rotting

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • May 1, 2026

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

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

Today, abandoned barge cranes lie rusting and rotting in delta sloughs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

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

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

But he prefers to focus on hidden beauty, like rotting pumpkins and stormy skies.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty