Sentence examples for degrading reality from inspiring English sources

In David Copperfield, the perennially broke Mr Micawber always feared the prospect of prison, but in Little Dorrit the degrading reality of bankruptcy is centre-stage.

Today, of course, we have outlets for people who want another dose of fame and don't care how they get it: they can create a degrading reality TV show along the lines of "The Osbournes" or sign up for a spectacle like "Dancing With the Stars".

In discussions of popular culture nowadays, few words are more crassly degraded than reality, as in the "reality programming" that is a hot new television trend.

"This anecdote was presented in such a way that made it sound sexual and degrading, when in reality it was no more than a goofy shimmy done by two girls standing side by side, often to comedic effect due to our vastly different body types," Town wrote in the letter, provided to The Huffington Post.

It's because of Field's celebrated history as a "legit" actor and director that many have questioned her choice to join a sometimes tasteless, oftentimes embarrassing, generally degrading and always controversial reality show like the The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

Most of all, the vast riches being earned — or maybe that should be "earned" — in our bloated financial industry undermined our sense of reality and degraded our judgment.

That "Fire and Fury" can occupy so much of the public-conversation space degrades our sense of reality further, while creating the illusion of affirming it.

If they just want to be famous, they can degrade themselves willingly on reality TV.

His research showed that although some working UC claimants supported conditionality in principle, many found the reality unrealistic and degrading.

However, in reality, RS overhead severely degrades the network capacity without RRH control considering RS overhead.

From forests and wetlands to soil fertility and fishing grounds, ecosystems are degrading at an unprecedented rate--a reality brought into stark focus by the 2006 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.