decaying

Example Sentences

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Ludmilla describes being trapped there, and watching it decaying before her eyes.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

What showed up when those compounds were represented with colors on a plume map and compared with dozens of control-point samples of nearby soil indicated the presence of a decaying body, according to Eckenrode.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Voyager 1, like its twin Voyager 2, is powered by a radioisotope thermoelectric generator that converts heat from decaying plutonium into electricity.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

They have forsworn normalcy, these holy fools in decaying mansions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

They howled and roared and slobbered toward Mr. Vendleri, Sycorax with a decaying cream puff still in her yellow jaws.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt