1.   Before long, the dispute degenerated into fierce polemics.

2.   The budget dispute degenerated to name-calling after the Democrats blocked passage of a budget negotiated by Wilson, a Republican, and legislative leaders during the past month.

3.   Through it all, beer-drinking Kenyans seem pleased, in the hope that the dispute degenerates into a free fall in prices.

4.   But the disputes have not degenerated into violence in the past few years.

5.   The dispute degenerated into riots between the two main ethnic groups that left several buildings, including churches and mosques, damaged or destroyed.

6.   The dispute quickly degenerated resulting in a machete and knife fight.