are degrading
- present progressive of degrade.
Example Sentences
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But the stockpiles were initially designed for up to five full drawdowns, and the frequent releases are degrading the sites’ integrity, experts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Environmentalists say the horses are degrading the otherworldly landscape at Mono Lake, including bird habitat and its famed tufa — textured rock columns that would look at home on Mars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
Vaksmaa expects that there are other, yet unknown, fungi out there that are degrading plastic as well, in deeper parts of the ocean.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2024
"Exclusionary practices are degrading, demeaning and violate the dignity that everyone deserves," Defense Minister Anita Anand said during a presentation of the report.
From Reuters ● Apr. 25, 2022
I cannot degrade you; it is yourself you are degrading.
From A Hero of Romance by Marsh, Richard
