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Examples

  • Mrs. Prendergast returned bearing a massive, rusty-looking thing.

    Winter Bloom Tara Heavey 2010

  • There were probably lots of possible explanations for how Shaughnessy had come into possession of that sweatshirt, how it came to have that rusty-looking stain.

    FALSE MERMAID ERIN HART 2010

  • Indeed, the fattest and somewhat rusty-looking central exhaust stack had been fitted with elaborate ductwork of obviously newer metal, which captured everything coming out of the stack and shunted it to a nearby new building.

    China’s Silver Lining 2008

  • Indeed, the fattest and somewhat rusty-looking central exhaust stack had been fitted with elaborate ductwork of obviously newer metal, which captured everything coming out of the stack and shunted it to a nearby new building.

    China’s Silver Lining 2008

  • Indeed, the fattest and somewhat rusty-looking central exhaust stack had been fitted with elaborate ductwork of obviously newer metal, which captured everything coming out of the stack and shunted it to a nearby new building.

    China’s Silver Lining 2008

  • There were probably lots of possible explanations for how Shaughnessy had come into possession of that sweatshirt, how it came to have that rusty-looking stain.

    FALSE MERMAID ERIN HART 2010

  • The weeping Madonna was kept in another building a few feet from the chapel, and we were led there by a skinny little monk who bore a strong resemblance to Rasputin: long greasy hair, a full straggly beard, and a stained, rusty-looking cassock.

    Knowing Jesse Marianne Leone 2010

  • The weeping Madonna was kept in another building a few feet from the chapel, and we were led there by a skinny little monk who bore a strong resemblance to Rasputin: long greasy hair, a full straggly beard, and a stained, rusty-looking cassock.

    Knowing Jesse Marianne Leone 2010

  • She spotted a rusty-looking streak in the wall of stone and coaxed the board closer, but it turned out to be just a slimy smear of lichen.

    Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010

  • Indeed, the fattest and somewhat rusty-looking central exhaust stack had been fitted with elaborate ductwork of obviously newer metal, which captured everything coming out of the stack and shunted it to a nearby new building.

    China’s Silver Lining 2008

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