degenerate

Example Sentences

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Wingtech representatives responded that the Dutch intervention was "incomprehensible" and meant the row "degenerated needlessly".

From Barron's

My dad’s always treated me like I was just another thing sucking his hard-earned money out of his pocket; now, I’m also the degenerate who cost him an interview.

From Literature

These stellar remnants behave in unusual ways, since their internal structure makes them shrink as they gain mass, which is why they are known as degenerate stars.

From Science Daily

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

From Los Angeles Times

That it no longer seems to be leaves us all morally degenerate.

From The Wall Street Journal