“But I have trouble with the irreality of paid shills, whether bloggers, influencers, or everyday people, who debase social intercourse.”

“Why do you humiliate yourself like this, and place yourself lower than these people? Why do you debase yourself before them?”

“A central purpose for creating the Environmental Protection Agency was to make a coordinated attack on the pollutants which debase the air we breathe.”

“Instead of being authentic art, music becomes a thing to be bought and sold, which debases the very meaning of the music and defangs the threat.”

“Part of the charge against the Olympics is that while proclaiming simple idealism it in fact debases the meaning and purpose of sport itself.”

“The intimidation of political dissidents threatens the right of free speech for all and debases our traditions of civil liberty and tolerance.”

“It should be noted that the coinage was often debased and strategically revalued.”

“It wouldn't do to mix their blue blood with the debased genes of commoners!”

“They are simply devaluing further the already debased coin of Irish politics.”

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

“They never use profane language, bear false witness, engage in slander, gossip or backbiting, or even listen to such debasing talk.”

“I'm all about building up the human spirit, not debasing it and degrading it all the more.”