rotting

Example Sentences

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Fire officials said the work of cleaning up the debris and rotting meat at the SoCal cold storage facility is now in the hands of the tenant, Lineage.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026

“Now you can smell the rotting food,” Wendy Ramirez said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

As humans build more roads, more houses, more restaurants and more stores, we are providing the steady supply of roadkill and rotting trash they need.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

"I just feel that we're wasting our lives in here and rotting away," Craig said.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

The pull had led her through winding side streets rank with the stink of waste and rotting food until she’d found refuge in one particularly small alley filled with old crates she could hide behind.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray