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 parade devolved into a show-and-tell, a meet-and-greet.
  — Joan Niesen, SI.com, 16 June 2019
• The two seemed to agree to meet for coffee, but the situation devolved yet again.
  — Stefan Becket, CBS News, 14 Nov. 2023
• The film featured the stars as two women who take on a road trip that devolves into a crime spree.
  — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024
• The scene, as captured in the video above, devolved into chaos anyway.
  — Julia Alexander, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2018
• 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
• While Album of the Year may turn into a small mess, Song of the Year could devolve into full-on chaos.
  — Vulture, 31 Mar. 2022
• For Butler and the Heat the relationship has devolved to the seeming point of cliche.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2025
• And, a lot to lose if the situation devolves into a fight.
  — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
• Meanwhile, behind the scenes, founders may devolve into a last-minute fight over the scraps.
  — Wired, 19 Nov. 2019
• 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
• Since arriving at my home, the son’s prospects have devolved.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 16 May 2024
• Two years ago, the race devolved in a wild west wreck-fest that ended with only eight of the 22 cars that started the race still on track.
  — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 5 June 2019
• This whole thing has just sort of devolved into something that’s kind of a head-scratcher.
  — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2023
• Since the coup, Myanmar has devolved into a state of civil war.
  — Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
• In contrast, the South looked cluttered from the start and only devolved into chaos.
  — Jon Wilner Pac-12 Hotline, The Seattle Times, 23 Jan. 2019
• For the next year, my life devolved into a roving crisis.
  — Winston Ross, Longreads, 8 Dec. 2019
• But as the debate played out, the scene devolved into a spectacle.
  — New York Times, 15 July 2019
• 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
• The child’s harried voice had devolved into the word salad of the psychotic.
  — The New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2019
• As in the novel, the character study devolves into caper at the end.
  — Alexandra Lange, Curbed, 13 Aug. 2019
• But even the good news devolves into more complaints about what isn’t going right.
  — R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
• The Knives Out actor added that the problem of juggling art and celebrity has devolved thanks to the rise of social media.
  — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 25 Nov. 2024
• Another year growing and evolving and sometimes devolving, with you.
  — Clare Fisher, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
• That year, the city had devolved into a gang war with multiple shootings related to gang violence, according to multiple reports.
  — Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2025