Sentence examples for dignity falls from inspiring English sources

The commission complains: "It is not entirely clear whether the promotion of the right to human dignity falls within the scope of the advancement of human rights" – a statement that could only be made by people utterly ignorant of the subject.

While the Bush administration faced criticism for overt political manipulation in not permitting photos of flag-draped coffins, the issue is more emotional on the battlefield: local military commanders worry about security in publishing images of the American dead as well as an affront to the dignity of fallen comrades.

Canadian officials have been skeptical, suggesting that Mr. Wallenda's act would besmirch the dignity of the falls.

In any other campaign, it might have been the candidate who seized such a photo op; but with his boss invested in preserving her dignity, it occasionally falls to Wolfson to supply those moments of semi-slapstick.

Seconds earlier he had been on his backside on the Brisbane pitch, having lost both his wicket and his dignity when he fell over as he top-edged a Tony Greig bouncer.

"Entire families falling with dignity".

The fallen-arches dignity and soft-shoe detachment were facets of an actor who had finally earned his place as a star after years of hard work -- and who wasn't entirely happy about its having taken so long.

Justice Stephen Breyer's warning that wholesale strip searches were "a serious affront to human dignity and to individual privacy" fell on deaf ears.

But defeat and all its baggage are as unavoidable in tennis as is a good right cross in boxing – and Andy Murray took his latest hit with all the dignity shown by George Groves after falling at the feet of Carl Froch.

"We and every employee of the Dover Port Mortuary understand the obligations of this work, the sanctity of this work, the necessity, the need for reverence, the need for dignity and respect for our fallen, just as if these were our sons and our daughters," General Schwartz said Monday, a day before the investigation's findings were released.

No one was offended by prayer; all were open and willing to give dignity and respect to a fallen comrade.