abasement

Example Sentences

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A lesser songwriter would either paint the couple in a false glow of romance or wallow in the tawdry abasement.

From Slate • Aug. 8, 2019

It plants a provocative idea — that abasement is the gateway to adulthood.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2017

Chris is only one of his many admirers, and so her devotion takes on an air of ritual abasement before a Great Man.

From The New Yorker • May 15, 2017

Public atonement requires public abasement and for public abasement, you need television.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2016

They even join in the “Wal-Mart cheer” when required to do so at meetings, I’m told by the evening fitting room lady, though I am fortunate enough never to witness this final abasement.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich