Its begetter was a comparatively small band of unscrupulous, blind, and conceited persons, who were clever and persistent enough to demoralize a whole people.

Politics has a blighting, demoralizing influence on men.

The victory of Calatafimi, though of slight importance as regards acquisitionsfor we took only one cannon, a few rifles, and a few prisonershad an immeasurable moral result in encouraging the population and demoralizing the hostile army.

Our fire had already demoralized the thoroughly disheartened and half-famished Spanish soldiers; and their rear-guard, at least, was also disorganized and hiding in the hills.

She associated with man without seductive spectacles or demoralizing excitements, and retained her influence by securing his respect.

Playing the part of governors demoralized the Roman ruling class \vith fearful rapidity.

It was absolutely necessary to begin the expedition with some striking engagement such as this, which so demoralized the enemy that their fervent southern imaginations even exaggerated the valor of the Thousand.

The Germans counted on their immense force of artillery, built for this war in the last two years and out-ranging the French, to demoralize the French infantry.

The great lesson of war, especially of civil war, is, that contending parties might better make great concessions than resort to it, for it is certain to demoralize a nation.

At the time of Hildebrand's active appearance the papacy was in a state of degradation which demoralized the Church itself.

To allow the primary assembly to decree the transference of public property without limit to its own pocket is not only wrong, but is the beginning of the end; it demoralizes the best-disposed citizens, and gives to the proposer a power incompatible with a free commonwealth.

The heavy assault of Jackson appears to have as much demoralized the Federal commander as his troops.

One careless man, no less than one who is easily discouraged by difficulties, will frequently demoralize an entire company.

It demoralizes the conduct, destroys health, prevents usefulness, and ruins reputation.

But the one demoralized a continent, and gave birth to lust, and rapine, and bloodshed; the other has blessed many a heart, and gladdened the vale of sorrow, with many a rill of pure and living water.

Still, whilst this clause may not be, and I believe is not, a violation of the Constitution, yet how destructive it would be to all proper subordination and how demoralizing its effect upon the morale of the Army if it should become a precedent for future legislation!

They are demoralized heathenmonster expressions of moral corruption" (Williams, 184).

If Betty be allowed to demoralize the family in this wise, I think it were well my father takes you all in hand.

The loss of their mighty general somewhat demoralized his followers, and vi et armis, I managed to survive the fourteen weeks' term.

The wet, rocky trail soon demoralized their footgear.

General Lawton's unremitting attacks had absolutely demoralized the Insurgent force, and my information is that when he finally turned back, Aguinaldo and several members of his cabinet were waiting, ten miles away, to surrender to him when he next advanced, believing that they could never escape from him.

At successive intervals the best and most enterprising men have been tempted to their ruin by excessive bank loans of mere paper credit, exciting them to extravagant importations of foreign goods, wild speculations, and ruinous and demoralizing stock gambling.

While I was in Charleston, the most popular proposition was to bombard continuously for two whole days and nights, thereby demoralizing the garrison by depriving it of sleep and causing it to surrender at the first attempt to escalade.

These changes impoverished and demoralized the gentry, who in the course of the past century had grown fewer in number.

What if that mother and sister, who loved him, and wept day and night over the wild follies that consumed his energies and demoralized his heart, had seen him now!