Example sentences for: degenerated

How can you use “degenerated” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • By the end of 1969, the idealism of the SDS had degenerated into personal bickering and a flirtation with Maoist terrorism that could be written off as mere goofiness had it not resulted in the loss of innocent lives on both sides of the Atlantic.

  • Some of his recent spiritual documentaries have degenerated into New Age banalities.

  • By the 1920s, the spelling had regularized to ornery , and the meaning had degenerated to `disagreeable' or `cantankerous.

  • But, just as commentators bemoan the way contemporary pop has degenerated into sampling, remixes, and cover versions, so 2Pac's death seems to be merely a cunningly sampled remixed cover-version medley of previous celebrity deaths.

  • The Mondale-Ferraro campaign degenerated into a wretched, embarrassing spectacle, but Ferraro proved that a woman could be just as good--and just as bad--a vice-presidential candidate as any man.


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