On the one hand there is ritual, physical indignity, rubber, prevention; on the other, new life, love , marriage.

Certainly Morton, who writes with impressive grace and sensitivity about the physical indignities of aged infirmity, learned much about dignity from Howe's life and death.

Joseph obeyed, feeling sick, frightened and absurd, but he was too accustomed to the smells, the physical indignity of trench life to be revolted.

You may not suffer the physical indignities of age, but long life has other cruelties, far worse than loss of strength and keenness of the senses.

And what of the scars, the sagging folds and other physical indignities of age that show up in his photographs?

She shares much of what is going through her mind - the philosophical questions, the physical indignities, the emotional turmoil, the good memories.

The scope and scan themselves are nothing compared with the pain, upset and physical indignities of the preparation procedure.

Harvey, therefore, spares us the extreme physical indignities.

There was no adultery, no alcohol, no financial worry, no physical indignity.

It was just one more physical indignity for the alien captain, Conway thought, but by now the being was probably Past caring about such things.