"crush dignity" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe an action or behavior that causes someone to lose their sense of self-respect or pride. Example: "The dictator's regime was known for its brutal tactics, using violence and oppression to crush the dignity of its citizens."
Business interests say it would crush the dignity of the secret ballot.
During the original hearing in Strasbourg, Pete Weatherby QC, who represented the three claimants, told the court: "The imposition of a whole-life sentence crushes human dignity from the outset, as it removes any chance and therefore any hope of release in the future.
Military regimes flourished, democratic governments withered, moderate political and civil leaders were labeled Communists, rights of free speech and assembly were curtailed and human dignity crushed, largely because the United States abandoned all standards save that of anti-Communism.
Its apparent mildness, rooted in the rule of law and a requirement to treat even the most horrific criminal with a level of dignity, crushed the aims of the killer more firmly than any number of wilder responses.
That's basically crushing half his dignity and courage by saying no, when he got up the courage to ask you.
What's important is "why they were driven to do it in the first place" — starting with the issues of human dignity and crushing poverty that Engel was trying to shove back to center stage.
Ole ole ole!" crushed any ambition of dignity for the thousands killed, many of whom had jumped hundreds of storeys to their deaths, their bodies shattered to pieces close to where we stood.
Sandile: Your dignity is crushed and women badmouth you, like saying: 'that man is just using me, he does not give me money, he doesn't do anything for me, he is just using me [for sex].' (IDI, 24, temporary jobs) In their communities, men struggled to establish themselves both as men in public settings and build their own sense of self-confidence and respect.
"It is an affront not just to the dignity and humanity of the people crushed by it but to every one of us," she added.
For 25 years now, the Bangkok-based, Belgian journalist has been writing about and photographing the struggles of the people of Burma for dignity and democracy in the face of crushing opposition.
