tarnished

December 28th, 2010 | 274 Entries

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274 Entries for “tarnished”

  1. silver, tarnished silver. When i went to Virginia (Williamsberg) I remember being young, probably around 8 and cleaning tarnished silverware with Martha Washington. She told us she really never thought George would be president

  2. Her reputation was tarnished when she was caught in the supply closet with her boss on Monday afternoon. Her co-workers snickered behind their hands at her every time she passed them by.

    Holly
  3. She looked at her blurred reflection in the silver that her grandmother left for her. It aged better than she did, but it still made her look like a leper…much like her family’s legacy did to her reputation.

    Harvey
  4. Tarnished.
    Everything that was is utterly tarnished
    Thanks to your boorish behavior and
    Lack of courage
    When it comes to the matters of the heart.
    Down this yellow brick road,
    You are the tin man who does not love
    Nor wishes to do so.

  5. humiliated

    Elli
  6. As I wiped myself clean, I tarnished you in the process. Sorry.

    moe
  7. jewelry, gold silver. polishing moms silver. the smell of the polish. old. oxidized. something broken or unkept. violette, work, spilt polish in the bathroom..oops.

    ally
  8. Once, there was a very tarnished necklace in a pawn shop. No one would buy it. Then, one day, I came along. I found it, bought it, and fixed it up. I then kept it and passed it down the generations.

    Sarah
  9. tarnished something that has nothig to do with anything i mean i dont give a fuck about tarnished im just wasting time great my brilliant spelling is showing ¬_¬ fuck it i give up

    awesome fuck
  10. “the damage is done”
    “surely this can be repaired”
    “it’s too late”
    “but it can be fixed”
    “I’m too tiered”
    “you’ll have to dig in to your reserves, you can’t give it up now. You’re almost there.”
    “I can’t, they won’t listen. They’ve made up their minds about me and where they are going.”
    “so turn in on it’s head”
    “I don’t know anymore. I mean, who am I doing it for. I’ve forgotten why I’m here. They dont want to see change. They just want to continue in this same vein even if it means the death of them. It’s hopeless, my friend. We need to save ourselves and get out of here. They don’t want our help, they want our pity and someone to blame. Stay if you want, I’m going.”
    “I’m staying on, there is nothing waiting fore back home.”

  11. well I dont know what to write about this word. I just self absorbed and cant relate this word to what is going on in my life. therefore I will ramble and type away. type…. it makes me think of jewelry and how people overlook some of the best things based on first impressions and appearances.

  12. When my husband was my boyfriend, he gave me a necklace that is now tangled and tarnished. I thought it was a very intimate gift for two people that had only know each other a couple of months, plus it wasn’t really my style. I feel bad now and should have it clearned and wear it for special occasions.

    Tonya
  13. She walked across the warm sand. The sun beat down on her face making her whole body feel wonderfully new. The one thing she needed to be new was her heart. She dragged it behind her foot prints laying limp, broken, and forever tarnished because of one person, Ben.

    Leah Collins
  14. My life was ending, and I knew it. No one knew my pain. I was tarnished from the inside out. My body was running and leaving its sane behind. The end was near, but no one cared.

    Leah Collins
  15. The door closed gently behind her as she strode down the aisle, towards her new life. She heard nothing of the quiet compliments of her beauty, or the piano music that trolled a march in the background. All she could see was her freedom, tarnished and crying, lying on the floor in shackles.

  16. There isn’t one thing on this planet that won’t be tarnished when Sol goes supernova.

  17. I dont know wha that means but I thin k it means like ruined? haha I’m sucha an idiot. sounds like tartar sauce. tarnish sauce. now that i think boout it, it sounds ike paint? idk

    bla
  18. tarnished. That’s what their relationship was, tarnished. And here he was coming back to her, thinking they could just pick things up where they left off. There was no way. Absolutely no way. Not after everything that he had put her through. What did he think she was, a fool, a complete idiot?

    Nicole
  19. We had a huge jug of pennies. And for some reason we felt that the pennies had to be washed, so we added soap and filled the jug with water and swished it around. And then we poured the water out. The pennies never got completely dried, so they tarnished and stuck together.

    Sara
  20. I had once tarnished your mother. It was good. Tarnished reminds me of a time in my childhood where I had fallen from a tree. Banana hammocks are often one of the most frowned upon items of clothing, but I feel more people need to admire their beauty.

