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

But much of its other power, hard and soft, is decaying.

From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2022

The house is showing its age, with cracks running through floors and woodwork that is decaying.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2022

I can’t tell you how sad I am that our once beautiful city is decaying, especially the downtown retail core.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2020

The former production of indigo is extinct, and the industry of silk-spinning is decaying.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various