Example Sentences

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It means when you fall down, and you will, you will dust yourself off and keep going.

From Time • May 18, 2015

The city will dust off its ever-evolving contingency plans.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2015

In a regime that rules through so much uncertainty, no one can say if he will dust off his old playbook or resort to something new.

From Slate • Oct. 8, 2012

The Grammy-winning Canadian, who largely stepped away from public life seven years ago to focus on her crumbling marriage, will dust off her big hits for fans at the 4,300-seat Colosseum arena in Caesar's Palace.

From Reuters • Jun. 8, 2011

"I will dust," said Susan, in a lovely voice, and as she spoke she involuntarily bent and swirled her limp muslins in such a way that she fairly suggested a moral duster.

From The Copy-Cat and Other Stories by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins