dignify

And so it is fitting that its image has been on the nickel since 1938, the only private house to dignify a standard item of American currency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 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

“It is a space where we will be able to dignify them, recognize identities, but also to remember their memories as we all deserve,” Cuevas said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2023

There was still disbelief in his voice when he said he’d checked all the charts and publications on the bridge; our cay was so small that the charts wouldn’t even dignify it with a name.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

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

Where sorrow's held —— and turned out, There wisdom will not enter nor true power, Nor aught that dignifies humanity.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin

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

President Trump attended a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base for four U.S. servicemembers killed during the war with Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

"They don't believe that safe, dignified burials could really help," says Dr Babou Rukengeza from the charity Save The Children.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

"We started here on July 25th, the very next day, to do all the work...so that all those people could have dignified burials."

From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026

Pedro Romero nodded, seeming very far away and dignified when we shook hands.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

“It mattered a lot to me that this was done in the most dignifying way possible,” Sipili, 44, said.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

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

He showed the power of the ballot in combating unjust laws, opening college doors, securing equal pay for equal work, dignifying the marriage relation, by making woman an equal partner, not a subject.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady