Sentences with phrase «indignities inflicted»

Fransella's character goes through a series of indignities inflicted on him by some extremely active humans cavorting around in the nude.

One of the countless brutal indignities inflicted upon American slaves was that, as a group, they were denied the chance to read and write.

The indignities inflicted on the Popes aroused the sympathy of millions and tended to bring to the occupants of the Papal throne and to the office itself a loyalty which had been either dormant or lacking in the years when the popular image of the See of Peter had been one of luxurious impotence.

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The First Amendment refuses to establish the «exclusivity or superiority of a particular group identity» and thus keeps the government from inflicting indignity on minorities.

In that there is implied an indignity which can only be inflicted upon one by a higher power, for by oneself one can never become an object of pity.

It's hard to figure out which is the worst of the many indignities the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences inflicted upon Stanley Kubrick.

Learning institutions can help people understand that movement toward equal dignity may coincide with people becoming highly conscious of indignities — humiliations — inflicted either intentionally by direct mistreatment, or unwittingly through outdated practices, or systemically through obsolete social frames.

It will certainly subject human beings to greater indignities and inflict greater damage on the natural world, it will probably lead to greater social disruption and psychological suffering, and it may lead to increased physical suffering — even in «advanced» countries.

[Footnote 13] It is a serious intrusion upon the sanctity of the person, which may inflict great indignity and arouse strong resentment, and it is not to be undertaken lightly.

And for the indignity and degradation thus inflicted on a proud people and a proud culture, we say sorry.