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

In the wild, the larvae live in small holes that have rotted into old pine trees.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 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

Carcasses rotted in his studio as he waited for the muse to possess him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

We sit on her porch, or I watch while she works her small jungle, snapping off dead leaves, forking rotted manure into her camellias, talking under her breath.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver