How to Use indignation in a Sentence

indignation

noun

• The decision to close the factory has aroused the indignation of the townspeople.
• He adopted a tone of moral indignation.
• There is laughter at the expense of the Nazis, with indignation to match.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2022
• That brings us to the Phillies, and perhaps a bit of rightful indignation.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2022
• Roosevelt knew how to stoke the fires of moral indignation.
  — Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021
• On Sunday, the scene was met with the wrath of Twitter users' indignation.
  — Margaret Littman, Fortune, 17 Mar. 2020
• That fact only adds to the indignation of their first sweep this season.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2022
• Shock and indignation are one thing, though, and the law is quite another.
  — Byirina Ivanova, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2024
• Fox has two pronouns, you and they, and one tone: indignation.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2020
• The laxer approach to containing the virus has drawn both praise and indignation from across the globe.
  — Rafaela Lindeberg, Fortune, 3 June 2020
• He was spared the indignation when the winning streak stopped at nine, but UConn did win 24 games and reach the Hockey East final for the third time in five years.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2024
• People took heart at her fight, and found indignation in her death.
  — New York Times, 6 Dec. 2020
• In the wake of his death, one last cycle of Mad Mike indignation churned though all of its wearisome life phases.
  — David Howard, Popular Mechanics, 30 Aug. 2020
• No slight was too minor not to be met with indignation.
  — New York Times, 13 Apr. 2022
• Kuttner’s indignation about its fall from grace is more straightforward than the course of events that led to it.
  — Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 7 May 2018
• Its indignation was manifest in the riots over the murder of George Floyd in the summer of 2020.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 23 Oct. 2021
• But what if instead of outrage and indignation, the response was a numb shrug?
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2018
• His voice was tinged with indignation, as though Vincent had accused him of a crime.
  — Kris Rhim, New York Times, 27 May 2023
• The butler has a look of both indignation and confusion on his face.
  — Walter Mosley, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2018
• But across much of the country, the announcement was met with indignation.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2021
• The video was greeted with a fair amount of indignation, and rightfully so.
  — Michael Smolens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 Jan. 2018
• Righteous indignation is the language of the day, and predictions about the death of the transatlantic alliance abound.
  — Jeremy Shapiro, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2018
• That’s the thing that’s most surprising: the wave of public indignation about the treatment of these people.
  — Kaila Philo, The New Republic, 22 June 2018
• There was breathless incredulity as Wonder Gadot drew neck and neck with Monomoy Girl in the lane, hope and indignation as the foul was lodged.
  — Danielle Lerner, The Courier-Journal, 4 May 2018
• So where did that sense of righteous indignation come from?
  — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
• The move sparked sorrow and indignation on the garden’s Facebook page.
  — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 13 May 2022
• Lily Wong also has a heightened sense of indignation, a keen sense of social justice and a smart mouth.
  — Star Tribune, 8 Nov. 2020
• Their indignation all too often bears insufficient self-awareness to see what most of the rest of the world has seen.
  — Gary Younge, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2020
• The calm ones who rarely feel such indignation and attitude?
  — Eric Griffith, PCMAG, 22 Aug. 2022
• By 1936, the indignation had subsided, and coverage of the movement declined with it.
  — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024