Example Sentences

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He has expressed disdain for previous U.S. wars abroad that have devolved into quagmires, promising that the country wouldn’t get bogged down in such conflicts under his leadership.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

The gleaming city is one of the most infamous of the hubs thriving in Myanmar's border regions, which have devolved into hives of black market activity since a civil war consumed the country in 2021.

From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025

Spring games, in recent years, have devolved into a product that was barely more than a televised practice.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025

"Instead it seems to have devolved into an inexplicable grudge match with the Special Counsel's office on her part."

From Salon • Nov. 7, 2023

With a reliance on Providence, all the more firm and earnest, let us proceed in the great task which events have devolved upon us.

From The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him by Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher)