Sentence examples for was cheapened from inspiring English sources
verb
To decrease the value of; to make cheap
Life was cheapened by the day.
Maybe the value of a belt was cheapened a bit at that point, however.
In 1980 Allan Wells's gold was cheapened by the absence of the Americans, who had boycotted the Moscow Olympics.
That meant there had been little or no drama in almost two-thirds of the wild-card years while the value of winning a division — most often the A.L. East — was cheapened almost to irrelevance.
No one suggested that marriage was cheapened because Fred and Rose West were married, because, while their marriage was unconventional in certain respects, at least it was a union between man and woman, and that's the main thing.
"It was cheapening journalism.
Chrysler at that time faced bitterness from German engineers who felt that sharing a Mercedes chassis with Chrysler cars was cheapening the brand.
He felt that in doing so, Carey was cheapening herself and her image to resemble younger pop singers such as Britney Spears.
The "sacrament of marriage," he said, mustn't be cheapened.
To some minds, the poinsettia is cheapened by its ubiquity.
