Sentence examples for undermining the dignity from inspiring English sources

Some fret that Mr Sarkozy is undermining the dignity of his office.

The church was not impressed and criticised him for "undermining the dignity of the ministry".

"I'm appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that," ssaid Mr. Gingrich, pummeling Mr. King for undermining the dignity of the event.

His choice of squalid living conditions did not endear him to the appalled church authorities, who dismissed him for "undermining the dignity of the priesthood".

Kennedy was not particularly active during the oral argument and, in isolation, his questions reflected ambivalence, echoing both the traditionalist concerns of Roberts and suggesting that bans on same-sex marriage undermined the dignity of gays and lesbians.

Not because it undermines the dignity of a great writer and his work, but because it is so self-consciously eager to flaunt its own gravity and good taste.

By contrast, the Britons, whose work has featured in Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events and Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can, tells the story of two undertakers as they struggle to transport the body of an old lady to her final resting place, enduring "bumps and scrapes" en route that threaten – but never quite manage – to undermine the dignity of the recently passed.

Friday, he called his staff together for more apologies, including one to the leader of the Commerce Department, to whom the governor conveyed his regrets for having undermined the dignity of a state trade mission by having sex on the Buenos Aires stop.

"It is seen as a path to economic irrelevance because it undermines the dignity of work in a society that abhors and just doesn't do welfare," he said.

Such behavior only undermines the dignity of the mandate entrusted to the UN-AL Envoy.

"We are here to request true freedom of expression one that is not defamatory and does not seek to undermine the dignity of man".