In a sentence
Six example sentences with abase, each labelled with its topic.
The novel's steward abases the new clerk before the whole household, and the man never speaks at dinner again.
Literature
Victorious generals once paraded captured rivals through the streets to abase them before crowds who had feared their names.
History
Criticism meant to abase a colleague rarely improves anything, since shame tends to shut people down rather than teach them.
Psychology
The coach refused to abase a rookie in front of the crowd, saving his corrections for the film room the next morning.
Basketball
The minister used the televised hearing to abase a junior official, reading his errors aloud line by line.
Politics
Managers who abase staff in meetings soon find that nobody volunteers bad news until it is far too late.
Business
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