dross

Example Sentences

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"When one has paid tribute to their ability to turn such dross into gold, a major question remains. If they win at Wembley, what will it do to English football?"

From BBC • May 31, 2023

"They have chosen to be guided by a Christianity hammered free of the dross of the modern world," Gonzalez wrote.

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

Plenty of good, inexpensive Bordeaux is out there, but those bottles are hard to pick out from the dross.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2021

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