Example Sentences

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It will decorate many spindly-legged and well-dusted coffee tables, I suspect.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2018

From the brocaded walls, well-dusted gilt cherubs look coldly at the visitors who have come to Castel Gandolfo to see the Pope.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was his part to display a clean floor and well-dusted shelves and counters to the first customer.

From The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys by Zollinger, Gulielma

"But of course I like to make a little; this Federal Tariff has rose the price of living considerable," she said, softening somewhat as we now sat down on the formidable and well-dusted seats.

From Some Everyday Folk and Dawn by Franklin, Miles

Jack confidentially inquired, taking his hat off, and accepting a well-dusted chair.

From Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty