Examples of rotten to the core in a Sentence
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But Saxon seems rotten to the core, while his two younger siblings come off as endearingly innocent.
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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
Many African youths feel their governments are rotten to the core, and are demanding something far beyond tinkering with traditional politics.
—John Eligon Joao Silva, New York Times, 17 Feb. 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
His soul is rotten to the core.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 20 June 2022
Doubtless some will see it as additional evidence that the whole enterprise—18th-century Harvard, the American Revolution, the Bible—was rotten to the core.
—Ira Stoll, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2022
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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
Many African youths feel their governments are rotten to the core, and are demanding something far beyond tinkering with traditional politics.
—John Eligon Joao Silva, New York Times, 17 Feb. 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
His soul is rotten to the core.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 20 June 2022
Doubtless some will see it as additional evidence that the whole enterprise—18th-century Harvard, the American Revolution, the Bible—was rotten to the core.
—Ira Stoll, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2022
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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 3 Jul. 2025.
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