indignity

Example Sentences

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After all the indignities of the day, it was the mention of fried potatoes that threatened to undo him.

From Literature

You can call that depressing, or an indignity, or a simple fact.

From Salon

She said John O'Sullivan had been responsible for the indignity and degradation his father endured and he had caused misery for the family.

From BBC

The Ashes were decided after only three Tests and England have avoided the indignity of a 5-0 clean sweep.

From BBC

“Goodbye June” mulls over the beauty of life and the indignity of death, but never fully engages with either facet of our relatively short existence.

From Salon