rotting

Example Sentences

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None of this will cure the malaise and pessimism rotting the economy from the inside.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Others had fruit sitting on the ground beneath, most of it not quite orange, rotting.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

It was a Cinderella story that smelled like rotting pumpkin.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

This reduces the amount of waste rotting in landfill and releasing greenhouse gases.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The cabin was simple, just a square room with a wood stove, two chairs beside a table, and a couple of cots rotting in the corner.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown