It tarnishes slowly in dry air and rapidly in moist air.
It tarnishes in a day or two, even in dry air, and in contact with moist air it breaks up like ordinary lime.
It however often tarnishes the lustre of those trees in which these insects are numerous, and is the lure that attracts the swarms of ants which you may often see travelling up and down the trunk of the oak and other trees.
Sulphureted hydrogen gas, which so readily tarnishes silver, forming a black film on the surface, has no action on this metal.
The people are like unto gold, which tarnishes not, like unto the waters of the river, which never become small, and like unto the dancing plumes of the cogon and runo grass.
Never use blue starch, which tarnishes and eats out the coloring; nor white of eggs, which casts a thick varnish over pictures, and only mends bad ones by concealing the faults of the coloring.
On this occasion the Copper turns white, and assumes the colour of Silver; but it soon tarnishes in the air.
It tarnishes upon exposure to the air and under water, and falls into a powder.
Upon being exposed to the air, it tarnishes only by admixture with other metals, turns grey on the surface, and loses its lustre.
It is unalterable in the air for a long time, but at length it tarnishes and presents a greyish-white, half metallic color.
Lead combinations give the following reactions before the blowpipe: Metallic lead tarnishes when heated in the oxidation flame, and is instantly covered with a grey matter, consisting of the protoxide and the metal.
It will not oxidize in dry air, but tarnishes if exposed to air containing moisture, first becomes grey, and then passes into the white carbonate.
It contains amorphous masses of iron pyrites, of a yellow color and metallic brilliancy, which soon tarnishes on exposure to the air.
These characters serve to distinguish it from antimonial silver, which is not malleable; from native antimony which tarnishes on exposure, &c.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tarnishes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
