Example Sentences

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The blade will rust if I leave it in the sink.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

Iron will rust when it is exposed to oxygen and water.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

All ordnance materiel will rust to beat hell if constant care is not taken to prevent it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Six years of pure repression Our liberties will rust.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the other hand, too much moisture will rust the steel parts, strings, etc.; so the "happy medium" is the condition to be desired.

From Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs by Fischer, J. Cree (Jerry Cree)