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Meanings of senile decay in English

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Usage of senile decay in English
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Save for his intellect, he was in the last dissolution of senile decay.
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
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White hair, beard, bearing, wrinkles, a hundred such symptoms of senile decay are there.
God, the Invisible King
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Let us make it a crisis of growth, not a symptom of irreparable senile decay.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, ...
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She was in the last stage of senile decay.
The Moon Rock
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They are in complete agreement that the cause of death in each case was senile decay.
Harry Escombe: A Tale of Adventure in Peru
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This is the beginning of senile decay.
Despair's Last Journey
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To be charitable, it is senile decay.
The Inside of the Cup — Volume 08
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I can't see why anyone should die except of senile decay or accident-andthose we'll eliminate in time!
Captivity
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The connection of the long-drawn-out picture of senile decay with the advice to remember the Creator needs no elucidation.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Second Kings Chapters VIII to En...
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Everyone grew old and tradition-bound in the Cirque Rocambeau, even the horses, until gradually it perished of senile decay.
The Mountebank
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Finally, remember that so few die a natural death from senile decay because so few live a natural life.
Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia: Their Causes, Symptoms, & ...
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If each generation in turn did not thus demand freedom and self-expression the world would drift into senile decay.
Men, Women, and God / A Discussion of Sex Questions from the Chr...
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On the third day she died-certificatesays senile decay-butthat's only the doctor's opinion, and of course you know better.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
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The second most common cause of death was categorised as " senile decay", which indicated physical frailty rather than dementia.
The Guardian
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The more accurate historians of our time correct the old legend of death from senile decay or from the effect of dissipation.
The Story of Evolution
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He quickened his steps, and began to wonder if he was so sunk in senile decay as to have acquired a liver.
A Damsel in Distress
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