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dusty

adjective as in filled with or covered with powdery particles

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Alf Adams did not want to talk rats but he did want to show me his bottle collection preserved in a dusty shed.

His body is swept away with all the others, like a dried-up fly in a dusty corner.

Dusty books, smoking pipes, tarot cards, and a Ouija board fill the antique furniture positioning any object as a clue.

Excuse me, I have to get the keffiyeh out of my dusty suitcase and pack a kilt.

Tucked away antique shops are piled floor-to-ceiling with dusty relics.

He looked strangely out of place in the dusty combat uniform.

And a little later we, too, left the post, following in the dusty wake of the paymaster's wagon and its mounted escort.

The day was hot and the roads dusty, and Lawrence favored the horses all possible, but they made good progress.

The general traced two lines on the dusty earth, about eight feet apart.

Even Henrietta stopped eating, looked upward at the dusty ceiling, and listened for a repetition of the sound.

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On this page you'll find 54 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dusty, such as: chalky, dirty, sandy, arenaceous, arenose, and crumbly.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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