duster

Example Sentences

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In Kern County: Mistaken for a government agent by foreign spies, Roger Thornhill, played by Cary Grant, is chased across a barren field in Indiana by a crop duster in “North by Northwest.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

She was dressed in a lacy white duster over slacks and T-shirt and her shoes were not meant for hiking.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2023

Hefner’s wife and children said he began as a crop duster and had an aviation career that spanned more than 40 years.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2023

Hankey even hired a crop duster to fly over half of his 30 acres to test whether the plane would move more pollen around in the air and improve fertilization.

From Reuters • Dec. 21, 2022

To her ways of doing things — the way she rolled up the washcloths, the way she dusted with a feather duster.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen