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    Use "dignify" in a sentence

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    1. After closing prayers, the excited congregation burst into the sunlight and made a dignified dash for the village hall


    2. dignified applause in the VIP enclosure


    3. It is a simple yet dignified service


    4. was tall, handsome and dignified in his bearing; the latter


    5. little more quickly than was dignified in the direction of the


    6. Instead he moved Kevin’s limbs into a more dignified position, legs together and arms by his sides, and then returned to the rope that Fletcher was lowering back down


    7. They possessed, too, in a much higher degree than their adversaries, all the arts of popularity and of gaining proselytes; arts which the lofty and dignified sons of the church had long neglected, as being to them in a great measure useless


    8. He tolerated their antics with dignified patience


    9. Serious and dignified, but with a slight twinkle in his light blue eyes, the man was everything Sergeant Ferguson had led Colling to believe he was, and Colling understood why so many of the men in the regiment who had fought beside the Colonel had such a high opinion of him


    10. This dignified dining continued undisturbed despite aerial attacks of seagulls, terns and frigates dive-bombing into their midst

    11. A dignified, gentle presence in my house, she stood erect and watched impassively as I knelt perspiring on the floor at the bathtub, washing my husband's safari suits, my child’s clothes, my dresses and our bed sheets


    12. I shan't do it, of course"--Anne had noted a glint of alarm in Susan's eye--"it would be too unconventional, and we must be conventional or die, after we reach what is supposed to be a dignified age


    13. The dignified guest sported a dark maroon military jacket with brass buttons and two silver bars over a cavalry insignia


    14. Would this not be far more valuable than a tombstone which costs thousands? It seems to me, the cheapest is also the most dignified and honourable


    15. I suppose this was because among the Ani’ Yun’-wiya the women were always modest, gracious, kind, and dignified


    16. less fat, temperament is the feeling of inner feelings and state of an apparent, feel, and state in the body to the royal of muscle, muscle balance fat, dignified man won't be lazy, their comfort and


    17. He replied in kind and I decided to beat a dignified retreat before things got out of hand


    18. I met Hiacoomes’ stalwart ancestors, all tall, dignified, elegant people


    19. I hesitate to even think of that voice of his raised in song and he has always been much too dignified to play


    20. The knives, the arrows, the spears, and especially the swords, all true works of art, dignified of such a master of arms

    21. I had to wonder what the very dignified Cuauhtzin would think of this little green bundle


    22. Anyway, while Cuauhtzin could leave one’s ears ringing on occasion, he was generally very quiet and dignified


    23. I had come to warn you of your impending future the way any dignified brother should


    24. 41 And he placed Terah the son of Nahor the prince of his host, and he dignified him and elevated him above all his princes


    25. 51 Terah was seventy years old when he begot him, and Terah called the name of his son that was born to him Abram, because the king had raised him in those days, and dignified him above all his princes that were with him


    26. 41 And he placed Terah the son of Nahor the prince of his host and he dignified him and elevated him above all his princes


    27. 51 Terah was seventy years old when he begot him and Terah called the name of his son that was born to him Abram because the king had raised him in those days and dignified him above all his princes that were with him


    28. Yazadril had given a shallow, dignified bow at his introduction, and the ladies gave a curtsy


    29. Mark tried to ignore it all, and hoped he wasn’t walking funny, unused as he was to the slow, dignified pace Theramin had set


    30. “This great hall should be more than just a dignified edifice of assembly

    31. He’d intended to sound dignified, but his words came out as a mere whisper, unadorned by pride


    32. The tables and chairs near the front door were artistic and delicate, set with fine linen and silver, and were occupied by formally dressed citizens who engaged in relatively quiet and dignified conversation


    33. By the gods, he will never grow used to this method of travel, which remains neither elegant nor dignified


    34. His paint-smeared face stayed calm and dignified as he sat on the shield, sipping booze from a gold-decorated horn, as his fighters carried him in circles around the fire


    35. the best they could hope for was a dignified stand and an honourable death


    36. dignified, holy and serene, and anyone meeting Him could hardly fail to


    37. with them, if I say that an advanced ego reminds me of a dignified, stately


    38. face speak of Him as in appearance a handsome youth, dignified, benignant


    39. He was a dignified man who personified integrity


    40. His was a dignified manhood; he was good, but natural

    41. Wouldn’t have guruji guessed her fascination for his son? Lost as she was to Suresh’s pictures, how would she have known about it? And, as she saw picture after picture of the handsome guruji and his beautiful wife, how fascinating she felt! When she came to the mid folios, didn’t she find a cute and naughty toddler in their laps? Didn’t she think he bore his mother’s features? How dignified the couple looked in their middle age! Besides, didn’t they look rich and suave? As every picture tied her down, competing for her attention, how long it took her to reach the bottom all again! Didn’t Suresh look handsomer than his father ever seemed?


