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Examples of abase
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A coup, of course, to get the president to abase himself before you that way.
From the theatlantic.com
The Academy loves actresses whose roles demand they abase themselves in obscure accents.
From the time.com
Only desperation could drive a supposedly respectable newspaper to abase itself with such low journalism.
From the guardian.co.uk
She is breathtaking in her willingness to abase herself, to swerve in an instant from grand to petty, from kittenish to beastly.
From the post-gazette.com
The good news is that they won't be able to abase the brand's reputation in their usual way by flooding the market with cheap knock-offs.
From the orlandosentinel.com
If you had, you would want to know about it so that you could notify your supplier, pay hospital visits and abase yourself, athough presumably you would not have done it on purpose.
From the washingtonpost.com
To abase himself while scaling the side of the falls as the good father's newest acolyte, Mendoza insists on toting a heavyweight bag of arms, armor and other accoutrements of civilization.
From the time.com
He had been governor of Delaware and has served in the House since before Noah's flood, so why should he have to abase himself to ask for a voter to cast a vote for him?
From the washingtontimes.com
Phoebe loves humans so much that the tiniest sign of friendliness from a person will cause her to bow, crawl and generally abase herself before rolling over and waiting for the inevitable tickle.
From the stuff.co.nz
- Humiliate: cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
- (abasement) a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken
- (abasement) humiliation: depriving one of self-esteem
- To lower physically or depress; to stoop; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye; To cast down or to lower, as in rank, office, condition in life or estimation of worthiness, so as to hurt feelings or cause pain; to depress; to humiliate; to humble; to degrade
- (abased) Lowered; humbled; Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield
- (abasement) The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled; humiliation
- (Abased) This term is used (1) when the wings, for instance, instead of being expanded, with their apices pointing upward, either look down toward the point of the shield, or else are shut; (2) when a chevron, fesse or another ordinary is borne lower than its usual situation.
- (Abasement) n. Where the furnace is located.
- Is the base accuracy of the move (in percent - e.g. a base accuracy of 95 is counted as 0.95),