    Mike Emily
  21. Hi, my name is tarnished. I’m not really sure what to say about myself, but…I’m tarnished. I don’t know why my parents named me that, but they did. Maybe it’s one of those ‘Your parents hate you’ kinda names? Maybe. But I don’t know. All I know is that tarnished isnt even a name…

    Jessica
  22. used up rusted no longer wanted thrown away to be left alone for something new that has a shine something that has a glow in this world someone you would rather hold your hand then mine someone to smile and grow old in your photos while i just stay stagnet and die tarnished in your eyes no hello just goodbye

    Amanda Lynn Ducato
  23. The Goldware we use for Christmas dinner. Like us, it’s battered, but is still shining bravely on. We’ll make it. We always do.

    Brandice
  24. I’ve lost everything. I don’t know where my home is anymore. I don’t really know where anything that means something is. What it is, even. How horrible is that? I’ve lost everything about me that I’ve ever known. It’s all a lie. What am I supposed to do with myself now? My boyfriend, my future..after all, weren’t those the only things about me that mattered? They don’t mean a damn thing anymore.

    Amy
  25. it was ruined like his faith that dripped down the glass as he held it in his hands
    he felt the rust, rubbed it with his thumb
    it left a browinish tinge.
    he looked at its battered casing and its raw AGE, as his hand travelled to the bullet wound in his own chest
    and he wondered again how he managed to remove the ancient bullet.

    Taro
  26. something that is tarnished is damaged, for example a reputation or an initiative. Many people refer to Lindsay Lohan’s reputation as tarnished, or Obama’s health care initiative.

    coocoocachoo
  27. Metal jewelry gets tarnished and doesn’t look quite as pretty. It’s just like your reputation after I told everyone you were descended from squirrels.

    Leah
  28. Things that we have in our life that we can not move past. Relationships, personal emotional passageways that have been blocked.

  29. this word feels heavy. like something is ruined. like something beautiful once is now ruined or tainted, but then i think of how beautiful tarnished silver is or statues like liberty and how the color and change adds to them and im not sure i even know what tarnished means anymore to me.

  30. The man’s tarnished limbs were hanging from little pieces of his insides. Barely hanging on, barely there. He was in anguish and yet he felt at peace as death took him. Peace.

    Hannah Shows
  31. A chemical process that is similar to rust but occurs during the oxidation Of silver. Looks old or decrepit, antique. Not as shiny or glossy

    Lily
  32. I have no clue what to say about the word tarnished. It’s not really an interesting word, there’s no hidden meaning and it definitely can’t really be used as an innuendo.
    ‘oh no, you tarnished the chair!’
    I’m not going to lie, what does it mean!?

    your momma
  33. The tarnished bell hung on the arc, looking like something that had been washed up on a beach after being in the ocean for centuries. I longed to wander the same path as the tarnished bell, just to experience the tumbles and rolls. I’m sure that it hurt, as life hurts, but we manage to move on, wiser and stronger.

    Pearl
  34. take the cloth and rub, rub, rub as fast and as hard as you can. you rub so fast and so hard that you actually start to believe that the tarnished bracelet you’re mauling could actually be returned to its pristine beginning, without blemish or darkness.
    and then you realize that you’re just trying to rid yourself of tarnish on your own. you can’t.

  35. is there a reason you’re still around? our live’s have tarnished one anothers. just another bump along the highway of our lives. it’s too chaotic for me to think about it for too long. just take part of me and leave, because that’s all i can think to do with what is left of you and i.

    linzi
  36. the necklace was old and it looked like it had been worn by her grandmother every day until she died, but she didn’t care, she wore it anyways. she loved that necklace as if it were her own child. it didn’t even matter that it looked old and disgusting. it meant much to her than that.

    Victoria
  37. Tarnished – the word reminds me of a boy I know. His name is Taronish, though he prefers to go simply by the letter “T”. When I think of “tarnished”, I think of rags. Rags to rags and rugs to rugs. That’s a song by Eels. They’re a gorgeous band. Tarnished. The past tense of the word “tarnish”. A powerful word.

    Sushi
  38. Tarnish kinda reminds me of a sauce coz its like garnish. but i don’t know what tarnish actually means?
    am i stupid..
    tarnish tarnish tarnish.. hmmm tired?
    Give up? i have no idea.. i will google it after this ;)

    Sorcha Doyle
  39. tarnished. Can refer to a metal object, often silver or brass, or a reputation. One’s reputation can be besmirched, dragged through the dust, or tarred and feathered. The latter strikes me as particularly painful. what does it have to do with metal oxidation? I don’t quite know.

    B. S. M.
  40. You’ve tarnished my feelings for you
    Clouded them with your inconsiderate inconsistencies
    My logic kicked and and told my heart you’re not good
    Despite everything I’ve felt and we’ve been through you’ve
    Managed to create this desperate situation where we will always lose.