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dusty

[duhs-tee] / ˈdʌs ti /


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“When the Emperor Was Divine” takes place in Utah, in “a city of tar-paper barracks behind a barbed-wire fence on a dusty alkaline plain.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The glow comes from a dusty disk that the star expelled only a few hundred years ago.

From Science Daily

I’ve never met Aunt Melissa, but once I found a box of dusty scrapbooks in the closet and looked through pictures of her and Dad when they were kids.

From Literature

He went right to his narrow twin bed, fished out The Way to Rio Luna from under the covers, and hid it on a dusty shelf in the garage.

From Literature

He rubbed the toe of his tennis shoe into the dusty trail, dislodging a stone.

From Literature