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1. After closing prayers, the excited congregation burst into the sunlight and made a dignified dash for the village hall
2. dignified applause in the VIP enclosure
3. It is a simple yet dignified service
4. was tall, handsome and dignified in his bearing; the latter
5. little more quickly than was dignified in the direction of the
6. Instead he moved Kevin’s limbs into a more dignified position, legs together and arms by his sides, and then returned to the rope that Fletcher was lowering back down
7. They possessed, too, in a much higher degree than their adversaries, all the arts of popularity and of gaining proselytes; arts which the lofty and dignified sons of the church had long neglected, as being to them in a great measure useless
8. He tolerated their antics with dignified patience
9. Serious and dignified, but with a slight twinkle in his light blue eyes, the man was everything Sergeant Ferguson had led Colling to believe he was, and Colling understood why so many of the men in the regiment who had fought beside the Colonel had such a high opinion of him
10. This dignified dining continued undisturbed despite aerial attacks of seagulls, terns and frigates dive-bombing into their midst
11. A dignified, gentle presence in my house, she stood erect and watched impassively as I knelt perspiring on the floor at the bathtub, washing my husband's safari suits, my child’s clothes, my dresses and our bed sheets
12. I shan't do it, of course"--Anne had noted a glint of alarm in Susan's eye--"it would be too unconventional, and we must be conventional or die, after we reach what is supposed to be a dignified age
13. The dignified guest sported a dark maroon military jacket with brass buttons and two silver bars over a cavalry insignia
14. Would this not be far more valuable than a tombstone which costs thousands? It seems to me, the cheapest is also the most dignified and honourable
15. I suppose this was because among the Ani’ Yun’-wiya the women were always modest, gracious, kind, and dignified
16. less fat, temperament is the feeling of inner feelings and state of an apparent, feel, and state in the body to the royal of muscle, muscle balance fat, dignified man won't be lazy, their comfort and
17. He replied in kind and I decided to beat a dignified retreat before things got out of hand
18. I met Hiacoomes’ stalwart ancestors, all tall, dignified, elegant people
19. I hesitate to even think of that voice of his raised in song and he has always been much too dignified to play
20. The knives, the arrows, the spears, and especially the swords, all true works of art, dignified of such a master of arms
21. I had to wonder what the very dignified Cuauhtzin would think of this little green bundle
22. Anyway, while Cuauhtzin could leave one’s ears ringing on occasion, he was generally very quiet and dignified
23. I had come to warn you of your impending future the way any dignified brother should
24. 41 And he placed Terah the son of Nahor the prince of his host, and he dignified him and elevated him above all his princes
25. 51 Terah was seventy years old when he begot him, and Terah called the name of his son that was born to him Abram, because the king had raised him in those days, and dignified him above all his princes that were with him
26. 41 And he placed Terah the son of Nahor the prince of his host and he dignified him and elevated him above all his princes
27. 51 Terah was seventy years old when he begot him and Terah called the name of his son that was born to him Abram because the king had raised him in those days and dignified him above all his princes that were with him
28. Yazadril had given a shallow, dignified bow at his introduction, and the ladies gave a curtsy
29. Mark tried to ignore it all, and hoped he wasn’t walking funny, unused as he was to the slow, dignified pace Theramin had set
30. “This great hall should be more than just a dignified edifice of assembly
31. He’d intended to sound dignified, but his words came out as a mere whisper, unadorned by pride
32. The tables and chairs near the front door were artistic and delicate, set with fine linen and silver, and were occupied by formally dressed citizens who engaged in relatively quiet and dignified conversation
33. By the gods, he will never grow used to this method of travel, which remains neither elegant nor dignified
34. His paint-smeared face stayed calm and dignified as he sat on the shield, sipping booze from a gold-decorated horn, as his fighters carried him in circles around the fire
35. the best they could hope for was a dignified stand and an honourable death
36. dignified, holy and serene, and anyone meeting Him could hardly fail to
37. with them, if I say that an advanced ego reminds me of a dignified, stately
38. face speak of Him as in appearance a handsome youth, dignified, benignant
39. He was a dignified man who personified integrity
40. His was a dignified manhood; he was good, but natural
41. Wouldn’t have guruji guessed her fascination for his son? Lost as she was to Suresh’s pictures, how would she have known about it? And, as she saw picture after picture of the handsome guruji and his beautiful wife, how fascinating she felt! When she came to the mid folios, didn’t she find a cute and naughty toddler in their laps? Didn’t she think he bore his mother’s features? How dignified the couple looked in their middle age! Besides, didn’t they look rich and suave? As every picture tied her down, competing for her attention, how long it took her to reach the bottom all again! Didn’t Suresh look handsomer than his father ever seemed?
