mental decay
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"Any sort of hint of mental decay, you're sort of dead. There are moments when it pops up but it's not an all day every day condition, and that's what I cling onto."
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
His hand-crafted sci-fi nightmare imagines a future where a man-made elixir, after which the movie is titled, stops physical and mental decay, allowing humans to achieve god-like status.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
Certainly we must now be set on a path to mental decay and desuetude.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2023
“But the years of mental decay have just begun,” Colbert continued, imitating the president.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 5, 2020
He looks old enough to be an English General Officer or a Cabinet Minister; and you might assume that he was in the last stage of physical and mental decay.
From Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series by Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert
