rotten
Example Sentences
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"I always thought it was a rotten idea."
From BBC
“My children are all decent people. I don’t have one rotten one, and I would like to think that they got some of that from me.”
From MarketWatch
The teacher in the Kurdish region said her colleagues reported smelling bleach and rotten fruit before falling ill.
From Washington Post
“Taking food away from people is a rotten thing to do,” said McGovern of Massachusetts in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
From Seattle Times
The decaying algae releases ammonia and hydrogen sulfide, which has an unpleasant odor like rotten eggs and can irritate the eyes, nose and throat.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
