rotted

[ UK /ɹˈɒtɪd/ ]
[ US /ˈɹɑtɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless
    rotten floor boards
    a decayed foundation
    rotted beams
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How To Use rotted In A Sentence

  • Turn out the lot and the wellrotted stuff at the base can be put on unplanted soil. The Sun
  • It is probably a measure of the depths to which political conversation has sunk — all the more remarkable given the chaos that male leaders have through the generations created — that this non-gender-specific "ballsiness," as it were, is so frequently trotted out as a measure of high praise. Half-cocked
  • Considering that the ship has been down almost 60 years, the wooden decking is in most places surprisingly intact, though it has rotted almost completely away in some areas.
  • It appears that some of these had rotted and produced a lethal gas which asphyxiated the crew members.
  • Horses trotted through the dirt streets, pulling buckboards and tally-hos past slower-moving electrified trolley cars.
  • The pig trotted off, oinking quietly to itself.
  • An enlisted aircrewman directed them to seats in the middle of the aircraft, then trotted back down the ramp to check for any more late arrivals. Joint Operations
  • Year in and year out the same comments are trotted out as to the pros and cons of the difficulty of the tests.
  • As I made my way back to my car, a dog fox trotted across the road in front of me, stopped, looked me up and down and then carried on, completely unconcerned.
  • Over the years, much of the wood in the house had rotted.
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