Example Sentences

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The FSO Safer tanker has been rusting away off Yemen’s coast since 2015.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2022

The Viola has been rusting on the island of South Georgia for decades.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2016

Why, that old spur has been rusting away for over five years, to my recollection.

From Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer by Chapman, Allen

"Yes; it required some ingenuity to withdraw it from where, I suppose, it has been rusting many a year."

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James