dignities
- plural of dignity.
Example Sentences
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Yet in interviews, I constantly heard patient complaints about psychiatric facilities that denied even the smallest dignities, like choosing what movie to watch or eating a bag of chips.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2023
FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, had numerous chances to take a stand for basic human dignities.
From Washington Post • Dec. 17, 2022
But Smarsh’s story demonstrates an urgent truth of today’s unforgiving economy, that a college degree no longer unlocks the gates to the dignities of the middle class as it once did.
From Salon • Sep. 2, 2017
General Assembly’s annual ministerial meeting that what’s important is whether the winner is willing “to respect the rights and dignities of nations,” particularly Iran.
From Washington Times • Sep. 22, 2016
But happening to look up at Mrs. Pocket as she sat reading her book of dignities after prescribing Bed as a sovereign remedy for baby, I thought—Well—No, I wouldn’t.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
