baseness
Example Sentences
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Algeria's ambassador to France said it was an act of "unspeakable baseness".
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2022
He’s watching the baseness of human nature, investigating it, trying to find the truth of it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2020
He also played Cromwell in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of “Wolf Hall Parts One & Two,” and captures again the man’s voice, its taint of baseness, its ups and downs and quiet ruthlessness.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2020
It had all the makings of a secular proverb, calling on listeners to meet baseness with greatness and incivility with civility.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2018
“No, of course it isn’t necessary. But some kinds of baseness are nobly undergone. I’d like to undergo something nobly. Don’t you see?”
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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