deteriorated
- past participle of deteriorate.
- past tense form of deteriorate.
Example Sentences
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"Production and supply have deteriorated to the point where it is going to be difficult for the mills to stay open," he said, speaking anonymously because he feared retaliation.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Before air-con, mental concentration and with it the quality of work deteriorated as the day got hotter and more humid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Since then, conditions in the private-credit market have deteriorated even more, but the junk spread has narrowed rather than widened — to 2.68 percentage points from 2.80.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
The tissue samples maintained much of their total collagen content and surface coverage, even after the coherence of their supramolecular chirality had deteriorated substantially.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
He had been just as excited as the two of us when we dragged him over to listen to the broadcast, but slowly, over the course of a few hours, his mood had deteriorated.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
