rotten
Example Sentences
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“Like you just ate something rotten,” I said.
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Versus rotten Brooklyn on Friday—a team thoroughly committed to the tank—the Celtics shot a silly 66.7%, the second-best shooting performance in team history.
Once, I traded ten skeins of gold for a small sack of flour and some rotten carrots.
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“No one would land if they could smell that!” said Nim, and wondered if Alex Rover’s hero would use a rotten shark to fight for his island.
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He gave the Witch a rotten tomato in a bag he traded for bellyache medicine.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.