dignity

Example Sentences

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I’m working to change circumstances for people like her, who worked hard their entire lives and deserve to grow old with dignity and respect and love and, most importantly, support around her.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026

"Though we do not know the details of their days, we stand here knowing something simple - this child was here and this child is worthy of love, dignity and rest," she says.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Photography itself is a technical process, and the pictures Mr. Payne takes are based on precise points of view, meticulous lighting, carefully choreographed splashes of bright color, and respect for the dignity of labor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

The team behind a community grocery shop opening in a Surrey town for the first time say they want to "restore dignity" for shoppers while helping those in need with low-cost groceries.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

“That wasn’t my teeth, that was the cat’s claw,” Finn said with great dignity.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix