The phrase "a century of declining" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a prolonged period of decrease or deterioration over the span of a hundred years.
Example: "The report highlighted a century of declining biodiversity in the region, raising concerns among environmentalists."
Alternatives: "a hundred years of decline" or "a century of decrease".
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There followed a century of decline and decrepitude, as China found itself relatively helpless in the face of a foreign onslaught.
The inquest as to why the crisis has developed can wait; after a century of decline, we can probably hold off another three weeks.
Letters are welcome via e-mail to [email protected]'s wasted yearsSIR – Although it is true that Argentina was one of the richest countries in the world at the beginning of the 20th century, it is not correct to say that it experienced "a century of decline" ("The parable of Argentina", February 15th).
New figures show numbers of red squirrels across the north of England are continuing to expand, following more than a century of decline.
In Los Angeles, for example, after a half a century of decline, the white share of the population had stabilized and even increased in the central city.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Ottoman Empire was the "sick man of Europe", weakened by political instability, military defeat and civil strife following a century of decline.
Gethin Jenkins, armed with a century of caps, declined to answer a question about whether he expected Ireland to use it as motivation.
In it, she rooted Marcy's contemporary problems in more than half a century of economic decline in Newark.
In 2015, after almost a century of steady decline in car fatalities, driver, pedestrian, and cyclist deaths shot up eight, ten, and twelve per cent, respectively.