42. They sought to embroil him in debate, but his answers were always enlightening, dignified, and final
43. They wore expressions of dignified solemnity, and all arose to their feet as he approached them
44. She returned to her own dais, because that was at least more dignified for a queen than groveling on the floor at the feet of a sorcerer, and eyed him apprehensively, expecting reprisals
45. They raided the shipping, and harried the Zingaran coast towns, just as the Zingaran buccaneers did, but these dignified their profession by calling themselves Freebooters, while they dubbed the Barachans pirates
46. Conan's answer was neither kingly nor dignified, but characteristically instinctive in the man, whose barbaric nature had never been submerged in his adopted culture
47. 4 As they made ready to remove the body of Jesus from the tomb preparatory to according it the dignified and reverent disposal of near-instantaneous dissolution, it was assigned the secondary Urantia midwayers to roll away the stones from the entrance of the tomb
48. 3 Oriental law was stern and arbitrary; Greek law was fluid and artistic; Roman law was dignified and respect-breeding
49. Realising that her friend was out there, somewhere, feeling hurt and humiliated, she bit down her pride and left the restaurant to find him, in what she hoped was a dignified manner
50. The PK was considered a royal, dignified, sacred
1. deign to dignify it with a reaction
2. But he didn’t wish to dignify it with a response either, especially since I was half-right
3. The talk continued around the fire and not one time did Laino dignify the laughing Ebira with a look
4. “That is so obvious that I’m not even going to dignify it with a
5. Spiritually he is high – he will his office dignify,
6. The latter was of logs, as were all the buildings within, including the donjon (to dignify it by that appellation), in which were the governor's quarters, overlooking the stockade and the sullen river
7. As for the kissing the girl thing, Tammas chose not to dignify that with a remark
8. ‘I refuse to dignify that with a response,’ I said, trying to keep the smile from twitching into the corners of my lips
9. "I won't dignify that statement with an argument
10. I didn’t even dignify him with a response
11. Alicia didn't dignify her totally lame statement with a response
12. They have it in their power during their lives to busy themselves in organizing benefactions from which the masses of their fellows will derive lasting advantage, and thus dignify their own lives
13. "That's it!" said Jo to herself, when she at length discovered that genuine good will toward one's fellow men could beautify and dignify even a stout German teacher, who shoveled in his dinner, darned his own socks, and was burdened with the name of Bhaer
14. I wrinkle my nose at him and don’t dignify it with a response
15. Reynolds didn’t even dignify that with an answer
16. Rather than dignify this with an answer, she starts walking again, away from the intersection
17. She didn’t dignify that with an answer as she forked more steak into her mouth
18. Oh, admirable consoler! He sought not to efface sorrow by forgetfulness, but to magnify and dignify it by hope
19. I can justify or even dignify this by protesting that in my trade I must know about people, but I suspect that I am simply curious
20. Whatever names we dignify ourselves with, whatever uniforms we wear, whatever priests we anoint ourselves before, however many millions we possess, however many guards are stationed along our road, however many policemen guard our wealth, however many so-called criminals, revolutionists, and anarchists we punish, whatever exploits we have performed, whatever states we may have founded, fortresses and towers we may have erected—from Babel to the Eiffel Tower—there are two inevitable conditions of life, confronting all of us, which destroy its whole meaning; (1) death, which may at any moment pounce upon each of us; and (2) the transitoriness of all our works, which so soon pass away and leave no trace