Example Sentences

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Not to get too philosophical, but everything alive is degenerating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

“The storm is degenerating before our eyes right now.”

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2020

He noted that “This is degenerating into a food fight where no one looks good.”

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2016

As a consequence, says Strohl, the debate is degenerating into sterile confrontation between dogmatic opponents and intransigent defenders of the atom.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the muscle that goes on continually relaxing is degenerating.

From The University of Hard Knocks by Parlette, Ralph