dusty
Example Sentences
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This is the story of what happens to a dream deferred in the dusty apartments, drag clubs and secluded rivers of Colombia in the 1990s.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Fujimori began her election day having breakfast in the Lima suburb of San Juan de Lurigancho, the most populous district in Peru, where impoverished neighbourhoods crowd the steep, dusty mountains.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
I’m talking about the dusty envelopes hanging from metal hooks near the soup packets.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
In town, the dusty streets were busy as usual with people and motorcycles and shoppers still strolled around market stalls, while schools remained open.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
“It’s a metal trunk!” shouted Kojo when its dusty top revealed itself.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
Vocabulary lists containing dusty
Two-Faced Words: Contronyms
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -y
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