rotted

Example Sentences

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Uncollected garbage rotted in heaps, and people cued outside of bakeries for their daily government ration of bread.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 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

The only thing we did was replace the upholstery because it was rotted out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

They found the roof had worn away and the floorboards had rotted in the rains.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

I stopped short of an old dock, while Abby hopped over missing planks, walked to the end of it, took off her backpack, and settled down on one of the potentially rotted boards.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry