dust
noun
earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
had dusted
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past perfectof dust.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The weekend before this race, he had dusted a field of IndyCar drivers on a track used by both classes.
From Slate ● May 12, 2020
Cynthia Cruz, 29, went to two tree lots before she selected her 6-foot noble fir that she had dusted with white flocking at Todd’s Christmas Trees in Long Beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2018
A few days earlier, a cool rain shower had dusted the earth, but afterward the sun’s rays beat down mercilessly through the blackjack trees.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 1, 2017
We left it, like we left the black smudges on the back door where the police had dusted unsuccessfully for fingerprints.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2014
"I heard somebody telling somebody else I had dusted the piano five times to-day," said Sally, as she led the way in, "and I surely ought to be rewarded for such care as that."
From Strawberry Acres by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond
