How to Use corrode in a Sentence

corrode

verb

• After a few weeks in the ocean, the boat began to corrode.
• Over time, the pipes become corroded and need to be replaced.
• Years of lies and secrets had corroded their relationship.
• Rainwater may corrode the steel containers.
• Salt can corrode pipes and possibly contaminate water by dissolving heavy metals, like lead.
  — Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
• Weiss said the hooks had begun to corrode in the musky's jaw.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2017
• Gomez said the copper would corrode if the pans were idle.
  — Sylvie Corbet, Fox News, 15 Sep. 2018
• One was corroded and split; the other had a hole in it.
  — Brittany Wallman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 5 Sep. 2017
• In the weeks since, this unified front has fractured and the very brand of the group has begun to corrode.
  — Marissa J. Lang, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Feb. 2021
• The second is the filler neck, which can corrode on older cars and cause leaks.
  — Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2021
• Around the corroding skeletons of pump jacks, the ground is stained black from spills.
  — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2024
• That caused the copper to corrode, turning it a dark black.
  — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 9 Jan. 2022
• Seats / Most seat bolts are corroded or have a nut under the bus that turns with the bolt.
  — Will Sutherland, Popular Mechanics, 4 Dec. 2019
• The problem is linked to a part in the brake system that can corrode and fail without warning.
  — John Schmid, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2018
• Acidic water can corrode lead pipes and carry lead that leaches from them to the tap.
  — Maura C. Allaire, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2019
• Some steel is so corroded that the buildings are close to collapse.
  — National Geographic, 20 Apr. 2018
• Kids wrote their names in the ash that blanketed their parents’ cars and corroded the paint.
  — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2017
• While the tin was corroded, the cake itself was intact and still wrapped in wax paper.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 15 Aug. 2017
• At one of the pump jacks, which had not drawn oil in more than eight years, pieces of metal had corroded and fallen off.
  — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2024
• The durable metal pump is coated for longevity and won’t corrode or rust.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 26 May 2021
• Plastic ones are cheaper but aren’t as sturdy and could start to corrode over time.
  — Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024
• The gasket can release sulfur that can corrode the LED circuit that controls the lights.
  — Laura Sky Brown, Car and Driver, 12 Feb. 2020
• Just a quick few thoughts: titanium weighs less but is stronger than steel and does not corrode as much as steel.
  — Charles Manning, Cosmopolitan, 8 June 2015
• The problem is that the batteries often don’t get changed and start to corrode, then damage the circuit board.
  — Ben Kuchera, Ars Technica, 7 July 2019
• Worse yet, water also helps corrode the steel or aluminum rim over time.
  — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 28 Sep. 2020
• The oceans where rocket boosters are usually sent to land can corrode the metal that the boosters are made of.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 4 May 2022
• Then the water starts to corrode your brake components.
  — Ray Magliozzi, courant.com, 25 May 2018
• Experts said that water from the Flint River had corroded the pipes and caused lead to leach into the water.
  — Julie Bosman, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2017
• If yours is dated, corroding, or just plain doesn’t match your style, replace it with one that does.
  — Joanna Linberg, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
• Water can corrode lead pipes, causing the toxic substance to enter the water supply.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 21 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024