- present participle of debase.
debasing
Example Sentences
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Debasing a person with an ad hominem attack is the “craziest” thing I have ever seen.
From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2023
In at least two of these essays, those on "Debasing the Moral Currency" and "The Modern Hep, Hep, Hep!" she has newly expressed herself concerning tradition.
From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by Cooke, George Willis
Shalt thou the talk of Gods repeat, Debasing by thy strains effete Such lofty mysteries?
From Phineas Redux by Trollope, Anthony
Debasing as were the moral effects of this course of life, the physical consequences were not less disastrous.
From The Life of John Clare by Martin, Frederick
Debasing the currency is an excellent figure, yet there is a currency as much higher than that of family names, as gold outvalues copper.
From The Carleton Case by Clark, Ellery H.
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