DECOMPOSE in a Sentence

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Or else it looked as if it had gradually decomposed into that nightmare condition, out of the overflowings of the polluted stream.

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 Meanings and Examples of DECOMPOSE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
decompose
 v.  decay
Classic Sentence:
1  Or else it looked as if it had gradually decomposed into that nightmare condition, out of the overflowings of the polluted stream.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 47. MARTHA
2  Imagine some foul and putrid corpse that has lain rotting and decomposing in the grave, a jelly-like mass of liquid corruption.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
Example Sentence:
1  Unless the plastic is specially designed to decompose in the soil, such materials can last a very long time.
2  Most animals decompose very quickly after death.
3  The body must have been decomposing for several weeks.