rotting

Example Sentences

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Its rotting parts lie in the grass near a city sewage treatment plant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

"I just feel that we're wasting our lives in here and rotting away," Craig said.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Others had fruit sitting on the ground beneath, most of it not quite orange, rotting.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

The air is rife with hydrogen sulfide, carrying the familiar smell of rotting eggs.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

I know that like I know the smell of a rotting fish.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick