Examples of rotten to the core in a Sentence
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Kai is rotten to the core, but his fierce radicalization is an all-too-real horror facing today's world.
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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
Everything about this bill is rotten to the core.
—Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Apr. 2022
That the American experiment is rotten to the core, but that escape is hopeless?
—Rebecca Panovka, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022
But their culture is rotten to the core, valuing barbaric violence and brute strength above all else.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
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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
Everything about this bill is rotten to the core.
—Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Apr. 2022
That the American experiment is rotten to the core, but that escape is hopeless?
—Rebecca Panovka, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022
But their culture is rotten to the core, valuing barbaric violence and brute strength above all else.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
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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 8 Nov. 2024.
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