To make a person morally inferior.
1 Civil rights advocates say it has long been used to demean African-Americans.
2 I just knew they weren't good; an everyday insult meant to demean .
3 He would demean Liverpool with every word … every gesture he could.
4 He lied because he would not demean himself to tell the truth.
5 Thank you for assuming that I would not demean myself with lies.
6 I wouldn't whisper with the king and demean myself as she did.
7 I have heard something-I'vea character to support- Imustnot demean myself.
8 And why should you so demean yourself to take notice of me?
9 In such a case, under such circumstances, how did Massachusetts demean herself?
10 But what should he ask her, and how demean himself toward her?
11 You could not demean yourself to love a poor girl like me!
12 By trying to demean the core of Christian belief they merely demean themselves.
13 The old squire did not demean himself by a single outcry of pain.
14 More importantly, not once in the story does Tucker demean me.
15 It doesn't preach or demean , and it never goes for the low-hanging fruit.
16 I hear this gossip flinty-faced, I don't demean myself to complain.
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