Yanni's apology quickly devolved into another argument.

Yanni's apology quickly devolved into another yelling session.

Meanwhile, the United Kingdom itself is coming under increasing strain, with Scotland’s devolved government in Edinburgh demanding a vote on independence so it can try to re-join the European Union.

Yanni's apology devolved into a physical argument.

Yanni's apologies often devolve into physical altercations.

The tyrant dead, a portion of his reign / devolves on Helenus, who Chaonia calls / from Trojan Chaon the Chaonian plain, / and on these heights rebuilds the Trojan walls."

Languages don't devolve into dialects from a pure state; rather, standards are created out of dialects.

Conversations about race tend to devolve into a shouting match.