decay
verb (used without object)
to become decomposed; rot.
are decaying
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present progressiveof decay.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I want to hear details about how others are decaying and share my dilapidation with them.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2022
The heavy batteries that power the robot are decaying and the chest-mounted tablets run on an out-of-date Android operating system without the latest security updates, one of the sources said.
From Reuters ● Jul. 21, 2021
The narrator asks her editor if he thinks that the islanders’ hearts are decaying.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 6, 2019
What if neutrons are decaying into these invisible particles?
From Scientific American ● Jan. 29, 2018
When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying, now, and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that happened.
From Chapters from My Autobiography by Mark Twain
