debasing
Example Sentences
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Robbie’s most deliciously debasing scene is when she throws coins on the ground for a desperate beggar — and then that person forces her to watch as he picks them up.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
The Constitution’s framers wanted to prevent the President from abusing monetary power and debasing the currency as English monarchs had done.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
Dismissing the case, Mr Justice Chamberlain said Yaxley-Lennon's own barrister had accepted there was no evidence his client had been segregated "for the purpose of breaking his resistance or humiliating or debasing him".
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025
This is the advantage to the debaser of debasing standards of behavior.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2024
It is so simple a fact and one that is so hard, apparently, to grasp: Whoever debases others is debasing himself.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
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