rotted

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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

Carcasses rotted in his studio as he waited for the muse to possess him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

They bring generators and stay overnight, removing peeling paint and plaster, hauling out trash and rotted furniture.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2025

They found the roof had worn away and the floorboards had rotted in the rains.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

As Tariq talked, Laila pictured her life as a rotted rope, snapping, unraveling, the fibers detaching, falling away.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini