rotten

Example Sentences

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Dunkin’ started testing a 48-ounce iced coffee bucket in the middle of a particularly rotten February in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Jerry uses his “you-betcha” Midwestern accent to disguise his discontent, but beneath his charlatan smile lurks a rotten, greedy soul.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

Next, recognize some of the annoying parts of your job are out of your control—like a rotten boss—and stop fighting against it.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

The smell of rotten eggs crept across large swaths of the Santa Clarita and San Fernando valleys on Saturday, as fire and hazmat crews worked to stop the leak.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025

“You knowhow we sometimes get an egg good and rotten so it makes a big stink?”

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney