decaying
Example Sentences
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"They do play with your mind - running around at night, in the ceiling, the air conditioning units. You can hear them and you can smell them - it's like a decaying body."
From BBC • May 30, 2026
The space, which stretches as far as the eye can see, looks like an office, a showroom, a library and a decaying home all at once.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
When Perla rejects Ulises’ practiced advances, he enlists the aid of her put-upon niece, who longs to escape both her demanding aunt and the decaying mansion that entraps her.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
Voyager 1, like its twin Voyager 2, is powered by a radioisotope thermoelectric generator that converts heat from decaying plutonium into electricity.
From Science Daily • May 4, 2026
I could smell the stench of decaying cabbage.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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