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

And still do you or does any other sane person fancy that human beings are degenerating every generation, that artistic genius is decadent?

From The Dominant Dollar by Ralph, Lester