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How to use the word Rusty in a Sentence?

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She told me that a friend of hers had heard of me and exclaimed “he’s disturbing to read.” now i like that – “disturbing to read: -- like popping pills or pushing the plunger down, like big knives and rusty razors. i’m fucking disturbing – let me disturb you too

Scott C. Holstad

added by scottholstad
2 years ago

Guys just tried to stay as ready as they could through the quarantine process, there wasn’t much we could do but a lot of guys were watching film, trying to fix the stuff they could work on. Of course we were a little rusty but we just kind of came together and we’re starting to catch a flow where everyone’s being aggressive, everyone’s showing up.

Isaiah Mobley

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

she said i want you to meet him you'll like him really yeah i thought like car crash broken glass rusty razored underwear barbed wire cheer acid fear like walking down normandie naked nightly like tiger claws 'n earthquake falls i'll really relish meeting 'm.

Scott C. Holstad

added by scottholstad
2 years ago

It was rusty, but kind of expected since I haven't raced in a long time.

Allyson Felix

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I was outside in the water, throwing sticks and stones and stuff to see how far they skip, and then I found some kind of stick, i picked it up and was going to drop it back in the water, but it had a handle, and I saw that it was a little bit pointy at the end and all rusty. I held it up in the air and I said' Daddy, I found a sword !' When he saw that it bent and was rusty, he came running up and took it.

Andy Vanecek

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I was a bit rusty obviously and need to brush up on a few things and come back and get a bit better, i just want to play as many matches as possible on grass. It's a tough field here and you have to be on the edge every single round.

Grigor Dimitrov

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I prefer to remember Rusty Giuliani that way than the way Rusty Giuliani's conducting Rusty Giuliani now.

James Clapper

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I just looked down and I saw this old rusty washer covered in gunk and I’m like, 'ew!'.

Sheila Hatfield

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Yes, you're rusty and you're trying to get the rhythm again, it's my first match in a while, but this is what I've done for so long, and when you're in the moment, you try to block everything out, and you compete. And I'm a competitor by nature, even when things are not working. That's what I do.

Maria Sharapova

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Feeling a little rusty this morning, trying to get back into the meet after a late night.

Nathan Adrian

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

They will always be remembered as good kids, we all came here to find like peace and security away from war zones. But the destiny waiting for us here is... really crazy. An abandoned home The bodies of the victims were discovered in an abandoned home, Rusty York told WANE.

Abdelaziz Hassab

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I'm definitely a little rusty but it felt natural out there, it felt natural being around my teammates and being able to play in the same system.

Josh Smith

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Every day that goes by, he's getting better at what he does. It's like riding a bicycle, it comes back, the very first few events he might have been a bit rusty, but he's improved exponentially at each event.

Gordon Sondlund

Found on CNN
8 years ago

At the beginning of the match I think we were both a bit rusty. I think he had more chances in the opening two or three service games of mine but I just managed to make the crucial break, that was the turning point, going up 3-2 in the first set. Then I was in control.

Novak Djokovic

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's getting there, i didn't feel completely painless. Just I felt that it's a bit rusty still. Even on the serve I wasn't able to pop it, to hit it at a full speed.

Croatian Cilic

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I guess after coming off a three-week break, and then felt a little ... I wouldn't say rusty, but just not quite on top of my game yesterday, and then today, I felt like I was trying to get something going and couldn't. Coming off three weeks off and playing in conditions like these, it sort of shows you where you're game is at. Just got to regroup and put some work in and get ready for Miami next week.

Rory McIlroy

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I guess after coming off a three-week break, I felt, I wouldn't say rusty, but just not quite on top of my game yesterday, and then today I felt like I was trying to get something going and couldn't. Coming off three weeks off and playing in conditions like these, it sort of shows you where your game's at. I've just got to regroup and get ready for Miami next week.

Rory McIlroy

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Is it worth getting stabbed with a rusty screwdriver by a tweaker for a bike? Many people say no.

Bryan Hance

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Hillary Clinton, I think, has proven that when you're off the trail for a while, you come back rusty, she certainly came back rusty on that book tour.

Larry Sabato

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.

Walter Scott

added by anonymous
9 years ago

There rise her timeless capitals of empires daily born, whose plinths are laid at midnight and whose streets are packed at morn; and here come tired youths and maids that feign to love or sin in tones like rusty razor blades to tunes like smitten tin.

Rudyard Kipling

added by anonymous
10 years ago

May the hinges of our friendship never grow rusty.

Irish Proverb

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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