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

But even in that portrayal, she pictures herself guilty only of naivete; the husband was an apparently good catch who proved to be rotten.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2019

It would be rotten by the following day.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers