SYN: Rotten, corrupt, unsound, decomposed, declined, faded, sunk, unprosperous, impoverished, wasted away.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

"But suppose we all three unite?" "Ce sera un diable de fricassée, sire, si vous vous mettez tous les trois à casser les œufs.""
— from Gouverneur Morris by Theodore Roosevelt

[645] Véase el discurso pronunciado por el Ministro argentino en los Estados Unidos, don Domingo F. Sarmiento, en la fiesta oficial de la Sociedad Histórica de Rhode Island, en presencia del Gobernador del Estado.
— from Argentina, Legend and History by Lucio Vicente López

As to his face, even contemporary authors have left utterly different descriptions; for same have painted him as a monster of ugliness, while others, on the contrary, extol his beauty.
— from The Borgias Celebrated Crimes by Alexandre Dumas

Untitled drawing depicting fancy stairway for incoming plane.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1973 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

He was a student at Northampton under Dr. Doddridge; first settled at Creaton, then at Sudbury, from which place he came to Northampton.
— from Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. by Thomas Coleman

These were all the circumstances that her anxious sister could fix upon, during dinner, for silent comment.
— from Deerbrook by Harriet Martineau

"Why not send us, dad?" demanded Frank, standing up in front of the stockman, with a smile of confidence on his face.
— from The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon; or, The Hermit of the Cave by Carson, James, Captain