How to Use degree in a Sentence

degree

noun

• These trees will thrive, to a greater or lesser degree, in a number of climates.
• There are 360 degrees in a circle.
• Both Iran and the US, to a degree, are buying in to it.
  — Nic Robertson, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
• Here's why Is Phoenix about to hit 100 degrees for the first time this year?
  — Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2024
• At the same time, the share of adults with a college degree rose from 27% to more than 56%.
  — Dan Immergluck, The Conversation, 25 Jan. 2023
• Now the third-degree felony charge is dismissed, and so is the threat of up to 10 years in prison.
  — Dallas News, 17 Feb. 2023
• Jones, 48, was found guilty of two counts of third-degree rape.
  — Jim Mustian, ajc, 18 Nov. 2022
• Is there any man who would elevate them to the degree of the white man?
  — Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
• The third-degree felony charge was dismissed this week.
  — Mark Rosner, ajc, 18 Feb. 2023
• Your butt should be up against the wall so that your body is at a 90-degree angle.
  — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 31 Mar. 2023
• In her 20s Hayeur Smith earned a fashion degree in Paris.
  — Francine Russo, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2022
• Will Harris capture the women’s vote to the same degree as Biden did in 2020?
  — Joe Walsh, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
• Drop the knee down towards the floor to the point where a 90 degree angle is created in both the front and back knee.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 2 May 2023
• In Chicago at the same time, the thermometer read 3 degrees.
  — Caralin Nunes, The Arizona Republic, 17 Jan. 2024
• Sunday will be a cooler day, with a high of 76 degrees.
  — Katherine Loren, Journal Sentinel, 22 June 2024
• Every walk, meal and outing now needs to be planned to some degree.
  — Emily Goldman, Good Housekeeping, 30 Oct. 2022
• The forecast called for skies to clear later in the day and for temperatures to drop to a low of 24 degrees.
  — Max Golembo, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2023
• Each is a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison.
  — Frank Fernandez, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2023
• Agents are still seeing strong demand on the ground, just not to the degree when mortgage rates were at record lows.
  — Mitchell Parton, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
• The steel grill has to be heated to an astounding 680 degrees.
  — Mark Stevenson, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2024
• All of sudden your body gets third-degree burns all over to where your skin is peeling off.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2022
• That has been a stark reminder of the degree to which Western economies have come to depend on China.
  — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Nov. 2022
• But that extra few degrees can make all the difference on a chilly evening.
  — Jessica Comstock, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2023
• The air was unseasonably warm, a soft 50 degrees that made the rain feel more like a gentle mist.
  — Gael Langdon, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2024
• Las Vegas hit 120 degrees, three degrees above the old record.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024
• Morris, who is 40, received her nursing degree last year and got her first job in the field last fall.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 2 May 2023
• He is charged with one count of first-degree assault, two counts of third-degree assault, and DUI.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 19 Feb. 2023
• But the studios also weren’t willing to give to the degree that the WGA demanded, either.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 May 2023
• Villegas still thinks about getting his high school degree.
  — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
• The sun will shine Thursday with cooler temperatures around 52 degrees.
  — Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 1 Mar. 2025

Last Updated: 17 Mar 2025