6 sentences with 'degrees'
Example sentences and phrases with the word degrees and other words derived from it.
• « Advanced degrees of arthritis result in deformity and ankylosis, i.e. decreased joint movement. »
• « They also invented the 360 degrees used to measure angles in geometry and were the first to divide a timekeeping system using a 60-second minute. »
• « A natural fluctuation in the earth's climate caused the average temperature to drop a few degrees during the period, increasing the frequency and severity of crop failures. »
• « This efficient increase in cotton production was due to the application of increasing degrees of brutality, as slaves were forced to pick and process cotton at unprecedented speed, spurred on by crude violence at the hands of overseers. »
• « -Forty-one degrees, exactly right," he says, satisfied. He hands me the gemstone to examine. The facet is perfectly smooth and shiny, and I breathe a sigh of relief. »