How to Use rusty in a Sentence

rusty

adjective

• Will things be rusty at first with Cook?
  — Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
• Had a layoff, were rusty, and messy.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 23 May 2026
• Ohtani looked neither rusty nor rushed.
  — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 18 Mar. 2026
• Cast iron cookware that is rusty or has thick buildup.
  — Maria Sabella, The Spruce, 11 Apr. 2026
• A little rusty, but that’s part of the game too.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
• This is a language skill, and most of us are rusty.
  — Zak Ali, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
• Plus no one wants a slice of cornbread with a rusty crust.
  — Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 4 June 2026
• Even old, rusty cast iron found at a thrift store can be brought back to life.
  — Amanda Ogle, Treehugger, 30 May 2023
• Soak your rusty pieces in vinegar for a few hours or overnight.
  — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2025
• But safety doesn’t have to mean an old lock and one rusty key.
  — Popular Science, 25 Oct. 2020
• On the way up, the ladies do have a ladder — rusty and shaky.
  — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022
• Go classic with black, cream, or tan, or stand out in rusty red.
  — Claire Harmeyer, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2022
• Beds are made from corten steel, chosen for its strength and rusty patin.
  — Owen Holmes, House Beautiful, 23 Mar. 2023
• There was a rusty barrel half full of wood embers.
  — Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
• See that rusty knife lying over there in the corner?
  — Arkansas Online, 15 Jan. 2026
• See that rusty knife lying over there in the corner?
  — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2026
• Tatum looked rusty in the first half of his season debut.
  — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
• My lip-reading might be a little rusty.
  — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2026
• Hoban said his team entered a little rusty.
  — Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
• As for that rusty nail, the rust itself is not the problem.
  — Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
• The flowers take on pink tones, then become rusty red fruit in fall.
  — Erica Browne Grivas, Midwest Living, 4 May 2026
• Maybe Leila Ouahabi was just rusty.
  — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 17 May 2026
• The paint is faded, the dash is cracked, and the valve covers are rusty.
  — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 29 Apr. 2022
• The kind that don’t have lids and are just metal boxes with a rusty grate in them.
  — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
• Plus, a rusty Reaves is still returning to form.
  — Scott Phillips, New York Times, 4 May 2026
• Someone had scrawled the words marry me on the rusty derrick.
  — Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
• The once rusty range has been restored and converted to use propane.
  — Jeastman, oregonlive, 29 Mar. 2023
• Town appeared beyond a rise, framed by towers of rusty crab pots.
  — WIRED, 15 July 2023
• All that was missing from the game was a rusty shiv in the center circle.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 26 June 2026
• Simply spray rusty areas, wait a few minutes, and wipe away the rust.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 22 June 2026