rotted

Example Sentences

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In the wild, the larvae live in small holes that have rotted into old pine trees.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

The only thing we did was replace the upholstery because it was rotted out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

He’s more comfortable playing it big and trying to create an operatic drama about a desperate man, consumed by greed and a gnawing hunger that has rotted his soul, looking for one last score.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

The short answer is that its institutions rotted from within.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025

One telegraph boy made his way through the dark to an unlit alley that smelled of rotted fruit and was silent save for the receding hiss of gaslights on the street he had left behind.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson