dross

Example Sentences

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All was constant churn and movement; there was considerable dross, but also genuine, spontaneous creativity.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025

"When one has paid tribute to their ability to turn such dross into gold, a major question remains. If they win at Wembley, what will it do to English football?"

From BBC • May 31, 2023

He will target the dross that inevitably accumulates in any large firm — the business practices that don’t make sense, the operations that don’t make money, and the workers who don’t make a good fit.

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2022

From that base Barris would become the self-proclaimed “King of the Kustomizers,” employing the best of the best of California automotive artisans to turn Detroit dross into Hollywood gold.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2021

I fancied that a malevolent Rumpelstiltskin crept into my room at night and undid my best work, turning the gold of my efforts into pathetic dross on a wheel perversely spinning backward.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly