moldering 1 of 3

present participle of molder

moldering

2 of 3

adjective

moldering

3 of 3

noun

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of moldering
Noun
But then a fresh corpse turns up, as well as a long-moldering skeleton, and the club members are off and running. Tom Gliatto, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moldering
Verb
  • Garbage, rotting food with bugs and clothing stacked close to the ceiling were also seen in most areas of the house.
    Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Kirk Cousins is rotting on the Falcons’ bench.
    Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • But when in doubt, throw moldy cheese out.
    Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 29 Sep. 2025
  • That brown bottle in your medicine cabinet can clean moldy bathrooms and kitchens.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The original Champagnes weren’t bottled with the intent of undergoing secondary fermentation that would cause its trademark bubbles to form.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Microbes from natural plants like pine cones and nettles added to the milk would start the fermentation process that turns milk into thick, acidic yogurt.
    Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This prompts the straw to start decomposing, ensuring the bales won’t overheat and burn your plants later.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Gates visited Koie’s mountainside studio in Gifu with Koie’s daughter, who shared that her father would be okay with the studio decomposing into the mountain.
    Elizabeth Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Caldwell will play a pivotal role as the Wolves and Lynx explore a new arena, search for solutions to the league-wide crumbling of regional sports television networks and try to maximize revenue streams.
    Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • For another, there’s the DESI data, our best large-scale structure data at present, which seems to slightly favor the presence of evolving (and, in particular, decaying or weakening) dark energy.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Oct. 2025
  • As a result, when animals died and sank, their soft tissues were occasionally preserved instead of being consumed or decaying.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This putrescent combination of sky-high home prices, rising mortgage rates and stifling consumer inflation have forced all but the wealthiest or most determined buyers out of a new home.
    Q.ai - Powering a Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The most common are oils (cinnamon, clove, thyme, garlic, etc.), putrescent whole egg solids, dried blood, etc.
    Kym Pokorny, OregonLive.com, 17 Apr. 2018
Noun
  • Losing sight of this has meant that faculty haven’t been using all of the tools at their disposal to fight the disintegration of tenure-stream employment.
    Time, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • For director and co-writer Justin Tipping, the key to expressing Cameron’s mental and physical disintegration was finding a visual language that combined two very different worlds.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 22 Sep. 2025

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“Moldering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moldering. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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