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- adverb In a
demeaning manner.
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- adverb in a humiliating manner
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Examples
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Apart from the choice of judges, the PR machine going way beyond its remit by overselling a priapic coke-user whom they then had to sack, being deserted by Simon Cowell and then, after various related kerfuffles, turned down by Cheryl Cole, and beaten demeaningly and unaccountably in the ratings by Strictly Come Dancing, and not actually having quite enough people who could … sing … the song choices were the worse.
Amelia Lily, X Factor's comeback queen, reaches end of road in talent show final 2011
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"Mr. Lugar will try to paint me that way, because he's speaking very demeaningly about the tea party right now," Mourdock said.
The Fix: Indiana GOP abandons Lugar, backs his primary challenger 2011
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But when did dating a younger man get so demeaningly wacky?
ShePop: Is going to 'Cougar Town' really that empowering? | EW.com 2009
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"Mr. Lugar will try to paint me that way, because he's speaking very demeaningly about the tea party right now," Mourdock said.
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Retaining this prohibition is essential to prevent a situation from arising whereby the Sovereign or his/her spouse is demeaningly threatened with some religious or spiritual punishment for doing no more than that which is the Sovereign's constitutional duty.
Archive 2007-07-29 2007
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I do get angry when people lie about Clinton, misrepresent her record and statements, write demeaningly on her acts, call her "Hitlery," refer to her as "GOP-lite"
Obama: Reagan Changed Direction Of Country In Way Bill Clinton Didn't 2009
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I do get angry when people lie about Clinton, misrepresent her record and statements, write demeaningly on her acts, call her "Hitlery," refer to her as "GOP-lite"
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Retaining this prohibition is essential to prevent a situation from arising whereby the Sovereign or his/her spouse is demeaningly threatened with some religious or spiritual punishment for doing no more than that which is the Sovereign's constitutional duty.
Popish Plots 2007
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The truth is that Obama is expected to play a certain role: strong, angry, overbearing, and every one of her statements is demeaningly parsed in that light.
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I didn't see Harry Reid demeaningly portrayed in, say, the pink bunny suit from "A Christmas Story".
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