Decayed

Examples

• Whole ages have fled and their works decayed, And nations have scattered been; But the stout old Ivy shall never fade, From its hale and hearty green. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I must say, I like to serve a decayed gentleman better than a blarnerying beggar. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• What would not your grandmothers have given to be asked to Lady Hester's parties in that now decayed mansion? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• When the services of a dentist are not at hand and the teeth are badly decayed and aching, the following mouth wash is recommended. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• As the sole remaining representatives of their decayed family, the persons of both were almost sacred in her eyes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The decayed officer, by degrees, came up alongside his fellow-wayfarer, and wished him good evening. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• That large decayed oak, he said, marks the boundaries over which Front-de-Boeuf claims authority--we are long since far from those of Malvoisin. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The three voices passed on, and decayed and died out upon her ear. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• O no, she said, intractably moving to the other side of the decayed fire. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• He had a wonderful satisfaction in seeing him, and in commenting on his decayed condition after he was gone. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The house was damp and decayed, indifferently furnished--evidently, recently occupied and temporarily used. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• What would you think of a man who looked at some decayed, blind, toothless, pock-marked Cleopatra, and said: What matchless beauty! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Lord Wellington is, for you, only a decayed old gentleman now. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Your troops are most of them old decayed serving men and tapsters, said Cromwell. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The wall must be crumbled, the stone decayed, To pleasure his dainty whim; And the mouldering dust that years have made, Is a merry meal for him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• In the treacherous sunlight we see Venice decayed, forlorn, poverty-stricken, and commerceless--forgotten and utterly insignificant. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The fumes of the phosphorus attack the teeth, especially when decayed, and penetrate to the jaw, causing its gradual destruction, but this has been avoided by proper precautions. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In a month the ancient and decayed system of the aristocratic order had collapsed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Her fire was decayed to its last cinder; Malone had departed; and now the study bell rang for prayers. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• But the temporal power of the clergy, the absolute command which they had once had over the great body of the people was very much decayed. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Her power, which was linked to few of the enduring emotions of his heart, had greatly decayed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The Russians, he was instructed, were decayed, the French degenerate, the British on the verge of civil war. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• A few drops of carbolic acid may be added to the above in the case of decayed teeth and foul breath. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Until the hard Pleistocene times they lived and died in the open, and their bodies were consumed or decayed altogether. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The idea of Christendom had decayed until its power over the minds of men had gone. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Thus the sentiment of immediate loss in some sort decayed, while that of utter, irremediable loneliness grew on me with time. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• In China, as in the Western empire, faith had decayed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He has decayed in his prison: I in mine. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.

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