had degenerated
- past perfect of degenerate.
Example Sentences
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Hilary prompted the first-ever tropical storm watches and warnings in California, but officials now say it had degenerated into a post-tropical low when it hit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2024
In a statement, the Alliance leader said it had "degenerated into a disaster a day, sometimes an hour," for the PM.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2022
Blood vessels had hemorrhaged and fatty membranes had degenerated.
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2022
Despite the success of all of those movements, however, with all of the hopes and aspirations of their supporters over the last century, Europe had degenerated into a horrendous and costly war.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
It was a neighborhood that had degenerated from Victorian to nothing in particular, a block that had moved into the twentieth century carelessly and uncaringly—and with very limited funds.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
