be rotten

Example Sentences

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And I don’t know how it’ll age — maybe it will age like an egg on concrete and it’ll be rotten in a few years.

From The Verge • Dec. 4, 2019

I’m sorry for your brother-in-law; living in the closet in the public eye must be rotten.

From Slate • Nov. 12, 2019

"This institution," she said, "seems to be rotten to its very core".

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2019

“I may be rotten at it with nothing of the same quality and talent, but that’s my business.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2019

He moved along the gallery, guiding himself by the wall, moving carefully since he did not know just where the floor planks might be rotten or even missing, until he came to a window.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner