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verb

past tense of dignify

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dignified
Adjective
Stay classy Sean Dyche’s two-year tenure in charge at Everton ended in a dignified and professional manner on Thursday when he was sacked three hours before a match. Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025 Member states are working on tackling the need for sustainable, dignified and affordable housing across the Union. Sofia Celeste, WWD, 10 Jan. 2025 On every stage, Mr. Gumbel maintained a quiet and dignified presence in front of the camera, with the gravitas of a Walter Cronkite. Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024 Parks is highly respected for his meaningful and dignified pursuance of workers’ rights. Paul Tilsley, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dignified 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dignified
Adjective
  • And on the other hand, in a world where most of their top arms remain healthy and effective, the Dodgers could possess one of the most imposing starting pitching staffs in recent memory.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The most imposing constructions, hidden by nature, towered above the tree canopy.
    Anna Lagos, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • This has truly elevated the destination to a global stage, resulting in an influx of visitors from the US.
    Roger Sands, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
  • This gown can easily be dressed down for your next vacation or elevated for your next black tie event.
    Amazon, refinery29.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Award-winning investigative reporter Chuck Goudie, who left WLS-Ch. 7 in December after a distinguished, more than 44-year career at ABC 7, has a new broadcast home, just a short distance away on the dial.
    Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Known for his impressive accomplishments in NASCAR, Jimmie Johnson has carved a distinguished career path inside the oval tracks.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, Yang, who’s had a prolific few years, continues to showcase his more solemn side.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
  • It is lined with beautiful murals depicting old-school New Orleans scenes, and the bartenders wear white jackets and move with a kind of solemn purpose and discipline.
    David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • At home, the atmosphere was decorous, curious, gentle; outside, the culture of the nineteen-fifties was tougher, valorizing war and papering over a darker, more furtive kind of violence.
    Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Aside from a series of gruesome martyr scenes frescoed on the interior wall of the second ring in the late 16th century, the décor reflects late Imperial taste for decorous abstraction and costly materials.
    David Laskin, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024

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“Dignified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dignified. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.

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