rotting

[ UK /ɹˈɒtɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈɹɑtɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
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How To Use rotting In A Sentence

  • The son of a diplomat, he has spent much of his life globe-trotting.
  • No other athlete in Britain has undergone such an exhaustive, globetrotting search for success. Times, Sunday Times
  • The mangroves' waterlogged roots decayed into peat, and the peat's acidity and lack of oxygen kept the wood from rotting.
  • First we'd have a trotting race, then another one going a fair bit faster. FRANKIE: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori
  • The noonday sun beat down fiercely; dusty air carried the stink of rotting garlic after a prolonged dry spell.
  • The arrival of warm weather raises the specter of disease and increased rat infestations caused by rotting garbage.
  • Around him graves crept up the hillside in a mishmash of stone headstones and rotting wooden crosses.
  • A globe-trotting, business-building commerce secretary, he operated on the theory that a good defense is a good offense.
  • This was true, but also significant, because by trotting out the figure of 20%, he created an expectation and sound byte that will come back to haunt him and the Chinese currency at the end of the summer if unattained. Diane Francis: Chinese Cheating
  • All that trotting off like dazed sheep to get some sumac/nduja/ harissa and extra avocados just in case. Times, Sunday Times
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