have degenerated
- present perfect of degenerate.
Example Sentences
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Previous talks between Vucic and Kurti have degenerated into arguments and mutual recrimination, but this time both leaders have already endorsed the proposals “in principle,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2023
The Browns’ self-congratulatory bleats that they were confident and their vetting was comprehensive have degenerated into fool’s gold.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 22, 2022
“As a result of that, over the years, things like the Reid technique have degenerated into really going off the rails in terms of how they’re being implemented,” Dr. Stinson said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2019
Proglottids are produced at the scolex and are pushed to the end of the tapeworm as new proglottids form, at which point, they are “mature” and all structures except fertilized eggs have degenerated.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
As my encyclopedia poignantly puts it: “The legs of the larvae have degenerated, and the adults do not fly.”
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
