Sample Sentences for
indignant
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    For a while we were indignant because no one from the office came upstairs the entire morning;  (source)
    indignant = angry or annoyed at something unjust or wrong
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    The streetlights were on, and we glimpsed Calpurnia's indignant profile as we passed beneath them.  (source)
    indignant = angered or annoyed at something unjust or wrong
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    Johnny was so indignant he nearly squeaked.  (source)
    indignant = annoyed that something is unjust or wrong
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    "Righteous indignation" is what Brother Gerald called it.  (source)
    indignation = anger at something unjust or wrong
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    Kit flared, indignant as much at his tone as at the dread word he uttered so carelessly.  (source)
    indignant = anger or annoyance at something unjust or wrong
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    "So you don't think I'm a match for Lucius Malfoy?" said Mr. Weasley indignantly,  (source)
    indignantly = with anger or annoyance at something unjust or wrong
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    Because I was born during a time when the stigma of racial hierarchy and Jim Crow had real consequences for the ways my elders had to act or react to a variety of indignations, I was mindful of the way that the daily humiliations and insults accumulated.  (source)
    indignations = instances of unfair treatment
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    He was still talking when I fell asleep, and the next morning, through the icy atmosphere which one window raised an inch had admitted to our room, he woke me with the overindignant shout, "What is all this crap about no maids!"  (source)
    overindignant = excessive anger or annoyance at something unjust or wrong
    standard prefix: The prefix "over-" in overindignant means excessively. This is the same pattern as seen in words like overconfident, overemphasize, and overstimulate.
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    "What—don't you believe me?" Beatrice's indignation sounded genuine.  (source)
    indignation = anger or annoyance at something unjust or wrong
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    Daring, indignant, Piggy took the conch. "That's what I said! I said about our meetings and things and then you said shut up—"  (source)
    indignant = angered at something unjust
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    "That's a ridiculous law," said Milo, quite indignantly.  (source)
    indignantly = with anger or annoyance at something unjust or wrong
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    This state of things in his household so upset the good man that he fell ill of the combined rages and learned to guard himself against indignations.†  (source)
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    And over time he worked himself into a choler of self-righteous indignation that was impossible to keep bottled up.  (source)
    indignation = anger or annoyance at something unjust or wrong
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