dignify

Monarchical trappings dignified Napoleon Bonaparte’s power grab and still dignify the Inauguration Days of American presidents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

A spokesperson for Khan told the BBC: "We are not going to dignify his appalling and bigoted comments with a response."

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025

New York Rep. Mike Lawler said Greene’s belief “doesn’t dignify a response,” while Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon observed that “I think enough has already been said. I ignore her.”

From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2024

“It is a space where we will be able to dignify them, recognize identities, but also to remember their memories as we all deserve,” Cuevas said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2023

Without some capacity for it I could not have qualified as a Mobile, and I received formal training in it on Hain, where they dignify it with the title of Farfetching.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

The precious metal, emphasizing the breaks and flaws, dignifies age, usefulness and mortality.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2024

Your marches are full of empty promises and until you take action that dignifies and respects Black women, I have no choice but to ignore you.

From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2020

Heat, however, neither disguises nor dignifies their narcissism of small differences.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2019

Like a long line of fictional characters before him, Peter dignifies his misdeeds by casting them as potential literary scenarios.

From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2018

The skill with which the plot of 'Grantley Manor' is constructed, the exquisite truth of delineation which the characters exhibit, and the intensity of passion which warms and dignifies the subject, are alike admirable....

From The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' by Julia Pardoe

And throughout it all, day after day, Fiona Donohoe was a constant, quietly dignified presence, often sitting alone in a corner at the back of the Coroner's Court.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

“They’re a lifeline for working Americans who may not otherwise have a dignified retirement.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

"This marks a new chapter in the fight to build a dignified future for all Venezuelans," the opposition negotiator said in her statement.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

President Trump attended a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base for four U.S. servicemembers killed during the war with Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

When Lander arrived—the most dignified and eloquent colored man any of them had seen—the discussions adopted a more local character.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

"You build peace by transforming pain. That takes more than diplomacy. It takes dialogue, decentralised participation and dignifying people's experiences," she said.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2025

“They spent too much time dignifying her as a witness for a case that’s about paper entries,” Trusty said.

From Salon ● May 10, 2024

Asked for comment on Sunday evening regarding the altercation, John LaBombard, a spokesman for Sinema, told The Washington Post: “We are not dignifying this behavior with a response.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2021

She added: “It’s not worth dignifying his attacks a lot of the time.”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 8, 2020

The dignified and dignifying consciousness of an honest man, and the well-grounded trust in approving Heaven, are two most substantial foundations of happiness.

From The Letters of Robert Burns by Robert Burns