How to Use indignant in a Sentence

indignant

adjective
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  • He was very indignant about the changes.
  • She wrote an indignant letter to the editor.
  • As Cusk hits all the high notes of indignant rage, this book snaps and steams.
    — Hillary Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The candidates were indignant that women can be held from the workforce by the high cost of child care.
    — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Some were indignant, but most were ready to make the sacrifice.
    — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2021
  • At the end of the speech, Castro's voice became loud and indignant.
    — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Flopsy has a lisp, which makes her painfully self-conscious and kind of indignant at the same time.
    — Margot Robbie, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Opinions tended to vary by age and race, the most indignant skewing whiter and older.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2021
  • The passenger sounds indignant as his hands remain on his lap.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 6 Aug. 2017
  • Opinions tended to vary by age and race, the most indignant skewing whiter and older.
    — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 8 May 2017
  • Everyone was indignant at the word yelled at a Black player.
    — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Largely cloaked in the anonymity of fake identities, the needlers tend to strike a pose of indignant anger in texts and other messages.
    — Phil Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, 22 July 2019
  • Others are indignant on behalf of loved ones who don’t already have access to the vaccines.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 16 July 2021
  • Imagine a white person’s indignant response if a non-white stranger asked his or her race.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Marvel Studios Do black folk not have the right to be indignant when someone is wrong?
    — Jeneé Osterheldt, kansascity, 16 May 2018
  • The girl, indignant, gathers up the clothes and stalks away; there’s a genuine truculence in her step.
    — Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
  • At first, Jenkins was indignant, even dishing back some smack to the thugs who were standing in front of her car.
    — Jon Tevlin, Star Tribune, 1 July 2021
  • Miller never got that kind of satisfaction from any of her indignant rants on Yelp.
    — Neil Swidey, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • The role of a proud father driven to indignant, justified rage was one that suited this performer well enough.
    — New York Times, 25 July 2022
  • But as every parent knows, indignant tantrums should not be indulged.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 16 Mar. 2022
  • And her resting face did have a certain indignant quality.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Claus, at the start of the film, is disillusioned and indignant and suffering from a centuries-long case of burnout.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 3 Dec. 2022
  • For years, Pawar has been indignant about being called a volunteer.
    — Aarefa Johari, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2021
  • At the time, Biden was indignant, saying Booker should be the one to apologize.
    — Matt Viser, The Denver Post, 6 July 2019
  • The plan drew an indignant response from McIlroy, who usually is quite good off the tee.
    — Jay Cohen, The Seattle Times, 16 June 2017
  • The measure prompted indignant complaints from the United States and Japan.
    — New York Times, 21 Mar. 2021
  • The woman sits with her legs akimbo, the indignant geese looking at her, honking their disapproval.
    — Olga Tokarczuk, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
  • What if the prevailing mood of our times is a giddy reversal of progress, logic and beauty, and all of it shoved in our faces with news alerts and indignant tweets?
    — Morgan Enos, Billboard, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Still indignant the following day, the president went public with his anger.
    — Steven Levingston, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2017
  • Still, Dwyer is indignant toward the widespread blame laid on college students for outbreaks at their schools.
    — Rebecca Renner, Science, 23 Nov. 2020

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