Sentence examples similar to devolve into a farce from inspiring English sources

The play, "Sweet Bird of Youth," was fast devolving into a farce Tennessee Williams did not intend.

Instead, the Lions (4-8) have devolved into a farce that reached its height at last Sunday's game, when a fan carrying a handmade cardboard sign with "Fire Millen" on it was chased -- and ultimately tackled -- by security guards, with television cameras following the pursuit.

KABUL, Afghanistan — The last time Abdullah Abdullah ran for president of Afghanistan the election devolved into a bloody farce.

You do not want your class to devolve into a debate of current events.

It would be preferable if the future of universities did not devolve into a partisan battle.

Would the show devolve into a striptease?

Will we devolve into a second civil war?

In this scenario, a met need can easily devolve into an unmet need.

Sincerely, Some Guy Whose Name You've Already Forgotten As a tech executive/low-level Republican staffer/former head of a neutral-sounding government agency/sports writer, I can no longer stay silent as Donald Trump's campaign for the Office of the President of the United States of America devolves into a self-promotional farce — which is why I need everyone to pay attention to me.

By Jordan Carr July 18, 2016 As a tech executive/low-level Republican staffer/former head of a neutral-sounding government agency/sports writer, I can no longer stay silent as Donald Trump's campaign for the Office of the President of the United States of America devolves into a self-promotional farce — which is why I need everyone to pay attention to me.

A quixotic exercise in self-branding, during which the then-Labour government thought to unite the country by coming up with what it called a British "statement of values," devolved into near-farce a few years ago when the public greeted it with ridicule rather than enthusiasm.