| The state has understood this lesson since the kings of old began repeatedly to debase the coinage. |
| If the Minister had received cash in return for assisting a visa or passport application, that would debase him. |
| Who deserts his father's race, seeks the black blood to debase, which thro' his own veins doth chase, he be accurst! |
| There is no evidence in this case of any positive intention to humiliate or debase the applicant. |
| Or does mere public belabouring sometimes debase the very virtues intended for promotion and inoculate public sentiment against subscription? |
| But I have trouble with the irreality of paid shills, whether bloggers, influencers, or everyday people, who debase social intercourse. |
