dusty
Example Sentences
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He rubbed the toe of his tennis shoe into the dusty trail, dislodging a stone.
From Literature
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Two guards at a nearby immigration detention center said they frequently see detainees come in still wearing dusty work clothes from construction jobsites.
Even now the dusty red-sand roads around the town remain deserted.
From BBC
Among papers scattered in the dusty attic he finds, along with a scarlet and gold embroidered A, the true story of Hester Prynne written by the surveyor from 100 years before.
It was a little orange coupe, usually dusty, but clean today because of the rain over the weekend.
From Literature
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