- present participle of decay.
decaying
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A rigorous education in the humanities must fill the student with “wonder, admiration, and, above all, gratitude and humility, without which any attempt to revivify a decaying culture will fail.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
A former college player, Cole launched the Bananas in 2016 as a replacement for the minor league Savannah Sand Gnats, who had fled the decaying Grayson Stadium for South Carolina.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Woodall returned at the cafe’s request, filming the stained, decaying ceiling and the water-catching buckets and coffee pots on the floor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
"The smell is like decaying wood being burned – that's the characteristic smell of peat. And that peat contains decomposed wood and organic material from many different sources."
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
The decaying pews had been smashed and overturned, the pulpit at the front had been thrown down, and the walls were graffitied with maroon scrawlings.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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