    42. They sought to embroil him in debate, but his answers were always enlightening, dignified, and final


    43. They wore expressions of dignified solemnity, and all arose to their feet as he approached them


    44. She returned to her own dais, because that was at least more dignified for a queen than groveling on the floor at the feet of a sorcerer, and eyed him apprehensively, expecting reprisals


    45. They raided the shipping, and harried the Zingaran coast towns, just as the Zingaran buccaneers did, but these dignified their profession by calling themselves Freebooters, while they dubbed the Barachans pirates


    46. Conan's answer was neither kingly nor dignified, but characteristically instinctive in the man, whose barbaric nature had never been submerged in his adopted culture


    47. 4 As they made ready to remove the body of Jesus from the tomb preparatory to according it the dignified and reverent disposal of near-instantaneous dissolution, it was assigned the secondary Urantia midwayers to roll away the stones from the entrance of the tomb


    48. 3 Oriental law was stern and arbitrary; Greek law was fluid and artistic; Roman law was dignified and respect-breeding


    49. Realising that her friend was out there, somewhere, feeling hurt and humiliated, she bit down her pride and left the restaurant to find him, in what she hoped was a dignified manner


    50. The PK was considered a royal, dignified, sacred








































    1. deign to dignify it with a reaction


    2. But he didn’t wish to dignify it with a response either, especially since I was half-right


    3. The talk continued around the fire and not one time did Laino dignify the laughing Ebira with a look


    4. “That is so obvious that I’m not even going to dignify it with a


    5. Spiritually he is high – he will his office dignify,


    6. The latter was of logs, as were all the buildings within, including the donjon (to dignify it by that appellation), in which were the governor's quarters, overlooking the stockade and the sullen river


    7. As for the kissing the girl thing, Tammas chose not to dignify that with a remark


    8. ‘I refuse to dignify that with a response,’ I said, trying to keep the smile from twitching into the corners of my lips


    9. "I won't dignify that statement with an argument


    10. I didn’t even dignify him with a response

    11. Alicia didn't dignify her totally lame statement with a response


    12. They have it in their power during their lives to busy themselves in organizing benefactions from which the masses of their fellows will derive lasting advantage, and thus dignify their own lives


    13. "That's it!" said Jo to herself, when she at length discovered that genuine good will toward one's fellow men could beautify and dignify even a stout German teacher, who shoveled in his dinner, darned his own socks, and was burdened with the name of Bhaer


    14. I wrinkle my nose at him and don’t dignify it with a response


    15. Reynolds didn’t even dignify that with an answer


    16. Rather than dignify this with an answer, she starts walking again, away from the intersection


    17. She didn’t dignify that with an answer as she forked more steak into her mouth


    18. Oh, admirable consoler! He sought not to efface sorrow by forgetfulness, but to magnify and dignify it by hope


    19. I can justify or even dignify this by protesting that in my trade I must know about people, but I suspect that I am simply curious


    20. Whatever names we dignify ourselves with, whatever uniforms we wear, whatever priests we anoint ourselves before, however many millions we possess, however many guards are stationed along our road, however many policemen guard our wealth, however many so-called criminals, revolutionists, and anarchists we punish, whatever exploits we have performed, whatever states we may have founded, fortresses and towers we may have erected—from Babel to the Eiffel Tower—there are two inevitable conditions of life, confronting all of us, which destroy its whole meaning; (1) death, which may at any moment pounce upon each of us; and (2) the transitoriness of all our works, which so soon pass away and leave no trace

    1. She walked straight past the men on the terrace without dignifying them with a single glance


    2. 7 They learned that, when religion is wholly spiritual in motive, it makes all life more worth while, filling it with high purposes, dignifying it with transcendent values, inspiring it with superb motives, all the while comforting the human soul with a sublime and sustaining hope


    3. dignifying with a response


    4. What was this tender Cain? What was this ruffian religiously absorbed in the adoration of a virgin, watching over her, rearing her, guarding her, dignifying her, and enveloping her, impure as he was himself, with purity?


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    Synonyms for "dignify"

    dignify ennoble exalt erect support foster promote raise

    "dignify" definitions

    confer dignity or honor upon


    raise the status of