Example Sentences

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That combination of acid and spice, dustiness and sweetness, tripped many of right receptors for me.

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2023

A White House wedding has historically been the sort of rare event that can add a modern sheen to the dustiness of the presidency.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2022

The hobby had an arcane, almost Victorian dustiness to it, akin to collecting stamps or coins.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2019

As for the liquid fat and oil, some enters the livestock food chain along with the protein—it increases caloric content and reduces the dustiness of plain corn or soy feed.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2012

The furniture was battered and worn, and there was an atmosphere of dustiness, thick-laid, grimy, which seemed inseparable from the place.

From The Sign of the Spider by Mitford, Bertram