Sentence examples for rusty springs from inspiring English sources

The book's linguistic "liberties" begin to pop out of the prose, like the rusty springs of an old couch.

Yet we have hardly had time to appreciate our surroundings when the peace is shattered by a metallic sound, like clashing gears and rusty springs; you'd be forgiven for thinking it came from the motorway.

And the apprentice felt again the rusty spring mechanism beneath his fingers, the dust covering the old servants' bell.

A slightly rusty, very dusty, spring-loaded mechanism.

West Virginia coach Neal Brown said that Kendall looked a bit rusty in Saturday's spring game, but he still went 5-for-8 for 109 yards, including a 60-yard TD pass to T.J. Simmons.

"Last time we played them, we looked rusty coming off of spring break," Ludloff said of Laguna's first game in more than two weeks, a 13-3 loss April 17 at Godinez.

Its rudimentary front suspension relies on leaf springs strapped to rusty skis.

All the working parts are exposed – rusty cogs, bicycle wheels, coils, springs and old sewing machine parts, connected together like some quivering Jean Tinguely contraption.

While the major leaguers playing in the tournament are rusty, having missed much of spring training, the Cubans are in midseason form: their league has suspended play for the Classic.

"I am a little rusty and out of shape after spring break, but I just had to tough it out and I wanted it so that drove me to do better". The two Rebels also led the 400 free and 200 medley relay teams, which included Bruce Park and Gary Lee, to first-place finishes.

I envisioned its shelves happily lined with rusty Horn & Hardart coffee cans, out of which spring thickets of paintbrushes, screwdrivers and odd tools with obscure purposes.