debased

Example Sentences

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There will be a new ball this season, the Nike Flight, which is "built with Aerowsculpt technology with grooves debased into the casing, to allow air to travel seamlessly around the ball, delivering truer flight".

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2024

“He was a man who debased other human beings,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2023

Disagreements with Professor Wax, he added, make you feel that “you are a fundamentally debased human being.”

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023

Some illustrious “main characters” shot for the moon; some just debased themselves.

From Slate • Dec. 28, 2022

Working as a lawyer in South Africa meant operating under a debased system of justice, a code of law that did not enshrine equality but its opposite.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela