half-indignant
- a word derived from indignant.
Example Sentences
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Anna was not a little thing at all, and she would have been half-amused and half-indignant if she had known that that was the impression she had made on him.
From The Benefactress by Elizabeth
They did not seem to listen, but talked among themselves; at the last words of Meir and Shmul they had raised their heads and looked through the window with a half-astonished, half-indignant expression.
From An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story by Soissons, C. S. de
Not an easy task for Mr. Fordyce, with these large, sorrowful, half-indignant eyes fixed so questioningly on his face.
From The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow by Swan, Annie S. (Annie Shepherd)
The great dignity, however, of her teacher’s manner, and the half-sorrowful, half-indignant look she bestowed on the excited girl, calmed her down after a time.
From A World of Girls The Story of a School by Meade, L. T.
Dolly looked in amazement at the group of angry men and at the half-frightened, half-indignant faces of Dotty and Tod.
From Two Little Women by Wells, Carolyn
