How to Use dignity in a Sentence
dignity
noun
- She showed dignity in defeat.
- Theirs is a country that cherishes freedom and human dignity.
- The ceremony was conducted with great dignity.
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Women’s health, for them, has been a decades-long struggle for power and dignity.
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Phoebe Gates,
Vogue,
1 July 2022
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There is no business or promotion that is worth more than the dignity of our people.
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Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
30 Oct. 2024
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Local 11 always knows how to troll Angeleno civic life in the name of worker dignity.
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Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2022
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Rough guys, tough guys, men of dignity, Join the raccoon coat fraternity, Soon, to do the raccoon!
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David Reamer,
Anchorage Daily News,
17 July 2022
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All too often, people in positions of leadership lord themselves over their employees and fail to treat them with dignity and respect.
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Melanie Fine,
Forbes,
1 July 2022
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Managers need to be treated with empathy, respect, dignity and compassion.
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Jack Kelly,
Forbes,
10 July 2022
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Slaughter brings great dignity and tenderness to the anxiety and mental health problems that both Aja and Walker endure.
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Usa Today Staff,
USA TODAY,
10 July 2022
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On Friday, baritone Jack Canfield intoned them with both diction and dignity abundantly clear.
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Jeremy Eichler,
BostonGlobe.com,
11 July 2022
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Respect and dignity and integrity are really important.
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Robin Rose Parker,
Washington Post,
12 July 2022
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That sense of respect and dignity came from the top down.
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Leslie Anne Tarabella,
al,
7 July 2021
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The books’ spines say love, courage, peace, racial dignity, faith and hope.
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Martin E. Comas,
orlandosentinel.com,
11 Oct. 2021
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The votes and dignity of member states are not for sale.
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Farnaz Fassihi,
WSJ,
22 Dec. 2017
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Lead from the head with clarity, from the hands with dignity and from the heart with love.
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Jedidiah Alex Koh,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2022
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Cities and states shouldn't give up their dignity for it.
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James Briggs,
Indianapolis Star,
19 Oct. 2017
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At the end of the day, this -- this entire race has been about dignity and respect.
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CNN,
12 Dec. 2017
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And what struck me about her was her, her dignity and effort to seize a full life.
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oregonlive,
1 Mar. 2021
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There was a dignity and grandeur about the Chief Justice which marked him as one born great.
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Anna Deavere Smith,
The Atlantic,
13 Nov. 2023
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There’s a way to walk out of that with dignity, with hope and with a joyful future.
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Phyllis Stark,
Billboard,
30 May 2018
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Peter fought it to the end with strength, dignity and the resolve to survive.
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Sun-Sentinel.com,
11 July 2018
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Being a man is about the strength of respect and dignity.
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Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2024
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Not even some dignity over how to close out what had been a good season.
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Dave Hyde,
sun-sentinel.com,
12 Dec. 2020
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But how much is a legacy worth? And how about one’s dignity?
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
The Mercury News,
17 June 2024
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Respect the dignity and agency of the people in your film.
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Marta Balaga,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2022
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But no person should have to be brave just to live in safety and dignity.
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Glenn Garner,
PEOPLE.com,
20 Nov. 2021
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There is little dignity for the dead in this makeshift burial site in the forest.
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Tom Soufi Burridge,
ABC News,
19 Sep. 2022
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With a clothing store on the premise, women will get chance to walk out of the facility with dignity and respect, according to Capt. Rita Roland, who oversees Elmwood.
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Stephanie Lam,
The Mercury News,
4 Nov. 2024
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These assets need to be engaged, respected, appreciated, and treated with dignity.
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Peter Georgescu,
Forbes,
31 Oct. 2024
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