The first, a worm bred in putridity; alluding to man's corruption. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Thought I'd get sick from the lingering putridity of it all. From Wordnik.com. [Fragrance.] Reference
It's like the Times has become a festering wad of unpalatable putridity. From Wordnik.com. [Rosie and the Times] Reference
It soon became a mass of putridity, and to every eye was a loathsome and disgusting Object. From Wordnik.com. [The Monk] Reference
At the same time the infusion will have passed from a state of sweetness to a state of putridity. From Wordnik.com. [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference
She hated with the cold, acrid hatred of a child the rectory interior, the sort of putridity in the life. From Wordnik.com. [The Virgin and the Gypsy] Reference
He is then assailed by "an ancient smell of putridity which set the skin of my nose humming and dancing.". From Wordnik.com. [Oblomov in Dublin] Reference
Medicines which prevent putridity in animal substances, and arrest putrefaction, when already existing. From Wordnik.com. [Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure] Reference
At least, it doesn't plumb the stygian depths of putridity that BLUE CITY and EIGHT MILLION WAYS TO DIE did. From Wordnik.com. [From our friend Fred Blosser] Reference
It's also about putting the best possible product on the field and delivering the NFL from "perpetual putridity.". From Wordnik.com. [Crossroads: Race and Coaching in the NFL] Reference
"Our daughters," George continued, "our daughters cannot defend virtue when godless putridity is flaunted in their face!". From Wordnik.com. [Susie Bright: Good Old-Fashioned Drug and Sex Education] Reference
In TV land, this phenomenon is known as "jumping the shark": the moment when a once proud series swan-dives into putridity. From Wordnik.com. [‘Jump the Shark,’ Meet ‘Nuke the Fridge’] Reference
But the déjà vu has little to do with the Bucs 'descent into pre-Dungy putridity and much more to do with the TV show Lost. From Wordnik.com. [Laine Ewen: Is Raheem Morris Lost?] Reference
Cinched by solidifying putridity to the left side of the Drounge, the luckless biped found itself dragged helplessly forward. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
But the déjà vu has little to do with the Bucs\ 'descent into pre-Dungy putridity and much more to do with the TV show Lost. From Wordnik.com. [Laine Ewen: Is Raheem Morris Lost?] Reference
Jamal Lewis ran like a sloth most of the year, the Bills 'putridity did in Willis McGahee and Curtis Martin finally looked his age. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Busts take luster off bust-out seasons] Reference
'Natural History of Jamaica,' into a state of putridity. From Wordnik.com. [Insectivorous Plants] Reference
Out of that mass of moral putridity these Ephesian Christians had been dragged. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John] Reference
Whilst Seneca taught, Rome was a cesspool of moral putridity and Nero butchered. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V)] Reference
I would if I'd dropped a few bills on tickets and had to sit through this putridity. From Wordnik.com. [Idolator] Reference
SJP's nose does not represent unconventional beauty, but conventional facial putridity. From Wordnik.com. [BuddyTV] Reference
Yeast is an antiseptic, and is effective in all diseases in which there is threatened putridity. From Wordnik.com. [The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand] Reference
Why it should be so I cannot tell, but the portentous symptom of putridity is always in evidence. From Wordnik.com. [The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour] Reference
So there are two states -- a life plunged in putridity, or a heart touched with the Divine nature. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John] Reference
In their natural state, however, they frequently eat either fish or animals almost in a state of putridity. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1: Sent By the Colonists of South Australia, with the Sanction and Support of the Government: Including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines and the State of Their Relations with Europeans — Complete] Reference
Upon the bed, before that whole company, there lay a nearly liquid mass of loathsome -- of detestable putridity. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2] Reference
Him, let them go; and, when His restraining grace was removed, down they rushed into the depths of moral putridity. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of St. Paul] Reference
A remarkable effect of the Puna wind is its power of speedily drying animal bodies, and thereby preventing putridity. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests] Reference
But the dirt of a prison speaks sadness to the heart, and appears to be already in a state of putridity and infection. From Wordnik.com. [Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are] Reference
But the déjà vu has little to do with the Bucs 'descent into pre-Dungy putridity and much more to do with the TV show. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Through the operation of unknown causes, the vinegar often became unfit for use, sometimes indeed falling into utter putridity. From Wordnik.com. [Fragments of science, V. 1-2] Reference
This water, although of a dirty and thick appearance, is said to possess the valuable quality of resisting putridity for years. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Journey Round the World] Reference
Bodies decomposing from putridity, generate a quantity of gas, which swells them up to an enormous size, and renders them buoyant. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Mildmay The Naval Officer] Reference
And Wonkette, for all her soulless putridity, is more influentual in the outside world than half this list combined and yet is omitted. From Wordnik.com. [Vancouver Photography, Web Strategiest & Creative Director] Reference
"Classic!" exclaimed Berryman, transfixing Shelton with his eyes; "the fellow ought to have been horsewhipped for writing such putridity!". From Wordnik.com. [The Island Pharisees] Reference
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