| Bord na Mona, for years a vital source of energy, degenerated into something like a welfare agency for needy midlanders. |
| It could easily have degenerated into dreadful mawkishness but self-deprecating humour helped save the day. |
| I was trying to play it cool, but once we'd landed and were whisked away to our Grandstand seats, I degenerated into excited schoolboy mode. |
| The game then degenerated into a real mishmash of misplaced passes and precious few chances. |
| The game degenerated into something of a muddle for a spell, with both sides missing passes and points galore. |
| One 1841 neighborly argument degenerated into a shouting match that led to four suits being brought before the Norwich ecclesiastical court. |
