dross

Example Sentences

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Last time around, when Gerrard took over from the hapless Pedro Caixinha, he could throw out the dross and start again, but it cost a lot of cash and it plunged Rangers into financial challenges.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2025

But to appreciate the treasure it becomes, you have to understand the dross from which it came.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2023

Some conservative Catholics have embraced the groypers, arguing that they "have chosen to be guided by a Christianity hammered free of the dross of the modern world."

From Salon • May 13, 2022

Buddy you're the boss man, dross man, Take another loss, there's no positive gloss Sunday, You got staff to debase, you're in last place, Gotta hire lawyers to help with your case.

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2022

I fancied that a malevolent Rumpelstiltskin crept into my room at night and undid my best work, turning the gold of my efforts into pathetic dross on a wheel perversely spinning backward.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly