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Free sign upThe phrase "is in decay" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is deteriorating or declining in condition or quality.
Example: "The old building is in decay, with crumbling walls and broken windows."
Alternatives: "is deteriorating" or "is falling apart."
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"Everything is in decay".
All is in decay.
Although the government has promised to invest more in healthcare, much of the infrastructure is in decay.
Around them, the world is in decay, the larder is running low and all four characters are probably dying.
Youth unemployment is rampant, everything is in decay, tourism and foreign investment and reserves are down sharply.
That working-class Protestant culture of the Kirk, the Boys Brigade and Rangers Football Clubb, long a bulwark of unionism and the Tory vote, is in decay.
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The turbulent contribution is compatible with a boundary layer model whose origin is in decaying microeddies.
"Thirty or 40 years on, these buildings are in decay.
Old political coalitions have frayed and once-powerful party organizations are in decay.
Wendover was deactivated in 1949, and most of it has been in decay since.
Nationalist ideologies, forged to bring consensus to new heterogeneous societies, have long been in decay.
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