As a result, they said, conversations devolved at times into convoluted academic discussions that resolved little.
The high-stakes trial devolved, at times, into bitter back-and-forths between attorneys — and the discord continued on Wednesday. .
These forces were under the command of Major General Eizo Yamada, commander of the 1st Shipping Group, although tactical command was devolved at local level due to the geographical spread of the Japanese units.
The tale devolves at this point into a case of who said what at which point.
The six movements, all short, are full of marvelously scored harmonies, devolving at the end of the fifth to another characteristic sound of Mr. Ligeti's: pure octaves.
That six-page footnoted sentence, for instance, which devolves at one point into a profane, self-hating riff before it continues on for another couple pages — well, it's a slog.
In the course of her presidential campaign, Mrs. Clinton has bemoaned the triviality of elections, noting that they seem to devolve at times into a contest of whom America would rather have a beer with.
As a result, Port Chester's five bids over the years to become a city have proved abortive, devolving at least once into "a huge yelling and screaming match," recalled Peter P. Iasillo, the village's mayor from 1980 to 1993.
The past few years have seen the start of a wide-ranging dialogue, in the press and in government-sponsored forums, to find ways to devolve at least a measure of power to commoners.Tensions were bound to emerge, particularly in the absence of any elected assembly to air differences or frame a legislative agenda.
The Passaic begins in the clear trout streams of rural Morris County, provides drinking water to 3.5 million New Jersey residents, reaches a peak at the Great Falls of Paterson and then devolves at the end of 80 increasingly foul and dispiriting miles into a dark, malodorous industrial sink.
For the man in charge on the ground at Guantánamo, the situation with the detainees has devolved into, at best, a lingering standoff.
