| 1. | The doubt, suspicion, dread, of gradual, certain decadence of ma. - from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman |
| 2. | And when these primitive conditions are lost touch with, a decadence sets in. - from The Practice and Science Of Drawing by Harold Speed |
| 3. | His followers adopted the big, muscular type of their master, but lost the primitive strength he expressed and when this primitive force was lost sight of, what a decadence set i. - from The Practice and Science Of Drawing by Harold Speed |