decrepitude
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They asked: "How do we ethically justify forcing these bodies to continue to exist in decrepitude?"
From BBC • May 13, 2025
Even for classic car enthusiasts, there’s a point of extreme decrepitude that precludes restoration but ignites reimagination.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2023
Not many contemporary actors could summon to the stage Gardner’s radiance and decrepitude simultaneously.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2023
“Don’t you think it should cost less to be alive?” he bursts out at one point, seemingly at random, as if the decrepitude around him has stirred much larger anxieties.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2021
Almost pulverized at that time by the decrepitude of death, Prudencio Aguilar would come twice a day to chat with him.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vocabulary lists containing decrepitude
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