How to Use dignify in a Sentence

dignify

verb

• She felt that formal clothing would help dignify the occasion.
• He said he wouldn't dignify his opponents' accusations by responding to them.
• Karloff glides through the film with his sage presence, dignifying the air around him.
  — Hazlitt, 6 Sep. 2023
• That’s what dignified the Rolling Stones.
  — Jeff Miller, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2026
• Jericho, unswayed by the use of his first name, did not dignify this question with an answer.
  — Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
• Trump has said his lawyers advised him not to dignify the first trial by attending it.
  — Jennifer Peltz, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2024
• The idea is to dignify our culture and make people feel proud of our mexicanidad.
  — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2022
• There’s something very dignifying in his fright and his emotions.
  — Vulture, 24 May 2023
• Who decided—in a very few seconds—the weapon formed against them didn’t dignify a response?
  — Roy S. Johnson | [email protected], al, 25 Mar. 2022
• Who wanted to dignify such dumb scenarios with sober analyses?
  — Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2022
• The clothes are formal, dignified, structured, rule-bound, but also nuanced.
  — Robin Givhan, chicagotribune.com, 4 Mar. 2018
• The story doesn't deserve to be dignified by being broadcast and displayed.
  — Fox News, 26 Mar. 2018
• But party leaders are urging rank-and-file lawmakers to keep any protests dignified and to avoid bringing signs or props.
  — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025
• Slaughter was always searching in those days for ways to dignify the title and elevate the women who won it.
  — Amy Argetsinger, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2021
• During the peace process, the Guatemalan government wanted to dignify the memory of those killed by the state.
  — Laura Klairmont, CNN, 17 Mar. 2023
• While anyone might feel an urge to push for that fundraiser, Heart of Dinner's team wanted to dignify the man’s wishes.
  — Karissa Chen, Bon Appétit, 31 May 2022
• Carucci offers some possible avenues to dignify the worker and challenge them to make greater achievements.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
• The news is expected to be broken in a careful, somber manner, with hosts wearing black to dignify the importance of what has happened.
  — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022
• The goal is to make the homes feel welcoming and dignifying for those who’ve gone without kind or, at the very least, livable home lives, Hindman added.
  — Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
• Any society is free to dignify labor by implementing policies like that.
  — Patrick J. Deneen, Harper’s Magazine , 5 Jan. 2023
• The president is incredibly smart, not dignify this dinner with his presence.
  — Fox News, 1 May 2018
• The incarnation dignified the material world, which is good, though in constant need of repair and healing.
  — Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
• Wade brought her distress over the situation to her therapist, got off social media and refused to dignify the rumors.
  — Jewly Hight, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
• Dignified paying customers who are there to support the business are offended by the lack of discipline some children are allowed to display.
  — Abigail Van Buren, Twin Cities, 13 Mar. 2017
• These movies didn’t deserve him, but Khan dignified them with his presence, refusing to sink with the flimsy material he was given.
  — Mayukh Sen, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2020
• In short, there are many that continue to dignify regional Mexican music.
  — Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 5 Feb. 2025
• As for Dolly Parton, there have been rumors over the years of encounters in which she was told about the bridge and declined to dignify the news with a response.
  — al.com, 30 June 2019
• Mid-century architecture taught us that a single detail, repeated with care, can dignify millions of lives.
  — Dr. Taha Kass-Hout, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
• Yet the politicians who dignify it with specious arguments are making fools of themselves and harming America.
  — The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018
• But at a time when too many filmmakers still mistake message-mongering for art, a picture that quietly dignifies the medium is more than sufficient for me.
  — Justin Chang, latimes.com, 30 Mar. 2018