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    indignation


    1. Indeed, no one dared second my sister and there was a lot of hubbub in the class, until Alice left the circle and walked away in indignation


    2. Through it all, through the jokes and the bonhomie, all boys together in the relief trench, I couldn’t shake a nagging sense of indignation


    3. "I wasn't thrown," Luray said with a touch of indignation, "I jumped down when I first found my beast at the tail of the herd


    4. stop trembling with indignation,


    5. Nevertheless, centuries of fine and proper blood were coursing through her adrenalin swollen arteries, and with her unwavering sense of indignation on behalf of underdogs everywhere, she steeled herself for the physical punishment that was about to pour forth upon her head


    6. and with her unwavering sense of indignation on behalf of


    7. burned red with indignation


    8. The fear, the unknown chill that has been seeping into her bones, is suddenly overwhelmed by a surge of sheer, bloody-minded indignation and fury


    9. her, and she sat back in indignation


    10. For an instant Rollinthor was stunned, unable to believe in his own indignation

    11. The wealth of the burghers never failed to provoke their envy and indignation, and they plundered them upon every occasion without mercy or remorse


    12. without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with


    13. The more dour Legate of the Hjaalmarch camp, however, was not especially interested in the younger soldier’s indignation


    14. The thief watched Haelga, in her righteous indignation, sulkily return to her stand-by, Bolli


    15. Though, from excess of avarice, in the same manner, the inland corn merchant should sometimes raise the price of his corn somewhat higher than the scarcity of the season requires, yet all the inconveniencies which the people can suffer from this conduct, which effectually secures them from a famine in the end of the season, are inconsiderable, in comparison of what they might have been exposed to by a more liberal way of dealing in the beginning of it the corn merchant himself is likely to suffer the most by this excess of avarice; not only from the indignation which it generally excites against him, but, though he should escape the effects of this indignation, from the quantity of corn which it necessarily leaves upon his hands in the end of the season, and which, if the next season happens to prove favourable, he must always sell for a much lower price than he might otherwise have had


    16. In years of scarcity, the inferior ranks of people impute their distress to the avarice of the corn merchant, who becomes the object of their hatred and indignation


    17. When Vidius Pollio, in the presence of Augustus, ordered one of his slaves, who had committed a slight fault, to be cut into pieces and thrown into his fish-pond, in order to feed his fishes, the emperor commanded him, with indignation, to emancipate immediately, not only that slave, but all the others that belonged to him


    18. The affluence of the rich excites the indignation of the poor, who are often both driven by want, and prompted by envy to invade his possessions


    19. As a military officer submits, without reluctance, to the authority of a superior by whom he has always been commanded, but cannot bear that his inferior should be set over his head; so men easily submit to a family to whom they and their ancestors have always submitted; but are fired with indignation when another family, in whom they had never acknowledged any such superiority, assumes a dominion over them


    20. The great lords seem to have beheld the degree of prosperity and independency, which this inferior order of men had thus come to enjoy, with a malignant and contemptuous indignation, and willingly consented that the sovereign should tax them

    21. Their wealth would alone excite the public indignation; and the vanity which almost always accompanies such upstart fortunes, the foolish ostentation with which they commonly display that wealth, excite that indignation still more


    22. ” She looked at me and I could see the indignation on her face as she replied


    23. ” I was dying to laugh at her indignation but instead I said


    24. This latter operation, therefore, as soon as it has been discovered, and it could never be concealed very long, has always excited much greater indignation than the former


    25. It has scarce ever happened, that the fury and indignation of the people could otherwise be appeased


    26. By a union with Great Britain, the greater part of people of all ranks in Ireland would gain an equally complete deliverance from a much more oppressive aristocracy ; an aristocracy not founded, like that of Scotland, in the natural and respectable distinctions of birth and fortune, but in the most odious of all distinctions, those of religious and political prejudices; distinctions which, more than any other, animate both the insolence of the oppressors, and the hatred and indignation of the oppressed, and which commonly render the inhabitants of the same country more hostile to one another than those of different countries ever are


    27. Khan was the wrath and indignation of law-abiding citizens


    28. He liked the feeling of indignation that he got from opposing a principle so strongly


    29. He looked over at her and saw the indignation in her eyes turn to malice as a cold smile stretched across her lips


    30. Dunn’s nostrils flared with indignation

    31. "I'm waiting badger," Grindel threatened, his voice vibrating with indignation that a Custodian should refuse to answer like this


    32. For such is the word of My power, such is the word of My indignation and wrath!


    33. And the measure of His indignation overflows!


    34. In the heat of My indignation, they shall all be removed!


    35. Yet the anger of The Lord is fully aroused! My indignation slumbers not!


    36. Hear now, the indignation of The Lord God of Israel;


    37. One approached, thrusting his snout under her tail in a most ill-mannered fashion, laughing when she jumped back and squealed her indignation


    38. Because of the fierce indignation


    39. Cherva's voice shook with indignation and he took a deep breath to steady it


    40. Feigned indignation and fabricated reprisals designed to redress historical grievances in matters of gender, race and ethnicity should be a troubling proposition for any society whose lack of (dialectic) proportion makes it increasingly difficult to correctly assess the (determined) aspects or (appropriate) limits of free speech

    41. The general tenor resonating within the liberal community can best be described as ecstatic indignation over the (comparative) mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners of war by over zealous prison guards


    42. "You mean he's done this before?" My voice squeaked with indignation


    43. "What's up?" he asked, rubbing his ankle in indignation


    44. Following this line of reasoning, however, explain why there isn‘t a (similar) lack of concern or righteous indignation among these so-called champions of social justice over the scarcity of White running backs or wide receivers or cornerbacks, the latter, remnants from the 152


    45. However, terrorism sowed terror and succeeded to incite indignation, hatred and fear with the infamous massacre of March 11 in Madrid, just three days before the elections


    46. Pain and indignation may have blinded momentarily the Spanish voters, but by punishing the government, in fact they have also congratulated, applauded and emboldened those perverse terrorists whose only purpose consists in causing devastation and eliminating lives


    47. With a huff of mock indignation, she slapped it onto the table and vanished


    48. She could hardly speak with indignation


    49. ” The hurt indignation of being used by Mr


    50. “What does that even mean? For starters, what the fuck was that all about?” I said with just the right tone of indignation considering I had almost died














































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    Synonyms for "indignation"

    indignation outrage umbrage displeasure offence ire resentment unpleasantness

    "indignation" definitions

    a feeling of righteous anger