Sentences with decay
de·cay
D d - The bodies buried in the fine ash slowly decayed. [VERB]
- When not removed, plaque causes tooth decay and gum disease.
- His students have watched how bodies decay when they are locked in cars.
- Tooth decay followed by tooth loss is one of the potential dental problems that is in existence today.
- Popular cinema seems to have decayed. [VERB]
- The dentist drilled out the decay
- We would all like to stop tooth decay before it affects the whiteness of our smile.
- Decay implies gradual, often natural, deterioration from a normal or sound condition [his teeth have begun to decay]; rot refers to the decay of organic, esp. vegetable, matter, caused by bacteria, fungi, etc. [rotting apples]; putrefy suggests the offensive, foul-smelling rotting of animal matter [bodies putrefying in the fields]; spoil is the common informal word for the decay of foods [fish spoils quickly in summer]; molder suggest a slow, progressive, crumbling decay [old buildings molder away]; disintegrate implies the breaking up of something into parts or fragments so that the wholeness of the original is destroyed [the disintegration of rocks]; decompose suggests the breaking up or separation of something into its component elements [a decomposing chemical compound]: it is also a somewhat euphemistic substitute for rot, putrefy
- Vegetation that was decaying.
- The dampness of the climate decayed the books.
- Decay made the wood unsuitable for use.
- The decay of international relations; the decay of the Aztec civilizations.
- His mental decay is distressing.