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Discover LudwigThe phrase "and decayed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that has deteriorated or decomposed over time, often in relation to organic matter or materials.
Example: "The old wooden beams in the abandoned house were covered in mold and decayed, making the structure unsafe."
Alternatives: "and rotted" or "and deteriorated".
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The number and percentage of open and decayed extraction wounds were higher than felling wounds 38.1%% of extraction wounds were decayed after 12 years.
Daisies bent and decayed.
1. IVa built and decayed owing to water.
Its streets and houses are tatty and decayed.
South of Baquba, Iraqi army patrols found 17 bodies, blindfolded, handcuffed and decayed.
Our water infrastructure is old and decayed, and so are the fundamental ideas behind it.
"All that is loathsome, drooping and decayed is here," Charles Dickens wrote after a visit.
'All that is loathsome, drooping and decayed is here,' he wrote in American Notes.
It was proportional to the 0.33 power of Wsoln and decayed with increasing alcohol concentration.
Feeder root systems are reduced; they may be stubby or excessively branched, often discoloured, and decayed.
Carver-Taylor and her colleagues saw thousands of teeth: healthy teeth and decayed teeth and abscessed teeth.
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