The phrase "a state of decadence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a condition or period characterized by decline, deterioration, or moral decay.
Example: "The once-thriving city fell into a state of decadence, with abandoned buildings and a struggling economy."
Alternatives: "a condition of decline" or "a phase of deterioration".
From a literary and political point of view, the 17th century found Portugal in a state of decadence.
According to this world-view, liberal progressive values have brought western societies to a state of "decadence", as a result of sexual policies and immigration.
Zhang's work was similar to Ban's, although the latter fully praised the contemporaneous Eastern Han regime while Zhang provided a warning that it could suffer the same fate as the Western Han if it too declined into a state of decadence and moral depravity.
At others, he'd make it seem like a necessary corrective to a Weimar-style state of decadence, talking with seemingly approving anticipation of "a rightwing, totally dictatorial tyranny" that would clean up all the mess made by the permissive society.
The "Glengarry" postponement moves Broadway one step closer to a state of celebrity-fueled decadence that may not be reversible.
Having fallen into a state of "decay and decadence" — in the recorded words of his wife, Catharina Bolnes — he suffered some kind of collapse and went "in a day and a half... from being healthy to being dead".
Oscar Wilde famously quipped that America went from a state of barbarism to one of decadence without an intervening period of civilization.
In a country where hairstyles are state-mandated and the US is routinely described as a land of decadence and aggression, the basketball player is an odd choice of ambassador, to say the least.
A distinct air of decadence during the peak of the Heian period also suggests the approaching end of a regime, a world, in Genji's words, "where everything seems to be in a state of decline".
Edge: a Decade of Decadence, a DVD documentary of Copeland's life, was released in December 2008.
In the 1891 play "Salomé," Wilde expands a Biblical anecdote into a sumptuous panorama of decadence.
