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How to use the word devolving in a Sentence?

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Its changed the way everybodys looking at this. Look at the millions of people marching around the world. George Floyds last moments before George Floyds May 25 death while in police custody were captured on video and has sinceprompteda worldwide movement to combat racial injustice and calls for police reform. Protests have occurred almost daily in many cities across the world, with some devolving to looting and rioting early on. George Floyds was killed unjustly. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed unjustly. My father Reverend Alfred Daniel Williams King was killed unjustly, my grandmother, Reverend Alfred Daniel Williams King, was killed unjustly. I mourn and grieve with the family of George Floyds. I still miss my beloved family members.

– Reverend Alfred Daniel Williams King

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Funneling anger is risky business. Anger is a powerful fuel, and one could argue that much social change has resulted in no small part because of angry voices. In my half century of living, however, I have seen too many activists become frustrated and worn out—made callous by failed attempts to make change, with their idealistic passion devolving into seething anger, or worse, thick hatred.

– David Pilgrim

added by anonymous
4 years ago

The Pacific Ocean has become strongly warmer than average. The model projections call for 80 percent chance of El Nino during March-May, dropping to 60 percent for June to August, this means, it is going to be a devolving El Nino year, though retaining threshold values all through the season. Thus, monsoon 2019 is likely to be below normal.

– Jatin Singh

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The innovation of traveling in groups without a smuggler may persist, but it seems to be devolving into smaller groups.

– Andrew Selee

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Right now everything is Manila-centric, i am a believer in devolving powers. I want areas to develop their own systems and to be able to raise productivity.

– Perry Pe

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

One of the things we want to do is adopt a ship for the high schools, so a school can go out to its ship to find out what plants are growing, what features are devolving, what features are disappearing, occupation of birds, it would also contribute to the long-term assessment of that ship.

– Joel Dunn

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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