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

Find a duster extender or ladder to make sure you can reach the ceiling and the tops of cabinets and refrigerators.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025

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

“I hate this play and every word in it,” she says, before throwing down her duster like a mic drop.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2022

There he was, waiting for us, in his black leather duster and his sunglasses, an aluminum baseball bat propped on his shoulder.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan