dust

Example Sentences

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"When the dust settled I realised that the important things I wanted to do were the small things, the things that we often glaze over, that we don't even reflect on," he said.

From BBC

As businesses switch toward proliferating AI agents over human workers, software companies sticking to a per-seat pricing model may be left in the dust.

From The Wall Street Journal

I schlepped in oversized bags of flour and sugar to make cranberry-orange and pumpkin-chocolate loaves for Christmas—leaving a fine dusting of powder in the pantry.

From Salon

The only problem is that “when the dust has settled and investors’ nerves have steadied, the bargains will be gone.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Three days after we got there I answered the front door knocker and there stood Karel, coal dust from the train trip still speckling his shoulders.

From Literature