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In one case that was described to me, a young inmate afflicted with paranoia had been degenerating for more than a year.

From The New Yorker • May 2, 2016

For years he had been degenerating as a writer, his physical condition was of the worst: it looked as if his life was quite over.

From Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities by Burton, Richard