mental decay

Example Sentences

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"Any sort of hint of mental decay, you're sort of dead. There are moments when it pops up but it's not an all day every day condition, and that's what I cling onto."

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

His hand-crafted sci-fi nightmare imagines a future where a man-made elixir, after which the movie is titled, stops physical and mental decay, allowing humans to achieve god-like status.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023

Although that mash-up is at times incongruent, laboring to connect two tales that share thematic ground but lack narrative cohesion, the impressionistic perspective on Poe’s fear of mental decay unsettles all the same.

From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2021

“But the years of mental decay have just begun,” Colbert continued, imitating the president.

From The Guardian • Feb. 5, 2020

When the seizures have been so frequent and severe as to cause mental decay, the actions are awkward, and the gait slouching and irregular.

From Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment by Briggs, Isaac George