Sentence examples for been degraded from inspiring English sources
verb
To lower in value or social position.
- Fred degrades himself by his behaviour.
Has it been degraded, in your view?
"I see a lot of rhetoric... [Saddam's] armed forces have been degraded".
All over the world, croplands have been degraded or are disappearing.
Few pop songs or national motifs haven't been degraded and defiled by modern advertising.
His voice has been degraded to a weary squawk, but his rakish spirit was undaunted.
"Between 25-30% of the world's agricultural soil has been degraded.
Actual ambassadors can take some comfort in this: at least academics have been degraded, too.
"The [Taliban] have less capacity, they have been degraded somewhat," he told the New York Times.
Q. -- Can you say how much these Republican Guard divisions have been degraded?
"The quality has been degraded so much by the smuggled goods," Mr. Stroh said.
But these arguments demonstrate how badly European appreciation of the founding principles of liberal democracy has been degraded.
