Sentence examples for sheer dignity from inspiring English sources
His sheer dignity in grief seems both to allow him to understand that he will die, and to allow him to be frightened.
It was great to see Vincent Lindon get the best actor prize for The Measure of a Man from director and co-writer Stéphane Brizé: there was something absorbing and heartbreaking about the sheer restraint and dignity that Lindon brought to the role of a long-term unemployed guy who finally finds work as a supermarket store detective.
Perhaps when the war is over, Yarmouk will come to be seen as an example of human compassion, where the pitilessness of war was overcome by the sheer force of human dignity.
Colin Firth, a nonstutterer who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of the George VI, has said, "I found myself overwhelmed by the dignity and the sheer heroism of those who are engaged in this struggle, those who have to take their courage in their hands every day and do battle basically with what the rest of us take for granted".
All convey a power and dignity that come from sheer beauty rather than ornamentation.
Mr. Fang's sheer earnest hubris in talking about the dignity of San Francisco journalism almost makes one forget how The Examiner came his way.
Liberty solicitor Emma Norton, who represented Mr and Mrs James, said their "persistence and dignity" had borne fruit in the face of the authorities' "sheer refusal" to cooperate with them.
When you talk about great Silicon Valley companies, the usual names always come to mind: Hewlett-Packard for its dignity and decency; Intel for its technical leadership; Apple for its sheer implausibility; and Sun and Oracle just for getting so damn big.
"Dignity, always dignity.
Sheer fear, sheer terror.
