- plural of degenerate.
- present tense form of degenerate (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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I mean, you appeared on "The Degenerates" on Netflix.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2022
The boys used to call themselves the Young Degenerates.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Degenerates manifest a fairly varied series of involuntary motions,—twitchings of the muscles, as in chorea, tonic and clonic convulsions and tremors.
From Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso by Lombroso, Gina
The nearer to God his heroic Degenerates get, the more feverishly enfeebled becomes their human will.
From Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions by Powys, John Cowper
For another example of ultra-complex preparation let me turn to a play by Mr. Sydney Grundy, entitled The Degenerates.
From Play-Making A Manual of Craftsmanship by Archer, William