dusting
Example Sentences
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China’s central bank has started taking steps to check the yuan’s recent advance, dusting off an old playbook that would reduce the cost of betting against the currency.
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
The sofa is torn and the lamps badly need dusting, but there’s a familiar warmth, too.
From Literature
“There we are,” Auntie North said, dusting her hands as she stood over the crackling fire.
From Literature
“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 Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
