degenerate
verb (used without object)
to fall below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorate.
are degenerating
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present progressiveof degenerate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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According to Withings, low activity may indicate that small nerve fibers are degenerating.
From The Verge ● Sep. 1, 2022
Many of the traditional elements that once held the establishment together are degenerating, with little to replace them.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2018
The manor house and the class it represents are degenerating.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 29, 2017
Is it possible that we Americans are degenerating into royalty-loving snobs?
From Time Magazine Archive
I'm bound to look for an explanation and justification of my absurd existence in somebody else's theories, in literary types—in the idea that we, upper-class Russians, are degenerating, for instance, and so on.
From The Duel and Other Stories by Constance Garnett
