dusty
Example Sentences
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The glow comes from a dusty disk that the star expelled only a few hundred years ago.
From Science Daily
I’ve never met Aunt Melissa, but once I found a box of dusty scrapbooks in the closet and looked through pictures of her and Dad when they were kids.
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He went right to his narrow twin bed, fished out The Way to Rio Luna from under the covers, and hid it on a dusty shelf in the garage.
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He rubbed the toe of his tennis shoe into the dusty trail, dislodging a stone.
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Two guards at a nearby immigration detention center said they frequently see detainees come in still wearing dusty work clothes from construction jobsites.
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