rot

Example Sentences

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This reduces the amount of waste rotting in landfill and releasing greenhouse gases.

From BBC

I wish for the wind to shift, to pull the fresh ocean air inland, instead of wafting the smell of rotting fish from the barrels down the ramp over me.

From Literature

He began arranging the rotting fruit in his wagon.

From Literature

“It’s hell,” said a taxi driver named Pedro as he drove past heaps of garbage rotting in the streets because there is not enough gas for trash trucks.

From Los Angeles Times

The pillars tilted and some of the floor boards showed signs of rot.

From The Wall Street Journal