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
“We’re getting into those things before there’s so much damage that the native tissue is completely degenerated,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
They quickly discovered a waste-internalizing glial canal system that undergoes structural abnormalities in degenerating spider brains, which leads to uncontrolled depletion and death of brain cells.
From Science Daily
In contrast, workers are wingless females with smaller body size and degenerated reproductive tracts, usually without a sperm storage organ.
From Science Daily
Trump has fired back at such comments, calling Kelly a “total degenerate” in a post last month on TruthSocial.
From Los Angeles Times
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