rotting

Example Sentences

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None of this will cure the malaise and pessimism rotting the economy from the inside.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

"Leominster is a beautiful place with wonderful old buildings which need doing up but they're just rotting because planning is taking so long."

From BBC • Apr. 26, 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

Stanton weeded out unfit and incompetent officers; battled dishonest government contractors who sold the army low-quality uniforms, rotting equipment, and defective weapons; and endured an epidemic of officers who would not fight.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson