dignify

And so it is fitting that its image has been on the nickel since 1938, the only private house to dignify a standard item of American currency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

"I won't dignify the attacker's words by repeating them, they are horrific and vile," said Mr Thompson.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025

New York Rep. Mike Lawler said Greene’s belief “doesn’t dignify a response,” while Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon observed that “I think enough has already been said. I ignore her.”

From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2024

He said it was important to attract migrants to Portugal to help solve its demographic challenges, saying the "door shouldn't be wide open nor locked," adding: "It is necessary to regulate and dignify."

From Reuters ● Nov. 25, 2023

She knew that she was mouthing words; and she realized suddenly that her mother scorned to dignify these words with her attention.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

“Honey and Clover” dignifies the clumsy missteps of young adulthood in a way that teens will appreciate, because if rejection and failure have to be a part of life, might as well romanticize it, right?

From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2023

Your marches are full of empty promises and until you take action that dignifies and respects Black women, I have no choice but to ignore you.

From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2020

“Perhaps it’s time to think of a universal wage that recognises and dignifies the noble and irreplaceable tasks you perform.”

From The Guardian ● Apr. 12, 2020

Heat, however, neither disguises nor dignifies their narcissism of small differences.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2019

Where sorrow's held —— and turned out, There wisdom will not enter nor true power, Nor aught that dignifies humanity.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald

"I want to give my son a dignified burial. I am deeply pained."

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

“They’re a lifeline for working Americans who may not otherwise have a dignified retirement.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

And after sentencing, the families' dignified conduct was remarked on by the judge.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

President Trump on Wednesday attended the dignified transfer of four U.S. servicemembers recently killed in the Middle East during the Iran war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Was Fat Cheeks patient because he was the chief and too dignified to react?

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

"You build peace by transforming pain. That takes more than diplomacy. It takes dialogue, decentralised participation and dignifying people's experiences," she said.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2025

“They spent too much time dignifying her as a witness for a case that’s about paper entries,” Trusty said.

From Salon ● May 10, 2024

Asked for comment on Sunday evening regarding the altercation, John LaBombard, a spokesman for Sinema, told The Washington Post: “We are not dignifying this behavior with a response.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2021

Still, she treats the material with absolute seriousness, dignifying the bits that don’t deserve it, swerving into an emotionalism that the script doesn’t remotely earn.

From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2021

He went on increasing his collection; and, skilful in catering for the literary taste of the town, now inflamed their appetite by dignifying it with “Mr. Pope’s Literary Correspondence!”

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli