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

Her father had served with distinction and honor this same commonwealth that her husband was debasing; he had been a statesman, not a politician, not a boss.

From A Hoosier Chronicle by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)