(1) The King was forced to debase the coinage

(2) For some people extending human control over genes is the supreme act of hubris and, like all hubris, threatens paradoxically not to elevate but to debase us.

(3) His way is not just to debase traditional standards; it is to do away with them altogether.

(4) The state has understood this lesson since the kings of old began repeatedly to debase the coinage.

(5) There is no evidence in this case of any positive intention to humiliate or debase the applicant.

(6) Not content to debase himself, he insisted that his wife drink as well.

(7) Everywhere people recognise that genuine forms of corruption debase the quality of their life, lead to the degradation of their social and physical environment.

(8) The love episodes debase the dignity of the drama

(9) In Europe, gold was democratized by its use in coins, even though successive rulers tried to debase them by mixing in lesser metals or reducing their size.

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(11) If the Minister had received cash in return for assisting a visa or passport application, that would debase him.

(12) We expect our television to debase us, empty us, and condescend to us.

(13) People like to watch people debase themselves.

(14) For those viewers who aren't regular watchers of this show, let me recap how the game works: People debase themselves for money.

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(16) Worse, a discouraged, angry, and alienated lower class is directly related to the growing debasement of our popular culture.

(17) Trying to keep track of 18 people rapidly debasing themselves in the hope of winning a million dollars was no easy feat.

(18) Monroe had fled to the Actors Studio in the mid-'50s to achieve something more than the stardom she felt debased her.

(19) This is the sort of thing that debases a language and a culture.

(20) It should be noted that the coinage was often debased (lowered in value through the admixture of alloy) and strategically revalued.