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
When it accumulates on shorelines it can smother beaches, and as it decays it gives off a foul smell like rotten eggs.
From BBC
Instead of cutting down and burying this rotten bough, Bilger decided to climb to it, build a sturdy perch, have a long look around and report his findings in a new memoir, “Fatherland.”
From New York Times
The pitch: “Throwing rotten produce is one of the world’s oldest forms of expression.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
