How to use "decadence" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "decadence" in popular movie and book plots

  • After the children fall asleep, passion and decadence ensue in an increasingly humorous and zany series of encounters.  - The Overnight
  • The decadence around us is nothing less than clandestine annihilation of the civil man.  - Circle (2014 film)
  • They also visit Cristiano's mother and Armando's ex-wife, who lives with a writer and has caused decadence in the family.  - Journey with Papa
  • In an atmosphere of decadence and dark madness, the characters gradually sink into the depths of their subconscious mind.  - Singapore Sling (1990 film)
  • While Anthony was taught to value fairness and decency, in Erich's world opportunism, corruption, and decadence hold sway.  - England Made Me (film)
  • Rossum executives use multiple bodies to live in decadence while the peoples of the world are enslaved.  - Dollhouse (TV series)
  • All is not bleak, but it certainly marks the end of the free love and decadence era of the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s.  - Babycakes
  • The old Namboothiri represents the decadence of feudalism and its polygamous practices.  - Indulekha (novel)
  • The film addresses the decadence of Egyptian society during the Gamal Abdel Nasser era.  - Chitchat on the Nile
  • Malevole is an angry satirist-figure, who attacks the corruption and decadence of the court in which he lives.  - The Malcontent
  • All four seem immersed in the decadence of the late 1970s.  - Foxes (film)
  • We'll be using America's own decadence as a weapon against her, and it's a weapon for which there's no defence".  - I Remember Babylon
  • Another sign that Crete is falling into decadence is their art.  - The King Must Die
  • Nevertheless, she survives the decadence and danger with an impulsive, innocent sense of courage and enterprise.  - Maia (novel)
  • Through her we sense the consequences of the decadence and depravity in which the Compsons have lived for decades.  - The Sound and the Fury

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