| Few will dispute that a person in abject condition suffers a profound affront to his sense of dignity and intrinsic worth. |
| The flurry of quid pro quos and dirty deals has all the dignity of mobsters divvying up the spoils. |
| He never wavered from his decision to fast, and approached death with dignity and resolve. |
| Clergy and laity had to be interdependent, but by the early 19th cent. both groups were asserting their rights and dignities. |
| It angers me that the powers-that-be can suddenly find the money to spend on cleaning up places when dignities come to call. |
| Either of these dignities was often conferred by way of compliment on the emperor, who usually discharged its duties by deputy. |
