dust

Example Sentences

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By this time of day, everything— from the windows of the two-story buildings to the red lanterns strung up for tourists—had been covered in the dust that somehow drifted in from the Mohave.

From Literature

I sweep my fingertips over my nightstand, raking the thick coating of dust on the top.

From Literature

"I've already dusted off the shelf for it," he told AFP in January, referring to the golden statuette that he ended up taking.

From Barron's

With the dust from the mid-2010s podcast boom finally settling, it was only a matter of time until the medium that has become an integral part of our daily lives got the star treatment.

From Salon

Tottenham must dust themselves down for Sunday's meeting with Liverpool at Anfield – a stadium where they have conceded 17 goals in their past four visits in all competitions.

From BBC