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How to use dignity in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Dignity means the state of being dignified or worthy of esteem: elevation of mind or character. Example: “How can we find gainful employment with dignity for the uneducated?”

Examples of dignity by meaning

nounThe state of being dignified or worthy of esteem: elevation of mind or character.

  • Every individual shall have the right to the respect of the dignity inherent in a human being.1981, African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, art. 5

nounDecorum, formality, stateliness.

  • A little piece of black drapery had been tacked above the frame to lend a dignity to woe.1905, E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread, chapter 7, third paragraph
  • Official DIGNITY tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held.1934, Aldous Huxley, “Puerto Barrios”, in Beyond the Mexique Bay
  • The presence of an attorney from Washington, he wrote, "would lend dignity to the proceedings," and it also would "remove the questions of local prejudices and faction from the picture and would have a very fine effect upon the jury."2000, Shawn Francis Peters, Judging Jehovah's Witnesses: Religious Persecution and the Dawn of the Rights Revolution, page 120

nounRespect.

  • In my twenty years of ministry I have found that the minister was treated with dignity when he was dignified, that he was accorded authority and leadership when he was worthy of it.1916 March 9, Howard T. Cree, The Christian Century, page 7
  • Patients and residents shall be treated with dignity and kindness at all times.1988, “Licensing of Long-term Care Facilities”, in Code of Massachusetts regulations, 1988, section 150.015, page 3013
  • Students must always be treated with dignity2011, Kimberly Persiani, Steve Springer, The Organized Teacher's Guide to Classroom Management, page 7

