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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“My biggest fear at the moment is corpses are decaying, … water is flowing and this is going to poise serious health risks in relation to contagious diseases,” Aktoprak said.
From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2024
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
The plants are crowded in large tufts, often growing on decaying wood, but also on the ground, especially about much decayed stumps, but also in lawns and similar places, where buried roots, etc., are decaying.
From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by George Francis Atkinson
