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.
  • People took heart at her fight, and found indignation in her death.
    — New York Times, 6 Dec. 2020
  • Trump has skated again and could care less about their indignation.
    — Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Those calls have been met with eye-rolling and righteous indignation.
    — Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Attitude and indignation won't go very far with the staff here.
    — John Winterman, Town & Country, 15 Oct. 2013
  • Shouts of indignation rang out from disparate quarters of the lounge.
    — Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Chase resigned in indignation and took refuge at the League.
    — Anne Halsey, JSTOR Daily, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The butler has a look of both indignation and confusion on his face.
    — Walter Mosley, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • The video was greeted with a fair amount of indignation, and rightfully so.
    — Michael Smolens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 Jan. 2018
  • 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
  • She was resigned to her fate, helpless with indignation.
    — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 Oct. 2025
  • But across much of the country, the announcement was met with indignation.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2021
  • The laxer approach to containing the virus has drawn both praise and indignation from across the globe.
    — Rafaela Lindeberg, Fortune, 3 June 2020
  • When things go sour, both kids spew insults and indignation with a matter-of-fact insolence.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Vance’s speech spurred the Europeans to unite in their indignation.
    — Simon Shuster/berlin, TIME, 22 Feb. 2025
  • What soon follows are the scams, frauds and loss through ignorance and then righteous indignation.
    — Bob Bonniol, Rolling Stone, 23 May 2022
  • And rather than indignation or rage or fury, what comes through in the letters is his sheer amazement at being in this predicament.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
  • On Sunday, the scene was met with the wrath of Twitter users' indignation.
    — Margaret Littman, Fortune, 17 Mar. 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
  • But reacting with indignation has not been an option for Lee.
    — Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Lily Wong also has a heightened sense of indignation, a keen sense of social justice and a smart mouth.
    — Star Tribune, 8 Nov. 2020
  • The move sparked sorrow and indignation on the garden’s Facebook page.
    — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 13 May 2022
  • And the outsized response taught him that a little righteous indignation can go a long way with an audience.
    — Damian Garde, STAT, 25 Mar. 2022

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