How to Use devolve in a Sentence

devolve

verb

• Somehow the debate devolved into a petty competition to see who could get more applause.
• Community leaders hope that the new government will devolve more power to the community itself.
• She cynically asserts that our species is devolving.
• Responsibility has devolved to the individual teachers.
• It’s devolved this season, taking the fun out of the race.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2023
• The two seemed to agree to meet for coffee, but the situation devolved yet again.
  — Stefan Becket, CBS News, 14 Nov. 2023
• The night quickly devolves into a tricky game of cat-and-mouse as the two vie for control, power, and love.
  — James Grebey, Vulture, 2 June 2023
• And, a lot to lose if the situation devolves into a fight.
  — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
• Later, the guys talk how the bullpen has devolved into a null-pen and how pitching as a whole isn't getting the job done.
  — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2023
• And this whole thing has just sort of devolved into something that's kind of a head-scratcher.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 28 Apr. 2023
• This whole thing has just sort of devolved into something that’s kind of a head-scratcher.
  — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2023
• And something has devolved, and there’s no way to hear that and not try to help these families have their stories be heard.
  — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• In the movie, Louise (Sarandon) and Thelma (Davis) embark on a road trip that quickly devolves into a crime spree.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 16 Oct. 2023
• Still, the evening did not devolve into abject calamity.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Nov. 2022
• The years-long grudge the swans hold against their former friend devolves into a P.R. war to be won by whoever seems the least pathetic.
  — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2024
• Pierce and Puts both honor the characters’ love of words, no easy feat in a genre where language can devolve into a mush of vowels.
  — Vulture, 23 Nov. 2022
• What initially appeared to be a fraud scheme gone wrong devolved into a story of abuse.
  — Michael Roppolo, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2023
• With that, Anakin devolves into a red-eyed, Sith version of himself, red lightsaber and all, and strikes against Ahsoka once more.
  — Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2023
• At one point, the discussion devolved into lewd references to the significance of the size of Trump’s hands.
  — Jonathan Weisman, BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2023
• But rather than face up to the task of tackling that two-state peace plan, Netanyahu forced Israelis to play a role in a strategic kabuki that devolved into a farce.
  — Ami Ayalon, Foreign Affairs, 31 Oct. 2023
• Sarah provokes Bananas and things devolve quickly from there, causing Bananas to just get up and leave.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2023
• And thanks to technology, the bystander effect has devolved over time.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 5 May 2023
• His reputation also plunged around the world as the Iraq War devolved into a quagmire.
  — Colleen Long, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
• The commission’s work had devolved into a partisan mess, the very thing it had been created to avoid.
  — Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica, 18 Jan. 2024
• On Wednesday, Musk took to Twitter spaces to explain how the platform wouldn’t devolve into a free-for-all for imposters and trolls.
  — Megan McCluskey, Time, 11 Nov. 2022
• There, the scene has devolved over the past week into the parliamentary equivalent of a Superfund site.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2023
• By the time the rat appeared last summer, the relationship between the two businesses had devolved.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 15 July 2023
• But the G League also can devolve into a helter-skelter league, where structure takes a backseat.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2022
• This game should devolve into a rock fight as two of the nation’s best defenses battle for their tournament lives.
  — Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023
• The story opens with Dot getting arrested during the chaos of a school board meeting that’s devolved into an all-out battle.
  — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024