How to Use corrosive in a Sentence

corrosive

adjective
  • She argues that racism is dangerous and corrosive to society.
  • The chemicals that spilled are corrosive and can burn the skin and eyes.
    — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2022
  • Between those two ifs is the corrosive limbo of the present.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Not only is salt corrosive and all-around tough on gear, but the larger fish add strain as well.
    — Francesca Krempa, Outside, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The added that the product is non-flammable, non-corrosive and non-hazardous.
    — John D. Harden, Houston Chronicle, 20 Jan. 2018
  • The sport is meant to feel as if your lungs have been dunked in corrosive acid, where saliva turns to blood in your throat.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Each fuels the other, but the latter may prove to be a more corrosive force.
    — Greg Weiner, National Review, 10 Sep. 2020
  • The emails are corrosive in another way too.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Then there’s the corrosive message the rest of the city is hearing in these remarks.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
  • The liquids form a corrosive mixture that eats away at the flesh of those stuck in the crowded boat.
    — Drew Hinshaw, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2017
  • The corrosive knowledge that only two teams have ever climbed out of this first-round hole.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • As Bell and as his peers knew well, reformers can be corrosive, too.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 27 July 2021
  • Driving all of these things is the corrosive effect of fast fashion.
    — Kristin Larson, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Look for a pair made from high-quality, non-corrosive stainless steel.
    — Francesca Krempa, Outside, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Like stainless steel, glass straws won't absorb any flavors or smells from your drink and are non-corrosive.
    — Lindsey Murray, Good Housekeeping, 26 July 2018
  • Meddling with the home and church is destructive and corrosive.
    — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 10 June 2023
  • But that both sides are engaged in a shady enterprise is a corrosive belief.
    — WIRED, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Salt is corrosive and will cause rust, and so keeping salt off of the unit is generally a good thing.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The resulting hopelessness has been corrosive to the health of those who live in them.
    — Melissa Healystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2020
  • Yet some children who live in the same areas seem to be shielded from crime’s corrosive effects.
    — Susan Pinker, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2018
  • Lawlor’s account helps explain why this contempt is so corrosive.
    — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Not all the actors in Iannucci’s film are at ease with his corrosive tone.
    — Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2018
  • The new water was corrosive, causing the water to erode the metal pipes.
    — Eman Bare, Teen Vogue, 15 June 2018
  • What’s so sad is that his corrosive elements corrode even the thing that’s most valuable.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 19 Dec. 2023
  • But the message sent by the corrosive guitars is just as explicit.
    — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Using a biodegradable, non-corrosive pipe cleaner once a month can help keep the bathroom sink drain clean.
    — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2023
  • True to its title, much of the film takes place at night, when doubt, fear, nightmares and paranoia can be their most corrosive.
    — Michael O'Sullivan, The Denver Post, 9 June 2017
  • This will help keep the hardware safe from the corrosive chemical paint stripper.
    — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 July 2022
  • The White Hot makes clear that love without honesty is corrosive.
    — Ruth Madievsky, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Cleaner for chrome wheels The world is filled with corrosive particles that eat away at your wheels.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026

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