Verb (used with object) : Jealousy corroded his character. From Dictionary.com.
The liquid corroded our iron kettles very rapidly. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879] Reference
Cariose - ous: corroded; appearing as if worm-eaten. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Kampf says he is worried the corroded wiring poses a fire hazard. From Wordnik.com. [Chinese-made drywall causing home and health hazards] Reference
Willy smiled, showing teeth that looked like corroded coral reefs. From Wordnik.com. [Willy Takes the Night Train to Heaven] Reference
Israel is being corroded by the ideology underpinning its existence. From Wordnik.com. [Ahmed Moor: Israel Cannot be Both Jewish and Democratic] Reference
He took it down, but it fell apart at once, being completely corroded. From Wordnik.com. [Cord and Creese] Reference
There was a cut-iron nail, size of a six-penny nail, slightly corroded. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
But the evil has come with the good, and much fine gold has been corroded. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
Oil drums, drainpipes, corrugated roofs, each a corroded excremental brown. From Wordnik.com. [The Forsaken] Reference
A pile of corroded equipment; atmosphere generators, other tools now shapeless. From Wordnik.com. [Starman's Quest] Reference
The fact that it is easily corroded by salt solutions is, however, a disadvantage. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
Beyond them, a corroded wheel hung loosely in what had once been precision bearings. From Wordnik.com. [Millennium] Reference
Like steam leaking from a corroded radiator, secrets came hissing out of Moscow Center last week. From Wordnik.com. [The Coup Makers' Secrets] Reference
But they're so corroded and they haven't been maintained, so they can only pressurize two of them. From Wordnik.com. [Aging Oil Terminal Vital To Iraq's Economy] Reference
Pins so left in, being more corroded than usual, frequently break after being in use a short time. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
Dangling from the cloth was a corroded button on which I could still discern the insignia of Spain. From Wordnik.com. [Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos] Reference
ModuSpec said the sewage treatment plant was "in poor condition," mainly because of a corroded tank. From Wordnik.com. [Oil rigs' safety net questioned as governments rely on private inspections] Reference
The photo shows copper coils on an air conditioner that were apparently blackened and corroded by drywall. From Wordnik.com. [Chinese-made drywall not a radiation risk, says CPSC] Reference
Various colors may be applied to the corroded parts of the glass, whereby a fine painting may be executed. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference
"It's a whole new world for Mexico," says a Monterrey economist worried about the corroded industrial base. From Wordnik.com. [Oh No, Not Nafta Again!] Reference
The battery cable on my car had corroded away while I was at sea, but a mechanic in Oakland fixed it for free. From Wordnik.com. [At War In The 20Th Century, Our Readers' Voices,] Reference
The institutions of self-government seemed too corroded by money, vanity and cynicism to do anything about it. From Wordnik.com. [America Changes The Guard] Reference
Johnny determined to square the debt now, once for all, and wipe his own mind clean of that poison which corroded it. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
When it comes to shopping for a grill, 55 percent of consumers buy a new one once their old model is rusted or corroded. From Wordnik.com. [Grilling America’s grillers] Reference
Mr. Duncan cut away a thick scale of corroded metal, then scraping it with a knife a pure copper plate was exposed to view. From Wordnik.com. [The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West] Reference
He was young and optimistic; he seemed able to rise above the nasty partisanship that's corroded our politics in recent years. From Wordnik.com. [The Editor's Desk] Reference
He was going toPortlandand came to pick them up on Friday afternoon in a corroded green station wagon that was missing a fender. From Wordnik.com. [May the Road Rise Up to Meet You] Reference
She was a careful woman, but over these many years the bow has flattened, and the wind-up parts have corroded some from non-use. From Wordnik.com. [Birthday Music] Reference
They are intellectual activists, social conservatives and Rush Limbaugh adherents who believe the president has corroded America's values. From Wordnik.com. [Confounding The Right] Reference
The metal coil on the central air conditioner turned black and then became so badly corroded it had to be replaced after just a few months. From Wordnik.com. [Problems with Chinese-made drywall include health issues] Reference
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