indignities

• “And the privilege, ancient though it be, to beat her with a stick, to pull her hair, choke her, spit in her face or kick her about the floor, or to inflict upon her like indignities, is not now acknowledged by our law ....”

  'Trivial Complaints:' The Role of Privacy in Domestic Violence Law and Activism in the U.S.

• “Usually the sexual union has already occurred, and oftentimes cohabitation, with its disappointments and indignities, is in full swing.”

  The Wedding Merchants

• “The best of saints have sometimes received the worst of injuries and indignities from a spiteful, scornful, wicked world, and must not think it strange; our Master himself was thus abused.”

  Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)

• “She called the indignities forced upon blacks in Durham in the 1950s "extremely hurtful," citing the segregated seating at the Carolina Theatre and the lack of seating at local eateries for black people.”

  Reflector - Latest Headlines from The Daily Reflector

• “They listened, with eager attention, to the complaints of their captive children, who had suffered the most cruel indignities from the lustful or angry passions of their masters, and the same cruelties, the same indignities, were severely retaliated on the sons and daughters of the”

  The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

• “Not the least of his indignities was his flamboyant and often inebriated wife, Martha, who dominated the capital's gossip columns -- and political columns -- more than any political spouse of his time.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Reconsidering John Mitchell

• “Just recalling the indignities he had met as a black man seemed to expose some raw nerve in this highly educated, dignified official.”

  The Autobiography of Malcolm X

• “The Rev. J. Rayfield Vines Jr., pastor of the predominantly African-American congregation, paused briefly as he recalled the indignities he endured but did not bow to growing up Suffolk, in southeastern Virginia.”

  Latest Headlines - ABC 7 News

• “Over the holiday weekend, a number of people whose postings land in my RSS feed were batting around this piece at rc3.org, which listed the various... let's say "indignities"... that innocent people have been subjected to in the name of fighting terrorism.”

  The Huffington Post: 'Junk-Touching' In Perspective

• “Many of those "indignities" listed are fairly mundane: requiring photo ID at the airport, being forced to remove one's shoes, being required to surrender vials of liquids, and the like.”

  The Huffington Post: 'Junk-Touching' In Perspective

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