Example Sentences

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By 2024, my hobby was starting to feel like work, and it was only a matter of time before the sport degenerated enough to make it official.

From Slate • Jun. 14, 2026

Wingtech representatives responded that the Dutch intervention was "incomprehensible" and meant the row "degenerated needlessly".

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

In contrast, workers are wingless females with smaller body size and degenerated reproductive tracts, usually without a sperm storage organ.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2024

The storm prompted the first-ever tropical storm watches and warnings issued in California, but officials now say it had degenerated into a post-tropical low by the time it reached the state.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2024

Eventually, before my father and I degenerated to the “Oh, yeah? YEAH!” level, she stopped us.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick