dignity
[ˈdɪɡnəti]
Definition:
1. The quality of being worthy of esteem or respect.
2. Formality in bearing and appearance.
3. High office or rank or station.
'dignity' example sentence:
- I struggled to regain some dignity.
- It's an affront to human dignity to keep someone alive like this.
- She would never do anything beneath her dignity.
- A more relaxed regime and regular work lends the inmates a dignity not seen in other prisons.
- He comports himself with dignity.
- The act would be below the national dignity.
- They are creatures of majesty and dignity. And they are of importance, objects of concern for the God who has created them.
- This award must be shared with everyone who strives for justice and dignity.
- Red represents happiness, luck and fortune while yellow symbolizes imperial holiness and dignity.
- If you just tried to show normal dignity, you were viewed as uppity.
- Lower it slowly and with dignity.
- If we fail let us go down with dignity.
- She always comports herself with great dignity.
- It hurts laymen's dignity and self-esteem.
- He suffered a long series of illnesses with tremendous dignity and fortitude.
- She looks terrible, shorn of all her beauty and dignity.
- He is a practical humanist, who believes in the dignity of mankind.
- There was elegance and simple dignity in the way he bore himself.
- The captured commander faced the interrogation with dignity.
- He had been robbed of his dignity.
- Instead of losing dignity, you would gain respects for bravely admitting your mistakes.
- All the Greenpeace people behaved with impressive forbearance and dignity.
- Freedom and dignity illustrate the difficulty.
- If you were wrong, admit it. You won't lose dignity, but will gain respect.
- All these vocational names carry with them a certain gravity and dignity, which descriptive names often lack.
- For that one moment, he dropped his silliness and spoke with dignity.
- One explanation might be the loss of dignity displayed through a cheesy grin.
- We treated them with dignity, respect and basketball camaraderie.
- Tootles' face was very white, but there was a dignity about him now that had never been there before.
- She accepted the criticism with quiet dignity.
- It's difficult to preserve your dignity when you have no job and no home.
- On Friday he showed neither decency nor dignity. It was an uncommon lapse.
- Her presence lent the occasion a certain dignity.
- Rather than politely lobbying politicians, Gay Dignity will be making its presence felt through demonstrations.
- He behaved with great dignity.
- She behaved with great dignity.
- He sat with such regal dignity.
- The terminally ill should be allowed to die with dignity.
- They should be treated with the dignity proper to all individuals created by God.
- This socialism does not after all offer a magic formula for prosperity and human dignity.
- Dignity and pride run deep in this community.
- They carried themselves with great pride and dignity.
- She's got too much dignity to descend to writing anonymous letters.
- She bore herself with dignity throughout the funeral.
- She still has her dignity.
- He conducted himself with grace and dignity throughout the trial.
- Unfortunately, on Friday night he showed neither decency nor dignity.