rotten
Example Sentences
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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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Her name felt like biting into something sour and rotten.
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She held the flattened sandwich bag by two fingers, as if it were something rotten.
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Sure, it’s easy to loathe New England fans, who are spoiled rotten after six Super Bowls, and need another trophy in the way a cat needs sunglasses.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.