mental deterioration
Example Sentences
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There had been appearances that showed his mental deterioration before that, and there would be others afterward.
From Slate ● Jan. 9, 2026
Delaney would become a lifelong friend, even after he began suffering from mental deterioration, dying after years of hospitalization in 1979.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2025
Press should report this as incoherent, displaying mental deterioration.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2024
The symptoms of Huntington’s disease, mental deterioration and uncontrollable movements, usually do not appear until middle age.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018
As I show in my report, these and other physical and mental deterioration syndromes can be predicted with statistically significant results by the application of my new formula.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
