How to Use corrode in a Sentence
corrode
verb
- After a few weeks in the ocean, the boat began to corrode.
- Over time, the pipes become corroded and need to be replaced.
- Years of lies and secrets had corroded their relationship.
- Rainwater may corrode the steel containers.
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Plastic ones are cheaper but aren’t as sturdy and could start to corrode over time.
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Bestreviews,
The Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2024
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Weiss said the hooks had begun to corrode in the musky's jaw.
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Paul A. Smith,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
18 Oct. 2017
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Gomez said the copper would corrode if the pans were idle.
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Sylvie Corbet,
Fox News,
15 Sep. 2018
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One was corroded and split; the other had a hole in it.
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Brittany Wallman,
Sun-Sentinel.com,
5 Sep. 2017
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In the weeks since, this unified front has fractured and the very brand of the group has begun to corrode.
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Marissa J. Lang,
Anchorage Daily News,
26 Feb. 2021
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The second is the filler neck, which can corrode on older cars and cause leaks.
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Ray Magliozzi,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2021
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Around the corroding skeletons of pump jacks, the ground is stained black from spills.
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Mark Olalde,
ProPublica,
22 Feb. 2024
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That caused the copper to corrode, turning it a dark black.
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Mary Jo Pitzl,
The Arizona Republic,
9 Jan. 2022
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Seats / Most seat bolts are corroded or have a nut under the bus that turns with the bolt.
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Will Sutherland,
Popular Mechanics,
4 Dec. 2019
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The problem is linked to a part in the brake system that can corrode and fail without warning.
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John Schmid,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
12 Feb. 2018
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Acidic water can corrode lead pipes and carry lead that leaches from them to the tap.
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Maura C. Allaire,
The Conversation,
3 Sep. 2019
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Some steel is so corroded that the buildings are close to collapse.
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National Geographic,
20 Apr. 2018
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Kids wrote their names in the ash that blanketed their parents’ cars and corroded the paint.
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Naomi Fry,
The New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2017
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While the tin was corroded, the cake itself was intact and still wrapped in wax paper.
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Jason Daley,
Smithsonian,
15 Aug. 2017
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At one of the pump jacks, which had not drawn oil in more than eight years, pieces of metal had corroded and fallen off.
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Mark Olalde,
ProPublica,
22 Feb. 2024
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The durable metal pump is coated for longevity and won’t corrode or rust.
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Chris Hachey,
BGR,
26 May 2021
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The gasket can release sulfur that can corrode the LED circuit that controls the lights.
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Laura Sky Brown,
Car and Driver,
12 Feb. 2020
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Just a quick few thoughts: titanium weighs less but is stronger than steel and does not corrode as much as steel.
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Charles Manning,
Cosmopolitan,
8 June 2015
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The problem is that the batteries often don’t get changed and start to corrode, then damage the circuit board.
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Ben Kuchera,
Ars Technica,
7 July 2019
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Worse yet, water also helps corrode the steel or aluminum rim over time.
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Ezra Dyer,
Popular Mechanics,
28 Sep. 2020
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The oceans where rocket boosters are usually sent to land can corrode the metal that the boosters are made of.
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Joshua Hawkins,
BGR,
4 May 2022
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Then the water starts to corrode your brake components.
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Ray Magliozzi,
courant.com,
25 May 2018
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Experts said that water from the Flint River had corroded the pipes and caused lead to leach into the water.
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Julie Bosman,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2017
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If yours is dated, corroding, or just plain doesn’t match your style, replace it with one that does.
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Joanna Linberg,
Sunset,
22 Jan. 2018
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The Madre is a former US Navy tank landing ship built more than 70 years ago and slowly corroding away.
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Brad Lendon,
CNN,
12 Aug. 2023
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Such double standards corrode the very principle of an international rule of law.
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Kelebogile Zvobgo,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Oct. 2023
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