is debasing
- present progressive of debase (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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What we are witnessing is debasing, to them and to you.
From Slate ● Oct. 4, 2020
The chairman of the local Elvis fan club is told by a TV news reporter that some people might say this is debasing the memory of the king.
From The Guardian ● May 22, 2019
Its very presence, the Leesburg Town Council was told by some residents, is debasing the good people of this 257-year-old city.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2015
Grumped another Conservative, Joseph Kinsey: "It is debasing the standards of the gas board to suggest we should share our baths."
From Time Magazine Archive
It is so simple a fact and one that is so hard, apparently, to grasp: Whoever debases others is debasing himself.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
