Sentence examples for downgraded my from inspiring English sources

Once I had decided I would never be shaking hands with royalty in Stockholm, I downgraded my career expectations drastically, in a way that fellow failed perfectionists may recognize.

I made an executive decision and downgraded my punishment to self-flagellation.

Sure, I could have downgraded my service or threatened to leave, but I've been down those paths before.

I had downgraded my long-term disability plan at work to avoid having over $300.00 a month taken out of my salary.

In order to justify their claims that he was unqualified for the promotion, the World Bank removed all public references to my father's managerial and leadership contributions to the team and downgraded my father from a manager to a 'team contributor' on all projects.

In our first meeting, he explained that I would no longer be in charge of the unit I had been setting up for a year due to my 'special circumstances'… He also stated that while I was nursing it will be difficult for me to focus on my job, so he was being generous by giving me less responsibility, and downgrading my position".

Other placards called for Ms. Whitney to "Stop Charging for Research!" and "Stop Downgrading My State!" Ms. Whitney took the criticism in stride.

By the time I was dragging myself, backpack and all, up six flights of narrow stone French steps to the tiny room I shared with two dreadlocked South Americans, my bruised heart had been downgraded as my sense of awe and excitement took priority.

Writing, be it paid or otherwise, usually gets downgraded to my "free time," i.e., the wee hours.

Despite the downgraded charges, my father remains unjustly persecuted and his freedom unfairly taken away by a foreign government.

Mind you, every time I return to them they get downgraded in my book and even I cocked an eyebrow when his underwater car just drove up onto a beach and realized this might be a Bond film but it wasn't my idea of a Bond film.