indignity
Example Sentences
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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
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
We’ll get to the most regrettable indignity in a moment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
The first indignity was having to call collect.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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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