degenerating
Example Sentences
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Not to get too philosophical, but everything alive is degenerating.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
A subtle pathos, along with the playwright’s verbal sophistication, prevents the play from degenerating into a collegiate vaudeville.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2025
In many neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, the neurons start degenerating at a very early stage -- sometimes years before other brain regions begin to falter.
From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2023
“The idea that the Y is still degenerating and destined to disappear is really scotched by this.”
From Science Magazine • Aug. 23, 2023
The danger of degenerating into mannerism is incident to every original manner.
From Dickens English Men of Letters by Ward, Adolphus William, Sir
