rotten
Example Sentences
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Food is scarce or goes rotten because of a lack of refrigeration.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
I understand every grubby, rotten impulse of the bereaved.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026
Our transit overlords didn’t come up with this rotten idea on their own.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
He says that many of them were thirsty, starving or had rotten feet after journeying into Evros.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
“You knowhow we sometimes get an egg good and rotten so it makes a big stink?”
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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