rotted

Example Sentences

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Barerra Valencia had to throw out a bunch of meat because it had rotted during the days the store was closed, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

A pyramid-shaped viewpoint on Loch Lomond that was hailed for its "sustainable timber" has been removed because the wood rotted away.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

Rourke alleged that the floors were rotted, there was no running water in a couple of places there should have been and the place was infested with rodents.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

Her contorted expression is rotted by anguish, as though life’s unbearable burdens have laid waste to their latest victim.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025

One telegraph boy made his way through the dark to an unlit alley that smelled of rotted fruit and was silent save for the receding hiss of gaslights on the street he had left behind.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson