debase

Example Sentences

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These stories tell us that Diogenes was chased out of his native Sinope, on the north coast of what’s now Turkey, for his supposed role in a scheme to debase the city’s currency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

As the string score starts having palpitations, “Babygirl” threatens to debase itself by becoming a throwback thriller.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024

Trust me, I’ve made the mistake of debating perhaps the world’s most infamous anti-vaccine figure, and all it does is debase science and harm the public.

From Scientific American • Jun. 29, 2023

It was to debase the language to make it lose its meaning.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2021

And yet, if my best reason for staying in peculiardom didn’t want me anymore, I wouldn’t debase myself by clinging to her.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs