How to Use deteriorate in a Sentence

deteriorate

verb

• Exposure to rain and sun will gradually deteriorate the paint.
• Over the years Hampden’s holiday spirit has not shown any sign of deteriorating.
  — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
• What has caused things to deteriorate so much in the last four years or so?
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2022
• That forced in Houston’s first run, and the inning would deteriorate from there for the Phillies.
  — Scott Miller, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2022
• Elsewhere in the episode, Robyn opened up about what caused most of Kody's marriages to deteriorate.
  — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2023
• Without them, rain can go down the flue and deteriorate the mortar joints.
  — Tribune News Service, al, 14 Sep. 2022
• He was also asked how to make sure that AI would not deteriorate the craft of acting over time.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 14 Nov. 2023
• For the artists involved, spray painting the structure was a way to infuse life into a deteriorating area of the city.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2024
• The job market, though, is expected to deteriorate as the Fed’s rate hikes begin to bite.
  — Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2022
• The Arctic ice sheet has shrunk to about half its 1985 size, and as both mariners and scientists on board note, the quality of the ice is deteriorating.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2023
• By the time the plane took off at 8:38 p.m., the sun was setting and the already hazy conditions had further deteriorated.
  — Liz McNeil, Peoplemag, 10 July 2024
• Livers can start to deteriorate when preserved on ice for more than eight hours, Bodzin said.
  — Tom Avril, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Feb. 2023
• Maybe the coil system fails after a year, or the memory foam starts to deteriorate.
  — Elaheh Nozari, Architectural Digest, 12 July 2024
• Defense attorneys claimed Allen’s confessions were not reliable because his mental state had deteriorated while in jail.
  — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 11 Nov. 2024
• But if donations deteriorate enough, the downturn would start to endanger some of the school’s key goals.
  — Janet Lorin, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2023
• The outdoor shed has a durable resin construction that won't deteriorate over time.
  — Rena Behar, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2023
• And the police threw out pepper spray, and things deteriorated from there.
  — Alicia Dennis, Peoplemag, 25 May 2024
• And while Dorsey played a role in Musk’s Twitter takeover, the relationship between the two seems to have deteriorated.
  — Perri Grace, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2023
• Conditions have deteriorated as the Fed has raised rates, showing signs of stress not seen since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.
  — Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2023
• The left turbocharger oil feed pipe may deteriorate and leak oil.
  — USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
• Heinen’s is looking for the city to add a half percent sales tax to be used to fund an overhaul of the property drainage system that has caused the buildings and parking lot to deteriorate.
  — Suzanne Baker, Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022
• Turns out, my hip joint wasn’t fitting right in its socket, and the tissue in the surrounding area was deteriorating.
  — Julia Sullivan, SELF, 12 Sep. 2024
• Choosing pieces that are made to last can offer more wear than fast fashion which relies on trends and a clean new look on the onset that deteriorates rapidly.
  — Elke Sudin, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
• These showed various areas of the deteriorating ship, including the ship’s famous bow and the entrance to the grand staircase.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
• Even as her health deteriorates, the woman musters up the strength to create a moving light show with the findings uncovered by her great explorations with her great love.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2023
• Lincoln Center shoved Avery Fisher to the back of the line for renovations and allowed the drab hall to deteriorate further while the rest of the campus was redone.
  — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2022
• The area is home to a number of endangered animals, such as the western snowy plover, which have been harmed by the beach’s deteriorating conditions.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2024
• All those stores are going to be left with is Shein product and then their economic model will deteriorate.
  — Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 19 Aug. 2024
• The agency added that the deteriorating levels of aid access in the south meant that more children could fall ill with malnutrition.
  — Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 12 June 2024
• But almost all of them have darkened and deteriorated over time.
  — Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024