Sentence examples for dignified that from inspiring English sources

"There is almost no English surname, however ancient and dignified, that cannot be instantly improved by the prefix 'Spanker,' " began a devastating essay in Salon by Christopher Hitchens, one of numerous detractors who couldn't contain their glee that the conservative, family-values-trumpeting Johnson had been burned.

His lack of public recognition was sometimes attributed to the fact that his bearing was reserved and dignified, that he was not a flamboyant showman.

What if an author put forth goals for his fiction so intelligent yet modest, so comprehensive yet dignified, that the reader would not — could not — forget them?

Each year on Poe's birth date, Jan . 19 a solitary figure in a black cloak makes his way on foot to the writer's grave site and toasts his memory with a half-bottle of Cognac and three roses -- a ritual so dignified that no civilized Baltimorean would dream of interfering with the Poe Toaster, as the mysterious visitor is known.

Can you imagine something less dignified that being told you cannot watch James Corden perform for free?

"The home of a queen seems more dignified than that of a favorite," he is quoted as saying.

Still, it was at least more dignified than that by Gordon Brown in 2009, whose five requests to meet Mr Obama were declined and who ended up cornering the president in a basement kitchen at the UN.

The fact that the finale was a relatively quiet, dignified affair that allowed Brody to finally have his longed-for exit doesn't really take away from the fact that a host of ill-judged decisions played out this season.

Almost as notable as Trump's statement was the period of dignified silence that followed it.

There is only a kind of dignified confusion that gradually unhinges the mind.

"Strong Island" is so quiet, so dignified — if that is not too Booker T. Washington a thing to say.