were decaying
- past progressive of decay.
Example Sentences
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Instead, they were decaying in a bug-infested building about two hours south of Denver.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
Atoka had fallen on hard times: Residents had moved away, and downtown buildings were decaying.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
Wooden benches were decaying, and weeds were growing beneath them.
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2016
Only a generation ago, its business area and residential neighborhoods were decaying, bored young people were leaving to find work elsewhere and the municipal future seemed all too bleak.
From Time Magazine Archive
How would you like to lie awake at night and say to yourself that your teeth were decaying and you couldn't help it—your hair was falling out, and nobody could stop it?
From The Metropolis by Sinclair, Upton