More sentences with dignity

  • How can we find gainful employment with dignity for the uneducated?From the entry gainful
  • The fight was excrutiating. Throughout, we maintained our dignity though.From the entry throughout
  • Sam was surrounded by family and passed with the dignity that has characterised his whole life.2026 July 13, Sian Cain, “Sam Neill, star of Jurassic Park films, Peaky Blinders and The Piano, dies aged 78”, in The Guardian. From the entry whānau
  • “Our faith compels us to serve each person in our care with dignity and compassion.”2025 May 12, Peter Smith, “Episcopal Church says it won’t help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status in US”, in Associated…. From the entry Afrikaner
  • Only Samantha escaped with her dignity intact, because she gave the series a wide berth.2025 August 13, Jennifer Weiner, “In ‘And Just Like That …’ a Craven Era Took Its Revenge on Youth and Hope and Fun”, in The New York…. From the entry wide berth
  • This paper aims to reflect on human dignity and misthanasia in the public health system in Brazil.2017 October, Anna Silvia Setti Da Rocha, “Human Dignity, Misthanasia, Public Health and Bioethics in Brazil”, in Revista Iberoamericana…. From the entry misthanasia
  • He was devastated, all his dignity and pride had all gone for a toss.2017, Lalithambika Antharjanam, On the Far Side of Memory. From the entry go for a toss
  • With little or no dignity, they shamelessly prostrate themselves in the most craven way.2014 July 10, Stephen Glover, “Sorry, but Gandhi statue in Westminster is a cheap stunt by ministers with scant knowledge of history…. From the entry prostrate
  • The Heideggerian tone of voice is indeed prophecied in Schiller’s discussion of dignity.2013, Theodor Adorno, The Jargon of Authenticity, Routledge, page 135. From the entry prophecy
  • Jabotinsky's Revisionist ideology had three main ideas: hadar (dignity and pride), monism, and territorial maximism.2013, Thomas G. Mitchell, Israel/Palestine and the Politics of a Two-State Solution, page 29. From the entry maximism
  • I wanted somebody with inborn dignity and pride, with the strength of understanding, a real human being.2011, Andre De Toth, Fragments, Faber & Faber, →ISBN, page 18. From the entry marshmallowy
  • I took that with great dignity and aplomb, I assure you.2010, Julian D. Hayden, Bill Broyles, Diane E. Boyer, Field man: life as a desert archaeologist. From the entry assle
  • I claim some dignity back by potting two of my balls before Tammy sinks the black.2008, Edward Keating, The Joy of Ex: A Novel. From the entry sink
  • Obama, on the other hand, stickhandled his preacher problem and retained his poise and dignity.2008 May 8, Diane Francis, “Obama vs McCain. Finally”, in National Post, Canada, retrieved 13 May 2008. From the entry stickhandle
  • It had lent him a certain dignity that he had possibly never earned.2006, Kate Atkinson, One Good Turn, Black Swan, published 2007, →ISBN, page 454. From the entry Francis
  • The dignity or debility of the planet the eclipse falls on must be noted.2004 January 1, Carol Rushman, Forecasting Your Life Events: An Art of Predictive Astrology, Motilal Banarsidass, →ISBN, page 212. From the entry detriment
  • It is an offence to the dignity of workers to pay them degradingly low wages.1999, Sue Richardson, Reshaping the labour market, page 28. From the entry degradingly
  • Intrusions on dignity, he said, struck him with all the force of lèse-majesté.1999, James Trilling, “My Father and the Weak-Eyed Devils”, in The American Scholar, volume 68, number 2, The Phi Beta Kappa Society…. From the entry unassailability
  • GWF 27, attr, tall, dependable, semi-broad, amazonal, honest, shy, stable, quiet lifestyle & dignity seeks same.1986 April 19, “Amazons (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, page 13. From the entry Amazonal
  • Not feared, save as men may fear the dignity of a man, old and wise.1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, “The Window on the West”, in The Lord of the Rings. From the entry ancientry
  • These people demand either dignity or drama, and this type of lightning is appropriate for both.1942 November, Victor Keppler, “Key to Good Pictures”, in Popular Photography, →ISSN, page 98. From the entry low-key
  • Latour Latour, vibrant with outraged dignity, demanded that the painting be brought into court and expertized.1942, Elliot Paul, The Last Time I Saw Paris, Sickle Moon, published 2001, page 57. From the entry expertize
  • Douse; she was a chieftainess in her own right, and had great dignity.1941, Emily Carr, chapter 20, in Klee Wyck. From the entry chieftainess
  • It is a beauty of gracefulness and withal of strength, simplicity and dignity and although black, colorful!1926, The Western Architect - Volume 35, page 70. From the entry gentleheartedness
  • He was hardly more than five feet, four inches, but carried himself with great dignity.1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 21. From the entry military
  • Heyst noticed the good form of her brow, the dignity of its width, its unshining whiteness.1915, Joseph Conrad, Victory. From the entry unshining
  • Of all that impecunious community, Limpet's impecuniosity had almost reached the dignity of being proverbial.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 153. From the entry impecuniosity
  • But he abandoned all dignity when he begged for his life.1907, Sir Clements Robert Markham, King Edward VI, His Life and Character, page 207. From the entry beg for one's life
  • Our two democracies share common values of individual freedom, the rule of law, and a respect for human dignity.2021 January 9, Kylie Atwood, quoting Mike Pompeo, “US lifts self-imposed restrictions with Taiwan”, in CNN, archived from the original on…. From the entry recognize
  • The Household Guard are the finest soldiers in the Western empire, and tend to regard jailering as below their dignity.2017, K. J. Parker, The Two of Swords. From the entry jailering
  • Being humiliated means that the individual has lost their dignity or honor, which is also at odds with rational contentness.2016, Guorong Yang, On Human Action and Practical Wisdom, Brill Publishers, →ISBN, page 75. From the entry contentness
  • The rules of decency and modesty arose out of antiphysical repugnances to physical functions that seemed to humiliate human dignity.2013, Bampfylde Fuller, The Law Within, page 71. From the entry antiphysical
  • I want to go with a little peace and dignity.2012 April 13, David Wendell Moller, Dancing with Broken Bones: Poverty, Race, and Spirit-filled Dying in the Inner City, Oxford…. From the entry haggy

Meaning of dignity

  1. noun The state of being dignified or worthy of esteem: elevation of mind or character.
  2. noun Decorum, formality, stateliness.
  3. noun High office, rank, or station.

Full definition of dignity

Questions about dignity in a sentence

How do you use dignity in a sentence?
Dignity is used as a noun. For example: “How can we find gainful employment with dignity for the uneducated?”
What is a short sentence with dignity?
“Students must always be treated with dignity”
What does dignity mean?
Dignity means the state of being dignified or worthy of esteem: elevation of mind or character.

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