Sample sentences for DETERIORATE

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Definition

become worse

The situation could quickly deteriorate.

deteriorate = become worse

Shortly after the invasion, the security for most Iraqi people deteriorated.

deteriorated = became worse

The two countries have a deteriorating relationship.

deteriorating = worsening

Her popularity began to deteriorate after the event.

deteriorate = worsen

The conflict has led to an alarming deterioration of human rights.

deterioration = worsening

(editor's note: 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.)

I was shocked by the deterioration in her health.

deterioration = amount of worsening

The rubber deteriorated and needs to be replaced.

deteriorated = became worse (wore out)

The home will not sell for much because of its deteriorated state.

deteriorated = worsened

Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness, but I doubt if they improve his writing. He grows in public stature as he sheds his loneliness and often his work deteriorates.
Ernest Hemingway

deteriorates = becomes worse

Her appearance reflected the mental deterioration.

deterioration = worsening

Her condition deteriorated

deteriorated = became worse

His mind deteriorated

deteriorated = became worse

Hannah was so satisfied with her own unexpectedly radiant prospects that she hardly realized her mother's anxieties; for there are natures which flourish, in adversity, and deteriorate when exposed to sudden prosperity.
Kate Douglas Wiggin -- Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm

deteriorate = become worse

Artificially-induced intelligence deteriorates at a rate of time directly proportional to the quantity of the increase.
Daniel Keyes -- Flowers for Algernon — Novel

deteriorates = gets worse

Deterioration progressing.
Daniel Keyes -- Flowers for Algernon — Novel

deterioration = worsening (the process of something getting worse)

I learned so much so fast, and now my mind is deteriorating rapidly.
Daniel Keyes -- Flowers for Algernon — Novel

deteriorating = getting worse

However, by all indications, my own mental deterioration will be quite rapid.
Daniel Keyes -- Flowers for Algernon — Novel

deterioration = worsening (the process of something getting worse)

I can't help but admire the structural linguists who have carved out for themselves a linguistic discipline based on the deterioration of written communication.
Daniel Keyes -- Flowers for Algernon — Novel

deterioration = worsening (the process of something getting worse)

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.
Daniel Keyes -- Flowers for Algernon — Novel

deterioration = worsening (the process of something getting worse)

John Quincy, when he arrived in September for a holiday of several weeks, was shocked by his father's drastically deteriorating condition.
David McCullough -- John Adams

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