rotted
Example Sentences
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The building was storing millions of pounds of fresh and frozen food such as meat, bread and seafood that rotted after the blaze, prompting complaints, citations and lawsuits over foul odors and pests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The harvester is out in this Somerset orchard, but the apples have rotted before they ripened, because of the drought.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Rourke alleged that the floors were rotted, there was no running water in a couple of places there should have been and the place was infested with rodents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026
Her contorted expression is rotted by anguish, as though life’s unbearable burdens have laid waste to their latest victim.
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2025
Then he made one last effort to search in his heart for the place where his affection had rotted away and he could not find it.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
