rusty
Example Sentences
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Looking like a life jacket thrown into a car compactor, the work weaves a floppy beam of hazard-orange steel around and through a menacing conglomeration of rusty metal scraps.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
I do think I was a little bit rusty after a pretty long layoff.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
Asked about which dinosaurs he’d hope to see in the movie, Choudhury lists off several that I have to look up, rusty from my years away from textbooks.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
But Draper's lack of recent court time also showed in some rusty returning as the match reached its critical stage.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
Up ahead, a rusty elevator door awaits us.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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