How to Use corrosive in a Sentence

corrosive

adjective

• She argues that racism is dangerous and corrosive to society.
• The chemicals that spilled are corrosive and can burn the skin and eyes.
  — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2022
• The most corrosive of these have to do with getting older.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021
• Each fuels the other, but the latter may prove to be a more corrosive force.
  — Greg Weiner, National Review, 10 Sep. 2020
• That’s corrosive not only for the Gray Lady, but the public record at large.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
• The problems stem from corrosive desert soil, Schwecke said.
  — Sammy Roth, latimes.com, 11 July 2019
• The resulting hopelessness has been corrosive to the health of those who live in them.
  — Melissa Healystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2020
• The new water was corrosive, causing the water to erode the metal pipes.
  — Eman Bare, Teen Vogue, 15 June 2018
• For instance, tests to see whether a chemical is corrosive to the skin can now be done on skin that is grown in a Petri dish.
  — Jeff Tollefson, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2019
• The corrosive knowledge that only two teams have ever climbed out of this first-round hole.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 23 Apr. 2018
• Meddling with the home and church is destructive and corrosive.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 10 June 2023
• But many among them struggle to dismiss the corrosive effect of Trump’s rhetoric.
  — Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2020
• As bizarre as Dre and Campbell’s actions are, fame’s corrosive force goes both ways.
  — Tomi Obaro, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
• Driving all of these things is the corrosive effect of fast fashion.
  — Kristin Larson, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2020
• As Bell and as his peers knew well, reformers can be corrosive, too.
  — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 27 July 2021
• But if vaporized in a fire, the chemical is highly corrosive to the eyes, skin and throat.
  — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
• The problem began in 2014, when the city switched its drinking water from Lake Huron to the corrosive Flint River.
  — Eric Levenson, CNN, 30 Apr. 2018
• The first and best act of Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes carves into an amoral world of preening wealth and corrosive power.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 19 May 2020
• Though Stockholm’s harbor is cold, the gusts off the Baltic are briny and sweet, lacking the salt and corrosive violence of Atlantic winds.
  — Nina Sovich, WSJ, 16 Feb. 2023
• Ethanol is corrosive, and some critics believe that E15, with its 15% ethanol, can cause damage to cars.
  — Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2019
• This will help keep the hardware safe from the corrosive chemical paint stripper.
  — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 July 2022
• South Carolina law requires that corrosive proof screws be used to anchor this grate down to the pool floor.
  — Aleanna Siacon, Detroit Free Press, 30 Apr. 2018
• Using a biodegradable, non-corrosive pipe cleaner once a month can help keep the bathroom sink drain clean.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2022
• The water in the Southern Ocean could become corrosive to any animal with a shell.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 13 June 2018
• Yet some children who live in the same areas seem to be shielded from crime’s corrosive effects.
  — Susan Pinker, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2018
• The desire for vengeance, The Handmaid’s Tale has long suggested, is as corrosive as the desire for power.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2022
• Like stainless steel, glass straws won't absorb any flavors or smells from your drink and are non-corrosive.
  — Lindsey Murray, Good Housekeeping, 26 July 2018
• The reason so many reels struggle in the surf is due to the corrosive and destructive power of saltwater.
  — Jerry Audet, Field & Stream, 10 Apr. 2023
• Police arrested Dean three days later and charged him with assault causing grievous bodily harm and throwing a corrosive substance with intent to maim, burn or disfigure.
  — Sean Neumann, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
• Law and Hoult give emotionally detailed, deeply felt performances that partly work against type, while the film’s unblinking portrait of the seductive, corrosive power of hate gives it a power that rises above a typical cat-and-mouse policier.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Jan 2025