Examples of rotten to the core in a Sentence
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His portrayal of a pompous, yapping intellectual who's rotten to the core rings uncomfortably true, as do the performances of Thatcher and East as their characters nonverbally communicate their discomfort to each other.
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Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Most are dropped into a club, usually because, at best, something has gone wrong, or at worst, due to the club being rotten to the core.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
But Saxon seems rotten to the core, while his two younger siblings come off as endearingly innocent.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025
This whole government is rotten to the core and needs to be shaken up.
—John Seiler, Orange County Register, 7 Feb. 2025
Or is simply the club is rotten to the core and nobody give a flying fcuk??
—Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 7 Feb. 2025
Kai is rotten to the core, but his fierce radicalization is an all-too-real horror facing today's world.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2024
This element of the series was often too on the nose, and much less compelling than the random displays of immorality and wickedness that make the Ushers rotten to the core.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
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Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Most are dropped into a club, usually because, at best, something has gone wrong, or at worst, due to the club being rotten to the core.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
But Saxon seems rotten to the core, while his two younger siblings come off as endearingly innocent.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025
This whole government is rotten to the core and needs to be shaken up.
—John Seiler, Orange County Register, 7 Feb. 2025
Or is simply the club is rotten to the core and nobody give a flying fcuk??
—Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 7 Feb. 2025
Kai is rotten to the core, but his fierce radicalization is an all-too-real horror facing today's world.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2024
This element of the series was often too on the nose, and much less compelling than the random displays of immorality and wickedness that make the Ushers rotten to the core.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
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“Rotten to the core.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rotten%20to%20the%20core. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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