INDIGNANT in a Sentence

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219 example sentences for INDIGNANT, such as:

1. His response was one of high indignation.
2. She was indignant that he had read her mind.
3. The three women broke into indignant outcries.
4. Local councillors have reacted with dismay and indignation.
5. Brent's wide ingenuous face was puzzled and mildly indignant.

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 Meanings and Examples of INDIGNANT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
indignant
 a.  affected with indignation; wrathful; passionate; irate; feeling wrath by unworthy or unjust treatment
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Brent's wide ingenuous face was puzzled and mildly indignant.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  Mammy's lips were large and pendulous and, when indignant, she could push out her lower one to twice its normal length.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
3  As she thought this, the clamor of dissenting voices rose up about Ashley, indignant, fiery.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  Dr. Meade had begun to smile again, ignoring completely the indignant whispers that came from the Ladies' Hospital Committee in the corner.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
5  On an afternoon of the following week, Scarlett came home from the hospital weary and indignant.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
6  "Oh," she began, indignant at the slight to her charms.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
7  Dr. Meade, who had arrived out of breath, expecting to find Melanie in premature labor at least, judging by Aunt Pitty's alarmed summoning, was indignant and said as much.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
8  She was indignant that he had read her mind.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
9  He saw the flame of indignant pride in them and he dropped his gaze quickly to his plate in embarrassment.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
10  You are just putting on this indignant front because you think it's proper and respectable.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
11  The three women broke into indignant outcries.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
12  The neighbors would have been shocked, aggrieved and indignant, had these brief prayers been all the service over the body of their loved friend, and no one knew this better than Ashley.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
13  Scarlett peeped slyly at Ashley and saw surprise and uncertainty plain in his face as he looked into Melanie's dark indignant eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
14  "I didn't know you and Mr. Kennedy had business dealings," said Aunt Pittypat, almost indignant that some of Frank's activities were unknown to her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
15  And now, though she tried to make herself hate him, tried to be indignant, she could not.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIV
Example Sentence:
1  "Stupid things!" Alice began in a loud, indignant voice, but she stopped hastily.
2  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.
3  The class positively seethed with indignation when Julia won the award.
4  Local councillors have reacted with dismay and indignation.
5  To his indignation, Charles found that his name was not on the list.
6  His response was one of high indignation.
7  Climate Research, the paper that ignited his indignation is a 2003 study that turned out to be underwritten by the American Petroleum Institute.
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.