degenerate

Example Sentences

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A subtle pathos, along with the playwright’s verbal sophistication, prevents the play from degenerating into a collegiate vaudeville.”

From Los Angeles Times

Some conversations around the Y chromosome’s disappearance invoked words such as “degenerate”—a term with eugenic connotations.

From Scientific American

Scheile's pieces had been declared "degenerate art" by Adolf Hitler, and were sold to finance the Nazi Party.

From BBC

The modern style of many of the pieces was deemed “degenerate” by Adolf Hitler.

From Seattle Times

"Based on these findings, we hypothesize that targeting dysfunctional synapses before the neurons are degenerated may represent a better therapeutic strategy."

From Science Daily