| 1. | Else would he never so demean himself. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 2. | Swear like a ruffian and demean himsel. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 3. | "You won't deign to demean yourself by marrying me, you..." said Helene, beginning to cry. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |
| 4. | I admit that _I_ am a spy, and that it is considered a discreditable station--though it must be filled by somebody but this gentleman is no spy, and why should he so demean himself as to make himself one. - from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens |
| 5. | 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. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |
| 6. | Balashev began to feel uncomfortable as envoy he feared to demean his dignity and felt the necessity of replying but, as a man, he shrank before the transport of groundless wrath that had evidently seized Napoleon. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |