- present participle of degenerate.
degenerating
Example Sentences
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"Perhaps they can add new brain cells to a network that is degenerating," Salta says.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
It had earlier said he could not be transferred elsewhere due to his degenerating condition.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
Not to get too philosophical, but everything alive is degenerating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
“All of this has been degenerating for a long time,” Melgar said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025
There came a period when the intellect, instead of pursuing its rise, was, in reality, degenerating into the darkness of superstition.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
