How to Use rusty in a Sentence

rusty

adjective
  • On the way up, the ladies do have a ladder — rusty and shaky.
    Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The paint is faded, the dash is cracked, and the valve covers are rusty.
    Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Even old, rusty cast iron found at a thrift store can be brought back to life.
    Amanda Ogle, Treehugger, 30 May 2023
  • But safety doesn’t have to mean an old lock and one rusty key.
    Popular Science, 25 Oct. 2020
  • Beds are made from corten steel, chosen for its strength and rusty patin.
    Owen Holmes, House Beautiful, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Franklin, which only had a 35-point blowout of Martinsville for a game in the past 10 days, looked rusty.
    Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Feb. 2023
  • In his first game back, Watson was rusty against the Texans.
    Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Go classic with black, cream, or tan, or stand out in rusty red.
    Claire Harmeyer, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Meanwhile, the hydrophone array, attached to the rusty train wheels, had dropped to the bottom of the sea.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Its reddish color comes from the rusty iron that is in the ground on its terrain.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The latter leads Alice to impale her hand on a rusty nail from a fence.
    Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The once rusty range has been restored and converted to use propane.
    Jeastman, oregonlive, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Blankets were stapled over the windows and a rusty propane tank squatted at the end of a bed.
    Conor Dougherty Mark Abramson Jack Healy Ariana Drehsler Campbell Robertson Desiree Rios Conor Dougherty Jamie Kelter Davis, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2023
  • From the outside, the beige tents pop, contrasted against the rusty landscape.
    Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2023
  • In rusty browns and reds, he’s outlined the area’s iconic cypress.
    Jessica Fender, NOLA.com, 1 Dec. 2020
  • However, Hurts has only played in one game over the past month and looked rusty.
    Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Kung Fu Panda 4 The moves are getting a bit rusty, but there's still plenty of fun.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The Grizzlies had already played three games heading into this matchup and looked like the less rusty team out of the gate.
    Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Sorry, the Cowboys’ Latin is a little rusty these days.
    David Moore, Dallas News, 30 Jan. 2021
  • By the way, these come in a few other colors, including black, brown, and a rusty red, but don’t be afraid of the cream!
    Rachel Wilkerson Miller, SELF, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Or whether the Aztecs are rusty from eight days between games for final exams.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The men scoop the wiggling fish into a rusty container.
    Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Change can be rusty and gritty at the start but can also become smooth running through and through.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Water falling back to the moon as well as more that seeps up through the cracks in the ice produce rusty red stains on portions of the surface.
    TIME, 12 Feb. 2024
  • However, if Henry is rusty, the Bengals have a great chance to cause the upset.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Town appeared beyond a rise, framed by towers of rusty crab pots.
    WIRED, 15 July 2023
  • The countertops are rusty, the prices cut-rate, and shoes and shirts often optional.
    New York Times, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Bey didn’t look rusty in return Until a week ago, Bey had been an ironman for the Pistons.
    Detroit Free Press, 28 Nov. 2022
  • In brown or rusty orange, a curly-tail grub becomes a crayfish when slowly hopped across the bottom.
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Orange Two cups of yellow onion skins create orange on white eggs or a rusty red on brown eggs.
    Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 22 Mar. 2024

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