Example Sentences

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“Ferment, mildew and a sort of compost half-rotted flavor.”

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2021

A musty, full-size cabin, its rickety walls and floor half-rotted and its rooms scattered with evocative artifacts.

From Washington Post • Dec. 3, 2015

A sodden, half-rotted rug still lay across a low marble bench.

From Time Magazine Archive

Clearly it would not stop the rain, though they had tried to make rough shingles of old pieces of half-rotted bark, yet it was a start.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen

“He was tired of being a half-rotted monster, you know. He practically begged me for lips and eyeballs.”

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor