Thesaurus / decadence
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
This style of the decadence is the "dernier mot" of Verbe, summoned to express all and to venture to the very extremes.
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE, HIS LIFETHOPHILE GAUTIER
Unlike those feathered Romans of the Decadence, we moderns settle for one meal at a sitting, and let it digest in peace.
THE GREAT POTLATCH RIOTSALLEN KIM LANG
So long as England produces men of this metal she need not fear the decadence of the race.
ROUND THE WONDERFUL WORLDG. E. MITTON
They had reached the period of decadence, and were often heard boasting of the illustrious Charlotte.
It is the fruit of a decadence, not the mature product of a full-blown art, which has taken centuries to grow and ripen.
THE HISTORY OF MODERN PAINTING, VOLUME 1 (OF 4)RICHARD MUTHER
As matter of fact, decadence in surgery is noted immediately after his death.
OLD-TIME MAKERS OF MEDICINEJAMES J. WALSH
In France such a public, demanding texts for reading, did not arise till the decadence of the epic.
HOMER AND HIS AGEANDREW LANG
Is there any symptom of decadence more sure than when the moral temperature suddenly rises above normal?
HUMANLY SPEAKINGSAMUEL MCCHORD CROTHERS
Mental soundness is merged in unsoundness by degrees of decadence which are so small as to be practically inappreciable.
The decadence of literature began insensibly with the invention of printing, and has been proceeding ever since.
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WORDS RELATED TO DECADENCE
- adulteration
- atrophy
- blight
- breakdown
- caries
- consumption
- corrosion
- crumbling
- decadence
- decline
- decomposition
- decrease
- decrepitude
- degeneracy
- degeneration
- depreciation
- deterioration
- dilapidation
- disintegration
- disrepair
- dissolution
- downfall
- dying
- extinction
- fading
- failing
- gangrene
- impairment
- mortification
- perishing
- putrefaction
- putrescence
- putridity
- rot
- rottenness
- rotting
- ruin
- ruination
- rust
- senescence
- spoilage
- spoilation
- wasting
- wasting away
- withering
- adulteration
- atrophy
- blight
- breakdown
- caries
- consumption
- corrosion
- crumbling
- decadence
- decline
- decomposition
- decrease
- decrepitude
- degeneracy
- degeneration
- depreciation
- deterioration
- dilapidation
- disintegration
- disrepair
- dissolution
- downfall
- dying
- extinction
- fading
- failing
- gangrene
- impairment
- mortification
- perishing
- putrefaction
- putrescence
- putridity
- putridness
- rot
- rottenness
- rotting
- ruin
- ruination
- rust
- senescence
- spoilation
- wasting
- wasting away
- withering
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