rotting

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • May 20, 2026

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

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

Today, abandoned barge cranes lie rusting and rotting in delta sloughs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

It was a Cinderella story that smelled like rotting pumpkin.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Instead of climbing the rotting steps, Lissa stood on the grass, her face wistful, and gazed at the house.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn