mental decay
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
Certainly we must now be set on a path to mental decay and desuetude.
From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2023
The prospect of mental decay was particularly painful for Sandy, whose idea of herself was intimately entwined with her ability to think deeply and originally.
From New York Times • May 14, 2015
Any listener primed by the Cliff's Notes version of Schumann's life to hear mental decay in his late works will find it here.
From The Guardian • May 18, 2013
Instead of growing old gracefully, in possession of our senses and faculties, we die prematurely or go into physical and mental decay.
From Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency by Alsaker, R. L.
