Sentence examples for be cheapened from inspiring English sources
verb
To decrease the value of; to make cheap
The "sacrament of marriage," he said, mustn't be cheapened.
Fine art can be cheapened by the need to compete in a commercial marketplace.
The value of retribution cannot be cheapened by using it to compensate for inadequacies of the justice system.
BARRY BONDS said his career would not be cheapened if he never played in a World Series.
A petition, signed by around 2,000 Thunderbird students and alumni, claims that their degrees will be cheapened by the association with a for-profit organisation.
So far, executives at Mercedes have been reluctant or downright hostile to sharing important components with Chrysler, fearing that the Mercedes brand might be cheapened.
Because writing plainly may seem to you to be cheapening your prose?
"They seem to be cheapening vehicles," Mr. Champion said of Japanese automakers in a telephone interview.
Beset by financial pressures in a bewildering new digital world and waging a fevered, desperate battle to keep readers and attract new ones, journalism seems to be cheapening itself.
I really despise Jean-Luc as a human being for the way he's cheapened the business.
