indignity
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For generations, the 103-year-old Catholic parish has been a beacon of solace and resistance for residents angry about the latest indignity to befall the historic heart of Latino Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
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
“Goodbye June” mulls over the beauty of life and the indignity of death, but never fully engages with either facet of our relatively short existence.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026
Even a draw would ensure they do not suffer the indignity of a clean sweep – England have been beaten 5-0 on three previous Ashes tours.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2025
As for Absalom Jones, Richard Allen, and the hundreds of other blacks who nursed the city’s sick, they suffered an even worse indignity.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
Her acting is grounded in the particulars of an aging body and the indignities and frustrations of daily living.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2025
Cubicle dwellers at a Texas software company endure everyday corporate indignities, including paper jams and smug bosses asking if they got the memo about cover sheets for the TPS reports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
It is a great challenge to pay sustained attention to any one of the onslaught of moral or legal indignities unfolding in this moment.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2025
Park’s graphic elegance may be at odds with the awkward, idle indignities depicted onscreen, but the discrepancy between the two generates an edge-of-your-seat tension.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2025
Added to these indignities was the awful stench that hung over the frontlines, a foul odor that instantly assaulted visitors.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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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