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Example sentences for "rusty"

Lexicographically close words:
rustlers; rustles; rustling; rustlings; rusts; rut; ruta; rutabagas; rute; ruthe
  1. He read our book, so piteously stained, this heap of paper scrawled with rusty ink.

  2. The spear--the gallant tilter's pride The rusty spear is laid aside, Oh spits now domineer!

  3. On its filthy walls hung innumerable bunches of rusty keys, of all sizes, disposed without order.

  4. Can he who has refused silver, and gold, and diamonds, be moved by a paltry bunch of rusty iron?

  5. Fly as flies the rusty rickshaw of the Kurumayasan, When he scents a Hippopotam down the groves of Gulistan.

  6. And likewise Ned to his masthead he runs a rag of the Queen's, With a rusty sword and a moke on board to bray like the Horse Marines.

  7. And the boss he won’t be rusty when his sheep they all are shorn, And the wringer’s wrist won’t ache much with the pain Of pocketing his cheque for fifty pounds or more, And the second man will press him hard again.

  8. It was locked, and in the rusty lock they could see the key from within.

  9. Donal raised a rusty latch and pushed; the door swung open against the wall, dropping from one hinge with the slight shock.

  10. Donal lifted the latch, and would have opened the door, but some one held it against him, and he heard the noise of an attempt to push the rusty bolt into the staple.

  11. Trying it then with a poker as a lever, he broke the bottom part across; so there was nothing to hold the bolt, and with a creaking noise of rusty hinges the door slowly opened to his steady pull.

  12. Her hand was stretched towards him, its wrist clasped by the rusty ring, and tightening the chain that held it to the post.

  13. The ground has a warm carpet of pale rusty fern; tree-stem and branch and twig show tender colour-harmonies of grey bark and silver-grey lichen, only varied by the warm feathery masses of birch spray.

  14. When the frugal repast was over, Jean Vilon cast the lantern's light upon the wall; a rusty grating appeared, which he unfastened with a rusty key.

  15. But suddenly she thought of something else and ran to the rusty grate.

  16. There has not been a fire in that grate for many a day," glancing at the rusty fireplace.

  17. There was a rusty grate, an old iron bedstead, and a hard bed covered with a faded coverlet.

  18. And just look at that tiny, rusty grate in the corner.

  19. Wipe it dry, trim away any rusty places underneath, and cover it with a common crust, taking care that this is of sufficient thickness all over to keep the gravy in.

  20. Cut the bacon into thin slices, trim away the rusty parts, and cut off the rind.

  21. Lay it on a table, the rinds downwards; trim off any rusty part, and cut it into slices of an equal thickness.

  22. As bacon is frequently excessively salt, let it be soaked in warm water for an hour or two previous to dressing it; then pare off the rusty parts, and scrape the under-side and rind as clean as possible.

  23. Wash it thoroughly clean, and trim away from the under-side, all the rusty and smoked parts, which would spoil the appearance.

  24. To see one rusty or broken, unavoidable ill luck is fast approaching you.

  25. If it is rusty or broken, you will have grief over wayward people.

  26. To see a broken or rusty one, implies that keen disappointment will be experienced by you.

  27. To see old, rusty iron, signifies poverty and disappointment.

  28. A broken or rusty one, brings unavoidable distress.

  29. A broken or rusty axe, indicates illness and loss of money and property.

  30. To dream of rusty or broken saws, denotes failure and accidents.

  31. To see a bent or rusty pin, signifies that you will lose esteem because of your careless ways.

  32. To see rusty knives, means dissatisfaction, and complaints of those in the home, and separation of lovers.

  33. Old or rusty wire, signifies that you will be possessed of a bad temper, which will give troubles to your kindred.

  34. To find a rusty saw, denotes that you will probably restore your fortune.

  35. To see rusty or broken nails, indicates sickness and failure in business.

  36. He slips over the accounts, he gives the village receipts on furnishing three-quarters or a half of the demand, often in spoilt or mixed grain or poor flour, while those who have no rusty wheat get it of their neighbors.

  37. Though Mr. Fairfield and Channing both were consumed with merriment at the idea of their rusty souls, the Blaneys were quite in earnest and proceeded to dilate on their favourite subjects.

  38. Father O'Keefe, who now appeared on the scene, was very unlike Mr. Trigg; he was a very big man in black but rusty clerical garments.

  39. It was a flat, oval-shaped area of about fifty acres, and kept its vivid green colour and freshness when in January the surrounding land was all of a rusty brown colour.

  40. The sun beamed full on their ledge from a sky of misty blue, and she had thrown aside her hat, uncovering her thick waves of hair, blue-black in the hollows, with warm rusty edges where they took the light.

  41. But suppose Truscomb turns rusty at this very unusual form of procedure?

  42. I found the mess to consist of indifferent potatoes and strange shreds of rusty meat, mixed and cooked together.

  43. He laid his hard hand on the rusty padlock.

  44. The deil put my left fingers between my hammer and the stiddy when I meddle again wi' rusty padlocks.

  45. Her slender figure was poorly but decently clad in a gown of rusty black, her hair neatly arranged, her hands and face clean and of a remarkable pallor.

  46. We both knelt down against the old, rusty stove and commenced.

  47. My first day's work was turning a big heavy stone for him to grind a lot of old, rusty tools on.

  48. I'm a little rusty in the game, you know.

  49. We arrived in a large city; and I was carried ashore by the rusty man, who made his way along many narrow, dirty streets, to a small dingy shop, which he entered.

  50. I should think you would prefer something like that yourself--a little rusty cot and a garden and a dog, where you could smoke all over the house, and have your friend come in for pinochle every night.

  51. All this, while Angelo was sawing on the straps with his rusty knife, and almost before he finished talking, Eveley was free.


  52. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rusty" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    auburn; bay; brassy; brazen; bronze; carmine; cerise; chestnut; copper; crabbed; crimson; crumbling; debilitated; decrepit; dilapidated; doddering; dusty; dyspeptic; eroded; feeble; fiery; flaming; fossilized; foxy; fusty; glowing; harsh; henna; hot; ignorant; inexperienced; infirm; inflamed; lackluster; loutish; lurid; maroon; mildewed; moldering; moldy; musty; palsied; practice; puce; rickety; roan; rubicund; ruby; ruddy; ruined; ruinous; rust; rusty; scarlet; senile; shaky; shriveled; slipping; slow; soft; stale; stiff; sunburned; tense; timeworn; tottering; tottery; unaccustomed; unpracticed; unseasoned; untrained; unused; unwonted; vermilion; warm; weak; wine; withered; wizened; worn


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    rusty black; rusty brown