debase
verb (used with object)
to reduce in quality or value; adulterate.
are debasing
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present progressiveof debase.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Institutions, acting in their own interest, are debasing America’s pool of young, human capital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
Roiphe moves toward the way out with a quote from Chris Kraus’s novel “I Love Dick”: “Why does everybody think that women are debasing themselves when we expose the conditions of our own debasement?”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2020
"Why does everybody think that women are debasing themselves when we expose the conditions of our own debasement?"
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2017
He has a strong notion about the use of talk shows by the White House: "I just think some of those shows are debasing."
From Time Magazine Archive
My dear Maximilian," I said, "these are debasing views to take of life.
From Caesar's Column by Ignatius Donnelly
