demeaning
Example Sentences
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The speakers are often ill-prepared and sometimes glib, demeaning what they should be illuminating.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
"And I don't say that in any demeaning sense because for white southerners, it's not easy to rid ourselves of all the prejudices that we have born over the centuries."
From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025
Bureaucrats have bristled at the term as misleading and demeaning.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025
“The manner in which some of the individuals were detained and deported — including the use of shackles on them — as well as the demeaning rhetoric used against migrants, has also been profoundly disturbing.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025
Despite the demeaning response, Stanton and Anthony considered the speech a victory: Women had spoken before the legislature.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
