dusting

Example Sentences

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Granted, rebalancing is one of those periodic chores that’s easy to neglect, like dusting your refrigerator coils.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Platner is dusting Mills by lopsided margins in polling averages.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

Snow is expected to blanket parts of Southern California through Wednesday, with up to 3 feet predicted at the highest peaks and a dusting possible across the Interstate 5 corridor.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

“There’s a book that’s sitting in your house somewhere that could use some dusting off,” he sang while playing an acoustic guitar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

No singing, no jam, no birthday parties—but at least there was still porridge, and it was warm, too, with a dusting of cinnamon on top.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood