indignity
Example Sentences
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He would have to in order to keep enduring the indignity of being repeatedly cut.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
You can call that depressing, or an indignity, or a simple fact.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026
She said John O'Sullivan had been responsible for the indignity and degradation his father endured and he had caused misery for the family.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026
In once again going 3-0 down after three matches, they are left to battle against the indignity of a 5-0 clean sweep.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025
In any case, I too am learning, ordeal by ordeal, my indignity.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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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