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Recent Examples of indignity In one final indignity, UCLA’s Lazar Stefanovic, trying desperately to foul Bailey in the final seconds, did so only for the top NBA prospect to make a shot after Stefanovic grabbed him. Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025 Then last season, it was forced to endure the indignity of watching a Big Ten team (Michigan) beat a soon-to-be Big Ten team (Washington) for the national title. David Ubben, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025 Few react to that indignity by scouring the streets in a quest to confront the unfortunate soul who left them hanging. Judy Berman, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024 Those kinds of indignities were par for the course, according to an article about the 6888 by military history writer Kevin M. Hymel that inspired the film. Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for indignity 
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Noun
  • Read the full Pisces Daily Horoscope Aries (March 21 - April 19) Feeling the sting of a pointed insult?
    USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Its leaders must stand strong in a climate reshaped by DeSantis and his torrent of insults and verbal abuse.
    Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Through darkly humorous posts, expressions of admiration, sarcasm and other forms of rhetoric, people are rebuilding a sense of agency by reacting to their personal audiences.
    Erin Keller, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Researchers debuted an 88 percent accurate hate-speech detector and a superior sarcasm detector and may be able to send messages back in time.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The decision, tied to former President Donald Trump’s executive order dismantling DEI programs in federal agencies, sparked widespread outrage from historians, civil rights advocates and the public alike.
    Essence, Essence, 28 Jan. 2025
  • President Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, responded to the viral video of actress and singer Selena Gomez expressing outrage over deportations on Monday.
    Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025

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“Indignity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indignity. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.

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