How to make them see the millions of people of alien races moving slowly, like huge masses of rotting putrescence, to a new life?
"Command"
William McFee
Fearful as the situation was, a sickening horror was added to it by the horrible smell of the water; it had a foul and appalling odor, a compound of earthiness and putrescence; it smelt like a newly-opened grave; it paralyzed like a serpent's breath.
"Put Yourself in His Place"
Charles Reade
Dissolution and putrescence are alike common and unclean ...
"A Midsummer Drive Through The Pyrenees"
Edwin Asa Dix