indignity
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It was even more of an indignity because Haley lived in and around Knoxville, Tennessee, for long periods of his life.
From Salon ● May 31, 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
Dog poo bags are not the only indignity the famous defensive frontier has to endure.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
“Goodbye June” mulls over the beauty of life and the indignity of death, but never fully engages with either facet of our relatively short existence.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026
The wages Winn-Dixie is offering—$6 and a couple of dimes to start with—are not enough, I decide, to compensate for this indignity.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
Donny Hathaway had already been expounding on the splendors and indignities of American life by the time he got to the Troubadour in West Hollywood in the last week of August 1971.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
The steady-paced, often mordantly funny “Pick a Color” explores the immigrant experience, the long tail of trauma, the indignities suffered by low-wage workers and their companion emotions: loneliness, loss and grief.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
"Today, the Court needlessly subjects countless more to these exact same indignities," she wrote.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
There are lots of indignities to be angry about, and more of them mount every day.
From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2025
This is another one of the indignities of prison.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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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