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Examples
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You know, if the Pastor preached on adultery and Sen. Cliton was there I don't think it is bemeaning to her.
Campaigning in Kentucky, Clinton hears sermon on infidelity 2008
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…Fill thy spirit with the ghostly bemeaning of it without any special beholding to any of His works—whether they be good, better, or best of all.
Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006
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…Fill thy spirit with the ghostly bemeaning of it without any special beholding to any of His works—whether they be good, better, or best of all.
Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006
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You get up and begin by bemeaning Nye for not being there.
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Appreciation of successful opponents and consideration for the vanquished can be made effectually to supplant the cheap, blatant spirit which seeks to attribute one's defeat to trickery and chance and uses one's victory as an occasion for bemeaning the vanquished.
The Minister and the Boy A Handbook for Churchmen Engaged in Boys' Work Allan Hoben
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We are daily trying to eliminate all that is animal, all that is gross and bemeaning in us, even to the extent of reducing the flavors of our foods to the lowest tolerable point.
The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life Homer Eon Flint 1908
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You get up and begin by bemeaning Nye for not being there.
Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume I, Part 2: 1835-1866 Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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You get up and begin by bemeaning Nye for not being there.
Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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'I feel that I am bemeaning myself every moment I stay in this house.'
The Golden Calf 1875
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"I wonder at a well-brought-up young gent like you bemeaning yourself to associate with such a low creature, Master Joseph."
Bunyip Land A Story of Adventure in New Guinea George Manville Fenn 1870
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