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
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 think me deluded. Tricked by my own walking fairytale. You think I came without a hope of winning— came to escape indignity by suicide!”
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
For the most part, the retrofuturistic vibes of the northern Virginia airport provide some aesthetic relief from the contemporary indignities of air travel.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
So going back nearly 60 years, the late Mr. Flint has been left to quietly suffer the indignities of desecration and abandonment, but for temporary intervention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2026
They accept the indignities of age as they accept everything, with unblinking eyes and a saving humor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 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
Paul was willing—even eager—to share the well-publicized indignities suffered by the suffragists who had been imprisoned.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
Vocabulary lists containing indignity
Things Fall Apart
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 14–18
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