decay
verb (used without object)
to become decomposed; rot.
is decaying
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present progressiveof decay (3rd person singular).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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The ship which grounded on a sandbank near Sheerness, Kent in World War Two is decaying.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2024
They’ve just had enough of the real shortage that is decaying their profession: respect, value, common sense and safety.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 8, 2022
The house is showing its age, with cracks running through floors and woodwork that is decaying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2022
Still others, she said, hoard what they think of as buried treasure, not realizing it is decaying away with the efforts of plant roots, insects and the freeze-thaw cycles shifting the ground.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2021
Although in many of them the cell is decaying during their continuance, its recovery is possible with the disappearance of the conditions which have transformed physiological into pathological processes.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
