rusted

Example Sentences

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The prison through which he is escorted is a maze of many gates, rusted metal barriers to movement that echo, with every thud and clank, the stymied processes of Soviet justice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 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

Venezuela’s oil infrastructure has degraded significantly over the last decade, with rusted pipes, skilled workers moving out, and plants in disrepair.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026

Swooshing and circling dizzily around the actors, it deserves to have its tripod rusted to the ground.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

He doesn’t hear me over the screeching of the rusted mechanism.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman