was debasing
- past progressive of debase.
Example Sentences
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McFadden, a former investment banker with a law degree from Georgetown, was debasing not only his opponent but also, quite explicitly, himself.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2014
I was debasing myself for minuscule scraps of affection.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 5, 2013
Much of the work was debasing and menial; its performance left her weak and irritable; she believed that it was gradually breaking the little spirit she had brought from Mrs Gowler's nursing home.
From Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl by Newte, Horace W. C. (Horace Wykeham Can)
Perhaps she was debasing her talent; this kind of thing was rather a theatrical trick than music.
From Partners of the Out-Trail by Bindloss, Harold
So she stooped to guile and detested the flannel all the more deeply because of the state to which it was debasing an upright conscience and a high sense of honor.
From New Faces by Neagle, Charles F.
