Dry Eyes, Cold Hearts (Ch. 5)
"if you'd cut the flowery speech and self-degrading sarcasm for more than five seconds, you'd hear that i'm trying to save your ungrateful ass." the act dropped at once, and he sat forwards. "then start explaining, from the beginning.
SOMBRA interviews HUMPHREY from ALPHA AND OMEGA
Dragons would never do such a ridiculous degrading thing. silver: but you're part wolf. aniro: i know. but if you are any part dragon you have to show dignity. how do you show dignity, coyote?
Forever Heart
My lungs and heart are degrading faster than before. i'm not sure my treatments can keep up with it anymore. i don't know how much more time i have with our little girl."
Nature's Call
No way was he going to degrade himself into acting like some herbivore. he had to keep up his hunt, and so he trotted off into the bushes and continued his search. he was met with the same results as before.
The Growing Luck Casino
She wanted to look great after being degraded earlier, especially since she was going somewhere nice for once. her sights were set on a casino that had recently been constructed downtown.
Vari Points of View and Mindset - Beta
This is not saying that they do not indulge in having some fun during work, but are able to do so without much degradation to their overall performance.
U.C.O.D. Scorn of The Lost: Dameon's Escape
Dameon was in pain, but not in so much that he could just stand there and take this degrading blow without a single movement...
The Dawn of a New Age: Trials and Tribulations - Act1/Chapter4
I'm going insane, cuckoo, nuts, losing my marbles, and every other clever little metaphor you can think of that might state or describe the degradation of my rationality. all of this was happening so fast, i barely had any time to react to it all.
Surface: Doomed Planet-Excerpt 12-Resorcue Management
The barrel had become a smooth bore with how much gunk was built up inside the rifling and the bolt and bolt carrier were visibly degrading from the rust and the trigger...where the hell do i start there?
Only Me and My Demon Here (PMD: WNA 7)
It almost made me wish she'd start degrading me again. like she had for months previously. at least that was familiar. "it's... quite nice." i forced myself to say, anything to avoid incurring her wrath.
Adipose City: Orchard Care
The general collapse and degradation of old world power structures, the sudden explosion of technology, the rise of new ones in the form of the corporate state, six major ones and a number of smaller ones to be precise, and the global population getting
Story Sketch: Less Than Three
And then it would just degrade from there. but marcus was different. we'd made it to three. the thought of him saying that to me, it didn't evoke the usual hot-headedness it normally did, didn't spur indignation and defensiveness. it just hurt.