How to Use degenerate in a Sentence

degenerate

verb

• The right temporal lobe in the brain is the last area to degenerate.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 12 Nov. 2020
• And his hiring did help degenerate the standing of the White House just a little bit, too, thanks to the statement that announced it.
  — Graeme McMillan, WIRED, 6 May 2018
• These are the fine-lines to be walked and explored, since one or the other extremes can degenerate into crimes of their own.
  — Vipin Bharathan, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2022
• The system could become a remnant low or degenerate into a trough by the middle of next week.
  — Hannah Leyva, USA TODAY, 24 June 2023
• This is due to atresia, the ASRM explains, or the natural process through which follicles that house eggs in the ovaries degenerate and die.
  — Natasha Lavender, SELF, 22 Aug. 2019
• Your instinct here is to loll, sprawl, degenerate, create crumbs.
  — James Parker, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2022
• Her brain, in a rare reaction to the cancer, is degenerating.
  — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 1 Nov. 2017
• In mammals, it has been shown that overall egg quality may degenerate as the mother ages (ref).
  — Grrlscientist, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
• But the Tezos project has now degenerated into chaos, with the project's founders locked in litigation with the foundation that is supposed to oversee the project.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 22 Feb. 2018
• The hurricane center said Rose should also degenerate into a remnant low in the next few days.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 22 Sep. 2021
• Replacement of the degenerating joints isn’t an option for a goose.
  — Karen Weintraub, New York Times, 29 June 2018
• His muscles and bones had degenerated and his skin had extensive wounds, with a deep infection on his back right leg.
  — Tom Odula, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Mar. 2018
• The event would quickly degenerate into brawls, just what some of the Proud Boys had anticipated.
  — New York Times, 14 Mar. 2021
• Sloppy Carl Bernstein, a man who lives in the past and thinks like degenerate fool, making up story after story, is being laughed at all over the country.
  — Fox News, 29 Aug. 2018
• The depression is forecast to become a remnant low or degenerate into a open wave tonight.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 7 July 2017
• That idea has been kicking around since at least the 1950s but has never overcome a key objection: degenerating brains might just be more inviting to pathogens than healthy brains.
  — Sharon Begley, STAT, 21 June 2018
• But don't expect a human-monkey species running around; Wu said by day 20, all the embryos will degenerate or collapse.
  — Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2021
• As the confrontation threatened to degenerate, the delegation left and told the volunteers to postpone work for the time being.
  — Longreads, 5 Apr. 2018
• The disease causes the motor neurons that control muscle movements to degenerate, the ALS Assn.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2022
• Managers can’t afford to sit back and let debate degenerate.
  — Sally Percy, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
• The run-up to those elections was marked by town halls that degenerated often into minor riots.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 13 Apr. 2017
• By the end of 2011, the protests had degenerated into a sectarian civil war.
  — The Economist, 28 June 2018
• These are the symptoms, not the cause, of Canada’s degenerating democracy.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2019
• The movie is about a lavish hunting party on a large estate that degenerates into a colossal brawl, which seems to have some connection to the huntsman image.
  — Thomas Hine, Philly.com, 3 May 2018
• Let the Millennials wallow (or degenerate) in their love-work fest.
  — Carolyn Chen, CNN, 4 June 2022
• An old hamstring injury and degenerating discs in her back had teamed up to steal her mobility.
  — Deborah E. Kennedy, Good Housekeeping, 3 May 2019
• By Tuesday, the storm is forecast to degenerate but could still produce some gusty winds and heavy rain over Puerto Rico and Hispaniola.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 8 July 2018
• Holcomb’s vision degenerated to the point that he was convinced that his bobsled career was ending, and his mood quickly turned bleak.
  — The Associated Press, New York Times, 6 May 2017
• My question is always where are these middle school degenerates learning this from?
  — Angela Helm, The Root, 21 Oct. 2017
• The storm is expected to weaken by Friday night, and it is forecast to degenerate into a remnant low on Saturday.
  — Cheryl McCloud, USA TODAY, 2 June 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024