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

Many other locals remain trapped, along with thousands of foreigners, in a city rapidly degenerating into a war zone.

From Reuters

When Jamie reveals that his degenerate father brought him to Amsterdam to lose his virginity at 14 and Roy notes, “That must have been traumatizing,” Jamie’s response is priceless: “No, she loved it.”

From New York Times

"Are you a degenerate," asked the security officer interrogating a young bisexual woman arrested during the recent anti-government protests in Iran.

From BBC

“Old gentlemen would come and shake their sticks outside the shop window and yell ‘degenerate’ and ‘obscene,’” Ms. Quant recalled.

From Washington Post