Sentences with 'degradation'
Example sentences and phrases with the word degradation and other words derived from it.
• « Although the Renaissance argument for the degradation of medieval culture was overstated (medieval intellectual life flourished during the late Middle Ages), there is no doubt that there was a different kind of intellectual courage and optimism that emerged from the return to classical rather than medieval models during the Renaissance. »
• « Many skilled workers or craftsmen experienced the factory system as a disaster, bringing with it subjection to harsh work discipline, the degradation of craft skills, long hours, cheap wages and the abuse of young women and children (who worked under the same conditions as adult men). »
• « In an effort to halt this trend of environmental degradation, the Cousteau Society - with the advice of authorities in ethics, science and law - has initiated a global petition to establish a Bill of Rights for Future Generations. »