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The light there was too dim for us to make out anything but walls and heaps of rusting scrap-iron cast away there and mouldering own.
The rusting of iron is, to all intents and purposes, the slow burning of iron.
The weapon wasrusting in its scabbard, and the proud spirit which had worn it honorably through a fierce war, waged upon a foreign soil, chafed under the inaction to which it was condemned in that far-off region.
Nothing tends to weaken a bridle so much, during the exposure consequent on an outdoor life, as the rusting out of buckles and the breaking or pulling through of their tongues--both sources of endless trouble and annoyance.
But few shops, and those only which dealt in the necessaries of life, were opened, and the hammer of the artisan lay rusting on the anvil.
Shall youthful swords lie rusting in the scabbards, and young men count the odds, when slaughtered beauty from its bloody grave clamors for vengeance?
The wearing out in the one case does not seem to be more destructive than the rusting out in the other.
Most of us unwittingly have chosen the rusting process.
We have a choice between wearing out and rusting out.
Meteoric iron is covered with a sort of varnish which preserves its surface from the rusting action of the air; but this preservative property does not extend to the interior.
Along the ridge of the hog-wallow rested the rusting Winchesters of the Mexicans--all pointing in the same direction.
The order was exempt from episcopal jurisdiction and subject to the pope alone; its wealth, courage and devotion were rusting for lack of employment.
It is obvious that a plate coupling will require at least as much force to remove it from the shaft as it took to put it on, and sometimes, from rusting of the keys, &c.
If you stay contented with what you have done, even for a little while, you have temporarily retired from the game of success and are in danger of rusting into a partial failure.
Sidenote: Rusting in Self-Satisfaction] A great many people "break training" mentally as well as physically at the celebration stage.
We pass a number of torpedo‐boat destroyers and a small fleet of obsolete gunboats rusting in inglorious ease.
The road runs down through patches of market‐gardens to Old Kowloon City, a quaint walled Chinese town, with antique iron gunsrusting on its bastions.
But only the ancient and rusting hinges remained of either gate or wicket.
Flint, smiting the ball with the palm of his hand, "to think of those Ross rifles rustingdown there and to think of the pink-skinned pigs they could paunch so cleanly.
You used to have plenty of spirit in our old college days, Graheme, and I wonder at your rusting your life out here when there is a fair field and plenty of honour, to say nothing of hard cash, to be won in the Low Country.
Footnote 10: The rustingof iron is not quite as simple as this, as it probably undergoes two or three changes before finally combining with oxygen.
For bleaching and rusting are slow kinds of oxidation or burning (combining with oxygen).
We tied it up in the inside of that to keep it from rusting in the dews of night, and let you not open it now or you'll have the people making game of us and telling the story on us, east and west to the butt of the hills.
Lubricate lightly through hole in rear of grip to avoid rusting and “freezing.
But against this indefinite general rusting of mind machinery in the soldier-workman's life away from the fighting line certain definite considerations must be set.
Turning to the spells of service at the front--there will be no rusting there--the novelty of sensation, the demand for initiative and adaptability are too great.
Others[10] maintain that, while the formation of rust may proceed as described, carbonic acid is not necessary, and that free oxygen alone causes rusting when atmospheric moisture is condensed upon the surface of iron.
It is not purpose, we are convinced, but it must be carelessness on the part of that manufacturer who allows the use of a rusting screw here or a bolt there when the rest of the equipment is safeguarded against such conditions.
The small part capable of rusting is as much an eyesore to the purchaser and in certain conditions can do as great damage as though the manufacturer had not spent the major sum to insure his rust-resisting container.
Rusting road-rollers stand idle, decaying machines lie neglected, and half-finished public works are covered with cobwebs.
The time should therefore be quickly noted and the watch replaced in the higher temperature box for four or five hours to become thoroughly dry and prevent against rusting of the steel parts.
In case that the rust has reached a stage far enough advanced to seriously pit the metal, good results cannot be expected from the spring even though further rusting may be prevented.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rusting" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
