putrescence

Example Sentences

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One of its rare corpse flowers is about to bloom, in all its putrescence.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2024

Many reviewers strive for a poetry of putrescence in how they excoriate their objects of dislike.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2021

Oscar Wilde, in a Bangkok cafe, Caught a whiff of a fruit in decay That gave rise to a dread Of putrescence and led To “The Picture of Durian Gray.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2019

The gospel of autointoxication and internal putrescence was laid on thick and spiked with testimonials: from customers, doctors, clergy, all wordily professing their satisfaction and gratitude.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2013

Only a few kickers knew how rotten it was, or had courage to express their sense of the prevalent putrescence.

From The Critical Game by Macy, John Albert