.”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 8, 2020

The lamp, it was tacitly felt by everybody, was dignifying the party, and providing sufficient entertainment simply by its presence; being fully as satisfactory in its way as a pianola or a string band.

From Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin