How to Use deteriorate in a Sentence

deteriorate

verb

• Exposure to rain and sun will gradually deteriorate the paint.
• That forced in Houston’s first run, and the inning would deteriorate from there for the Phillies.
  — Scott Miller, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2022
• The job market, though, is expected to deteriorate as the Fed’s rate hikes begin to bite.
  — Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2022
• Relations between the two have deteriorated in recent years with an uptick in fiery rhetoric on both sides of the demilitarized zone.
  — Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024
• But all this doesn’t change the fact that the situation continues to deteriorate, albeit at a slower pace than might otherwise be the case.
  — Brynn Tannehill, The New Republic, 16 Nov. 2022
• Ever since his wife passed away a few years ago, his relationship with his daughter Erika has deteriorated.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024
• As the showdown looms, conditions in Kherson city continue to deteriorate.
  — Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2022
• Elsewhere in the episode, Robyn opened up about what caused most of Kody's marriages to deteriorate.
  — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2023
• He was also asked how to make sure that AI would not deteriorate the craft of acting over time.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 14 Nov. 2023
• For the artists involved, spray painting the structure was a way to infuse life into a deteriorating area of the city.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2024
• The Arctic ice sheet has shrunk to about half its 1985 size, and as both mariners and scientists on board note, the quality of the ice is deteriorating.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2023
• By the time the plane took off at 8:38 p.m., the sun was setting and the already hazy conditions had further deteriorated.
  — Liz McNeil, Peoplemag, 10 July 2024
• Livers can start to deteriorate when preserved on ice for more than eight hours, Bodzin said.
  — Tom Avril, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Feb. 2023
• Maybe the coil system fails after a year, or the memory foam starts to deteriorate.
  — Elaheh Nozari, Architectural Digest, 12 July 2024
• But if donations deteriorate enough, the downturn would start to endanger some of the school’s key goals.
  — Janet Lorin, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2023
• The outdoor shed has a durable resin construction that won't deteriorate over time.
  — Rena Behar, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2023
• And the police threw out pepper spray, and things deteriorated from there.
  — Alicia Dennis, Peoplemag, 25 May 2024
• And while Dorsey played a role in Musk’s Twitter takeover, the relationship between the two seems to have deteriorated.
  — Perri Grace, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2023
• Conditions have deteriorated as the Fed has raised rates, showing signs of stress not seen since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.
  — Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2023
• The left turbocharger oil feed pipe may deteriorate and leak oil.
  — USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
• Turns out, my hip joint wasn’t fitting right in its socket, and the tissue in the surrounding area was deteriorating.
  — Julia Sullivan, SELF, 12 Sep. 2024
• Choosing pieces that are made to last can offer more wear than fast fashion which relies on trends and a clean new look on the onset that deteriorates rapidly.
  — Elke Sudin, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
• These showed various areas of the deteriorating ship, including the ship’s famous bow and the entrance to the grand staircase.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
• Even as her health deteriorates, the woman musters up the strength to create a moving light show with the findings uncovered by her great explorations with her great love.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2023
• The area is home to a number of endangered animals, such as the western snowy plover, which have been harmed by the beach’s deteriorating conditions.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2024
• All those stores are going to be left with is Shein product and then their economic model will deteriorate.
  — Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 19 Aug. 2024
• The agency added that the deteriorating levels of aid access in the south meant that more children could fall ill with malnutrition.
  — Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 12 June 2024
• But almost all of them have darkened and deteriorated over time.
  — Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
• One of the two suicides Schmidtke had told me about was a 53-year-old Pakistani man who was denied both asylum and the ability to return to Pakistan as his health deteriorated.
  — Ali Breland, The New Republic, 26 Apr. 2023
• Somehow that format has deteriorated over the last decade or so.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024