Example Sentences

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The bridge has a Grade II listed status, but the timber elements had decayed significantly over the years.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2023

But by the time of Mikhailov’s youth, socialist realism had become the only permitted style, and imagery of the revolution had decayed into Stalinist kitsch.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2022

When investigators recovered her remains, physical evidence had decayed, The Washington Post reported at the time.

From Fox News • Mar. 23, 2021

How old was the earth when 99.999999% of the 26Al originally present had decayed?

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

He had decayed before a national TV audience, a miniseries of a death.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom