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
He would have to in order to keep enduring the indignity of being repeatedly cut.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Savers may be spared the indignity of seeing the returns on their cash dwindle to near nothing - although institutions sometimes don't need an excuse to reduce savings rates.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026
You can call that depressing, or an indignity, or a simple fact.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026
Then he took the lines in his hands; he freed them from the rocks and the figure from the wind's indignity.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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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