rusted

Example Sentences

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Nobody knows how, since the bell’s been chained up for such a long time that the metal links have rusted.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2026

While trimming back Valerie's hedges and clearing brambles, the 24-year-old spotted a rusted, 50cm device that looked "almost like a mortar stood up on its tail".

From BBC • May 28, 2026

First he moved the hopeless cases — frames dented, forks bent, gears rusted — into one room and their cousins the wheelchairs into another, leaving about 90 that could be saved.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Some 220 medals at the 2024 Games in Paris, which contained a small piece of scrap metal from the Eiffel Tower, had to be replaced because they quickly turned black or rusted.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

There were no bright colors anywhere, no dirt lots in place of lawns, no rusted chain-link fences.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro