How to Use deteriorated into in a Sentence

deteriorated into

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  • But over the past few years, he’s deteriorated into one of the worst in the sport.
    — The Arizona Republic, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Some decades after the painting was done, that area seems to have deteriorated into small islands of paint and become less clear due to the constituent parts of the paint.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2023
  • At the end the show predictably deteriorated into a wrestling match, dragging everyone down into the swamp.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • When Curtis moved to Little Rock in 1987, he was dismayed to see the condition of the house had deteriorated into a hovel for drug addicts and prostitutes.
    — Dwain Hebda, Arkansas Online, 16 Jan. 2023
  • The incident has sparked widespread protests in the city, some of which have deteriorated into arson, looting, and other rioting.
    — Dominick Mastrangelo, Washington Examiner, 25 Aug. 2020
  • Soon, the conversation has deteriorated into a debate about which genocide was worse: slavery or the Holocaust.
    — Rene Rodriguez, Variety, 20 Jan. 2023
  • But many have deteriorated into abominable conditions despite city efforts to force owners to clean them up.
    — David Calvert, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2021
  • The graveyard of kitchen fads is wide and deep, littered with the domestic equivalent of white dwarf stars that blazed with astonishing luminosity for a moment and then deteriorated into space junk.
    — Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 12 July 2023
  • In more recent weeks, some of the demonstrations have deteriorated into arson, looting, and violence against police.
    — Dominick Mastrangelo, Washington Examiner, 9 Aug. 2020
  • As a result, Brislan said, his mental health deteriorated into a yearslong cycle of self-harm: cutting himself, then being placed in isolation for weeks or months as a result of the cutting, which led to additional self-harm.
    — AZCentral.com, 31 Oct. 2021
  • But a decade after the first few videos were posted on YouTube, what started as an innocent genre meant to convey excitement has deteriorated into a toxic culture that promotes overshopping and overspending.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2022
  • The elites of the previous generation had asserted that descendants of the Aztec, Maya and other civilizations deteriorated into poverty and abandon.
    — Merilee Grindle, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2023
  • By the middle of the first week, dissatisfaction among counselors was simmering, and senior staff members called an emergency meeting that deteriorated into angry shouting.
    — New York Times, 24 July 2021
  • Emily caught a cold at his funeral but refused to seek medical treatment, even as her illness deteriorated into tuberculosis.
    — Michelle Mehrtens, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Feb. 2023
  • This idea has continued to animate most Labor Day celebrations although, except in a few cities, the day has deteriorated into just another holiday, offering an extended weekend for greater recreation.
    — Editorial Board Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 4 Sep. 2020
  • The 200-year-old building deteriorated into disrepair and was given over to the municipality after its previous owners died, the newspaper reported.
    — Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Neither Harris nor Lee provided details or specifics on how their countries would address the situation in Myanmar, which has deteriorated into a major humanitarian crisis that could destabilize the region, already wrecked by the pandemic.
    — Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2021
  • The West Side, once dominated by a bustling port, deteriorated into industrial eyesores and homeless camps before a revitalization this century converted much of it into magnificent parkland.
    — CNN, 25 May 2021

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