DEMEAN in a Sentence

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For DEMEAN, below is one of 11 sentences:
He hesitated whether to address the King as the Black Knight-errant, or in what other manner to demean himself towards him.

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 Meanings and Examples of DEMEAN
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demean
 v.  degrade; debase, as in dignity or social standing
Classic Sentence:
1  Pfuel only snorted contemptuously and turned away, to show that he would never demean himself by replying to such nonsense as he was now hearing.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER XI
2  You won't deign to demean yourself by marrying me, you.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER VI
3  He hesitated whether to address the King as the Black Knight-errant, or in what other manner to demean himself towards him.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
4  During this performance, the hermit demeaned himself much like a first-rate critic of the present day at a new opera.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
5  A narrow life in Budmouth might have completely demeaned her.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 7 Queen of Night
Example Sentence:
1  He would not demean himself to a lazy worker.
2  I wasn't going to demean myself by acting like a suspicious wife.
3  Don't demean yourself by telling such obvious lies.
4  Standing on his dignity, he refused to demean himself by replying to the offensive letter.
5  The entire family was demeaned by his behaviour.
6  The official demeaned himself by accepting the bribe.