debased

Example Sentences

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Yet she knows the history that reduced her to such a debased state.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

There will be a new ball this season, the Nike Flight, which is "built with Aerowsculpt technology with grooves debased into the casing, to allow air to travel seamlessly around the ball, delivering truer flight".

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2024

The most debased and tragic is Jeff, who, with his wife, has worked at the fair for decades.

From New York Times • May 30, 2024

Behold: Slate’s unofficial guide to 2023’s biggest winners and losers, debased jokers, and most valuable players.

From Slate • Dec. 27, 2023

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