abase

I abased myself for them an' got the job done.

And if I must abase myself to him, so be it.

Abasing yourself by going low is one of those gestures.

Better to let those people get on with their jobs rather than worry about properly abasing themselves.

He really did abase himself, this time, and the fleet disappeared.

"If it were true, I would not so abase myself before an audience.

I had one of the most self abasing loves that a person can have.

"And I abase myself for my failure to protect you.

No one can say whether the Duchess feels she has abased herself.

Some men sang; others abased themselves and communicated with the dead.

He put his head down, and crawled backward, abasing himself.

They abased themselves into the personified spirit of the group.

Cortez was getting tired of abasing himself to these people.

Others followed, until at last the whole room had abased itself in fealty.

Karl found he could not abase himself further by standing there and arguing.

The golden-skinned woman lay face down behind him, abasing herself.

"Tell him, it is not our nature to abase ourselves before mere men," he added.

Only in French could you abase yourself extravagantly and say no at the same time.

I went to the wretch himself and abased myself in the dust before him.

As one, the members of the mob abased themselves.

The humans who had abased themselves continued to do so and to bump their heads.

And the only way up there was through an absolutely abasing servility.

I was abasing myself to win that iron heart.

The production is neither abased nor frightened by its responsibilities.

She felt a yearning to abase herself before this regal figure.