debased

Example Sentences

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Scottish National Party MP John Nicolson said the post was "nauseating" and that it "cheapened and debased" politics.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 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

The Earth has been long denuded and debased by our machines—bled of its mystery by the enlightened scalpel of man—and our blood is the price we must pay for the planet’s resurrection.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2023

The burden of being publicly debased felt a tiny bit lighter because she understood how humiliated I felt.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 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