Sample Sentences for
deteriorate
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    Her popularity began to deteriorate after the event.
    deteriorate = worsen
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    The conflict has led to an alarming deterioration of human rights.
    deterioration = worsening
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    I was shocked by the deterioration in her health.
    deterioration = amount of worsening
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    The rubber deteriorated and needs to be replaced.
    deteriorated = became worse (wore out)
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    The home will not sell for much because of its deteriorated state.
    deteriorated = worsened
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    Unlike Nadia, he felt in part guilty that they and their fellow residents were occupying a home that was not their own, and guilty also at the visible deterioration brought on by their presence, the presence of over fifty inhabitants in a single dwelling.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    But for some reason his deteriorating hygiene pushed against his mind, causing horrific thoughts.†  (source)
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    The rafts were beginning to deteriorate into jelly, and gave off a sour, burning odor.†  (source)
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    The aneurysm gradually deteriorates due to the constant pressure of the blood passing through it.†  (source)
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    At the Petersen house, a doctor recorded statistics in the notes he kept, tracking the sad and inevitable deterioration of Lincoln's condition that night.†  (source)
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    I'd run around with my cousins, unaware of the ever-present poverty or Mamaw Blanton's deteriorating health.†  (source)
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    As the years went on, Halliday's already-stunted social skills seemed to deteriorate even further.†  (source)
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    He's right; the paper from the ports always deteriorates quickly.†  (source)
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