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

"I won't dignify the attacker's words by repeating them, they are horrific and vile," said Mr Thompson.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 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

She knew that she was mouthing words; and she realized suddenly that her mother scorned to dignify these words with her attention.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

“Honey and Clover” dignifies the clumsy missteps of young adulthood in a way that teens will appreciate, because if rejection and failure have to be a part of life, might as well romanticize it, right?

From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2023

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

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

From Nature and Culture by Harvey Rice

“Serving as a means for others to learn about El Salvador and ensuring that representation is dignified is one of my greatest responsibilities.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 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 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

"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

Her grief is quiet and dignified, and somehow this makes it worse.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

"You build peace by transforming pain. That takes more than diplomacy. It takes dialogue, decentralised participation and dignifying people's experiences," she said.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2025

In Ostlund’s biting comedy, de Leon embraced the task of dignifying a character who essentially represents the millions of Filipinos working abroad to support their families back home.

From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 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

Jim had no rival, and at the outset no difficulties worth dignifying with the name.

From The Childerbridge Mystery by Guy Newell Boothby