He claimed in his books that there was a general decay of Islamic life and a dire need of a messiah.

In the general intellectual decay they still preserved their pristine clearness and strength of understanding.

The nearest stone bollard to which it might have been secured was crumbling as part of the pyra-mid's general decay.

She gagged on the smell of rancid food, burnt meat and general decay, her appetite fading.

In fact, except for the general decay, the economic hierarchy in Jonestown is not much different from what it was during segregation.

Here, in this quarter of London, war damage and general decay still reigned The effect was depressing.

Plant overgrowth, substance abuse activity, trash, and homeless camps contributed to the general decay of the site.

Shortly he brought about a general decay of propriety and made the people engaged in public affairs neglect what was fitting.

Fragments left over after the general decay, classified, gathering dust, like the vertebrae of dinosaurs.

But these symptoms seem to indicate sufficiently that there is no general decay.