deteriorate

Example Sentences

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As this attachment deteriorated, the ice upstream began to flow more quickly, reducing the shelf's mechanical stability.

From Science Daily

Having lived with a respiratory illness since the age of two, his health deteriorated and he was told he needed a double lung transplant.

From BBC

His condition deteriorated rapidly, and he later became unable to use any of his limbs.

From BBC

O'Sullivan keeps himself fit by running, but it is harder to ward off other aspects of ageing, such as deteriorating eyesight, which Williams knows only too well.

From BBC

Following the programme, relations between Mr Welch and some residents, including Mr Chesworth and Ms Porter-Garroch, deteriorated further in a dispute over electricity payments.

From BBC