rotting
- present participle of rot.
Example Sentences
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Rotting garbage seeped onto their skin and clothes.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2023
Rotting food is rich in germs, any of which a fly can pick up on their body and transfer to where it next lands.
From Salon • Aug. 31, 2023
Rotting corpses can contribute to the contamination of water sources.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2023
Rotting carcasses of striped bass, bat rays and other fish have been washing up on the shores of the San Francisco Bay Area in recent days, after a toxic algae bloom spread across the area.
From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2022
Rotting wooden doors hung off rusted hinges, and there were half-collapsed rooms filled with moldering tables and chairs.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
