How to Use indignation in a Sentence

indignation

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  • The decision to close the factory has aroused the indignation of the townspeople.
  • He adopted a tone of moral indignation.
  • By 1936, the indignation had subsided, and coverage of the movement declined with it.
    — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Aug. 2024
  • There is laughter at the expense of the Nazis, with indignation to match.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2022
  • That brings us to the Phillies, and perhaps a bit of rightful indignation.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Roosevelt knew how to stoke the fires of moral indignation.
    — Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021
  • On Sunday, the scene was met with the wrath of Twitter users' indignation.
    — Margaret Littman, Fortune, 17 Mar. 2020
  • That fact only adds to the indignation of their first sweep this season.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2022
  • Shock and indignation are one thing, though, and the law is quite another.
    — Byirina Ivanova, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Fox has two pronouns, you and they, and one tone: indignation.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2020
  • The laxer approach to containing the virus has drawn both praise and indignation from across the globe.
    — Rafaela Lindeberg, Fortune, 3 June 2020
  • He was spared the indignation when the winning streak stopped at nine, but UConn did win 24 games and reach the Hockey East final for the third time in five years.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2024
  • People took heart at her fight, and found indignation in her death.
    — New York Times, 6 Dec. 2020
  • In the wake of his death, one last cycle of Mad Mike indignation churned though all of its wearisome life phases.
    — David Howard, Popular Mechanics, 30 Aug. 2020
  • No slight was too minor not to be met with indignation.
    — New York Times, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Kuttner’s indignation about its fall from grace is more straightforward than the course of events that led to it.
    — Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 7 May 2018
  • Its indignation was manifest in the riots over the murder of George Floyd in the summer of 2020.
    — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 23 Oct. 2021
  • But what if instead of outrage and indignation, the response was a numb shrug?
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2018
  • His voice was tinged with indignation, as though Vincent had accused him of a crime.
    — Kris Rhim, New York Times, 27 May 2023
  • The butler has a look of both indignation and confusion on his face.
    — Walter Mosley, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2018
  • But across much of the country, the announcement was met with indignation.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2021
  • The video was greeted with a fair amount of indignation, and rightfully so.
    — Michael Smolens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 Jan. 2018
  • That’s the thing that’s most surprising: the wave of public indignation about the treatment of these people.
    — Kaila Philo, The New Republic, 22 June 2018
  • There was breathless incredulity as Wonder Gadot drew neck and neck with Monomoy Girl in the lane, hope and indignation as the foul was lodged.
    — Danielle Lerner, The Courier-Journal, 4 May 2018
  • So where did that sense of righteous indignation come from?
    — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
  • The move sparked sorrow and indignation on the garden’s Facebook page.
    — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 13 May 2022
  • Lily Wong also has a heightened sense of indignation, a keen sense of social justice and a smart mouth.
    — Star Tribune, 8 Nov. 2020
  • Their indignation all too often bears insufficient self-awareness to see what most of the rest of the world has seen.
    — Gary Younge, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2020
  • The calm ones who rarely feel such indignation and attitude?
    — Eric Griffith, PCMAG, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The explosive revelations sparked indignation and catalyzed the legislative push on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers have little to show for years of pledges to rein in the tech giants amid a litany of grievances.
    — Cristiano Lima-Strong, Washington Post, 30 July 2024

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