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
He would have to in order to keep enduring the indignity of being repeatedly cut.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
His daughter-in-law Linda Kirkland, a former accountant, said this was "the final indignity".
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026
It’s bad enough that the great city of San Francisco should suffer the indignity of a maximum security federal penitentiary in its midst without being subject to these sorts of sick and dangerous shenanigans.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
Many of us were the Success Daughters who had grown up hearing that we could be anything we wanted, only to encounter barriers and indignities we hadn’t been told existed.
From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2026
They accept the indignities of age as they accept everything, with unblinking eyes and a saving humor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
Her acting is grounded in the particulars of an aging body and the indignities and frustrations of daily living.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2025
Park’s graphic elegance may be at odds with the awkward, idle indignities depicted onscreen, but the discrepancy between the two generates an edge-of-your-seat tension.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2025
“You have no idea the indignities I have suffered,” I told my loyal servant.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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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