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.

Use 'dignity' in a sentence:

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