INDIGNATION in a Sentence

Learn INDIGNATION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
219 example sentences for INDIGNATION, such as:
1. His response was one of high indignation.
2. She turned on him with a sudden flash of indignation.
3. Scarlett was furious with embarrassment and indignation.
4. Local councillors have reacted with dismay and indignation.
5. At this defiant heresy, Mammy's brow lowered with indignation.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of INDIGNATION
indignation
 n.  anger aroused by something unjust
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  She turned on him with a sudden flash of indignation.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  The twins looked at the determined black boy in perplexity and indignation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
3  There was indignation in his hoarse bass voice but also a wheedling note, and Scarlett teasingly clicked her tongue against her teeth as she reached out to pull his cravat into place.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
4  Toby, who had handled Gerald's horses for twenty years, pushed out his lips in mute indignation at being told how to conduct his own business.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
5  At this defiant heresy, Mammy's brow lowered with indignation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
6  He bowed and sauntered off, leaving her with her bosom heaving with impotent rage and indignation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
7  Mrs. Elsing, Mrs. Merriwether and Mrs. Whiting were red with indignation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
8  And, instead of turning her against him, it only made her more timidly gracious toward him because of her indignation at what she fancied was a gross injustice done him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
9  The doctor's letter was the first of a chorus of indignation that was beginning to be heard all over the South against speculators, profiteers and holders of government contracts.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
10  A hasty note from Darcy Meade to the doctor, the only first-hand information Atlanta received during those first days of July, was passed from hand to hand, with mounting indignation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
11  Scarlett was furious with embarrassment and indignation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
12  She only felt a furious surge of indignation that he should think her such a fool.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
13  Everyone laughed except Peter, who shifted from one large splayed foot to the other in mounting indignation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
14  Mammy was torn between indignation at the very idea of her two hundred pounds scooting anywhere, much less to the attic, and the dawning of a horrid suspicion.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
15  He sank back against the seat aghast, indignation struggling with bewilderment.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
Example Sentence:
1  The class positively seethed with indignation when Julia won the award.
2  Local councillors have reacted with dismay and indignation.
3  To his indignation, Charles found that his name was not on the list.
4  His response was one of high indignation.
5  Climate Research, the paper that ignited his indignation is a 2003 study that turned out to be underwritten by the American Petroleum Institute.
6  "Stupid things!" Alice began in a loud, indignant voice, but she stopped hastily.
7  When they realized that the Wizard didn't know how to get them back to Kansas, Dorothy and her companions were indignant that they'd been duped by a charlatan.
8  Although he seemed to accept cheerfully the indignity hit upon him, he was inwardly very angry.
9  They were subjected to various indignities and discomforts, including having to get dressed and undressed in public.