Sentence examples for devolved from a from inspiring English sources
Solitary confinement in this country has devolved from a short-term punishment imposed infrequently for violating prison rules into a routine form of prison management.
Over the last eight years on Mock The Week, Andy Parsons has slowly devolved from a three-dimensional person into a one-note caricature.
Over the years, MTV has faced accusations that its signature event, the Video Music Awards, has devolved from a celebration of rock 'n' roll rebellion to a parade of celebrity train wrecks.
In the same way that mesclun devolved from a sharp, peppery, idiosyncratic tangle of greens to a characterless mix of tame little leaves, heirloom tomatoes are becoming prettier, hardier and certainly less seasonal.
Over the three years of Syria's civil war, the "government" forces battling against myriad rebel groups have increasingly devolved from a formal army into an amalgam of loyalist village-defence units, mafia-like shabiha gangs, and Shia militiamen imported from Iraq and Lebanon.
In general, the American cultural anxiety of the early 70s devolved from a loss of confidence in the utopian potential of consumer society at home, military loss of face in south-east Asia and a widespread cynicism about the moral integrity of American politics and of the military industrial complex.
Forty-year-old Win Duncan has devolved from an aptly named prize-winning graduate student into a professor at a backwater university.
Of the survivors, "Glee" is finally on an upswing, while "Nashville" has devolved from an enjoyable showcase for Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere into a meditation on how men with goatees unexpectedly become fathers.
Dexter was the avenger who took them down, and Lumen (oy, that name) devolved from an idiosyncratic individual into a saintly rebound, there to redeem Dexter — not least in the eyes of the audience.
With its cards, wrapping, decorations, boxes and cut trees, Christmas often devolves from a time of joy into a time of junk.
It is piling high for Federer as he continues to devolve from a ruthless closer with a killer forehand into an edgy mortal with performance anxiety.
