abases
- present tense form of abase (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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I find myself captivated by how easily he abases himself without getting maudlin.
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024
Russian law says inmates must not be treated in a way that is "harsh" or "abases human dignity".
From Reuters • Oct. 6, 2021
Russian law says inmates must not be treated in a way that is "harsh" or "abases human dignity."
From Reuters • Oct. 5, 2021
He supplicates no higher power: he sues the favour of no fickle and wayward being: he abases himself before no awful deity.
From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir
The emperor was full blithe at this embassy and gladly has he promised them his daughter; for he in no wise abases himself by so doing and abates not one jot of his dignity.
From Cliges; a romance by Gardiner, Laetitia Jane
