rusting

present participle of rust

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rusting Protect Your Lawn Mower A coating of WD-40 will protect your lawn mower parts from rusting and corrosion. Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025 These pots are exactly like the ones described above, except that they have been coated in porcelain enamel in order to protect them from rusting. Emily Johnson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025 Carbon steel is sharper but needs more constant care to avoid rusting or edge dullness. Christopher Murray May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025 Facilities should ensure that slides are properly secured to the ground and equipment isn’t rusting. Carrie Lukas, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 That clash in the Spratlys near Second Thomas Shoal, on which Philippine marines are stationed in a rusting World War II naval vessel, left a Filipino crewman missing a thumb. Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025 In May 2012, the site was cluttered with tractors and rusting farm equipment. Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025 Old mine buildings and rusting machinery slowly decay, some of them now submerged in floodwaters. Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 23 Aug. 2025 The beams in the Palm House at Kew Gardens are rusting. Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rusting
Verb
  • Churches, libraries, and houses stand splintered and rotting next to posh tourist resorts, the aftermath of 2017’s Hurricane Maria.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Warm soil can interfere with tuber growth and increase the likelihood of your potatoes rotting in the ground.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Another legend explains how in the distant past, the nefarious Lake Nyos was formed from the decomposing body of a Kom chief whose people had been tricked and murdered by the Bamessi tribe.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Thatch is made up of decomposing grass stems and roots on the soil surface.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • What Pasolini wants is to turn this decaying palazzo into the Château de Silling, the house in which Sade’s libertines conduct their atrocious experiments.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The decaying carcasses would have been covered by a film of bacteria, which can electrostatically attract clay found in the surrounding sediment.
    Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For the anti-Semitic parties of the right, the Jews were the main subject, the driving force corroding national strength and health.
    Daniel May, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025

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“Rusting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rusting. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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