diamond dust
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of diamond dust
First recorded in 1695–1705
Example Sentences
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Could diamond dust -- in addition to its use in drug delivery to treat tumor cells -- one day become a novel contrast agent used for MRI?
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024
Based on an original painting sold last year, each piece is made with layers that include diamond dust and platinum leaf.
From Reuters • May 30, 2022
I used diamond dust a bunch of times.
From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2020
Then, the air needs to be still for a few days, and the sky needs to be perfectly clear, without a wisp of a cloud or a shimmer of diamond dust above the ice sheet.
From National Geographic • Jun. 27, 2018
He was clothed in a coat of velvet and diamond dust with long, fluttering tails in the shape of knife blades, and his boots were white spectral leather buckled with lys.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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