How to Use dusty in a Sentence

dusty

adjective
  • His new tie is a dusty blue.
  • He pulled dusty candlesticks from the shelf.
  • The dusty plum of a mopane leaf.
    — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • Sports drinks can look murky and dusty.
    — Alina Selyukh, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Does the air in your home feel stale or dusty?
    — Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The tone of the pants gave off a dusty gold hue.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Ash and fire and endless grey dusty death.
    — Jack Sheehan september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Then use a cloth to wipe out dusty corners.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Then use a cloth to wipe out dusty corners.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 June 2026
  • Don’t sit at home getting dusty.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Each lid more dusty than the one before.
    — Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
  • The mix is lighter in weight and isn't as dusty as some soil blends.
    — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 May 2022
  • Will cleaning my air ducts make my house less dusty?
    — Lauren David, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Some slipped into class late, dusty and out of breath.
    — Ghada Abdulfattah, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Clean dusty surfaces with a damp cloth and don’t smoke.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
  • The video was shot in a place even dustier than my drum sounds.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2025
  • Whether gritty, dusty or sticky, none has a place in my home.
    — Underscored Staff, CNN Underscored, 25 Sep. 2020
  • The days of my girlhood were dusty, dirty, sooty, and sweaty.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 May 2025
  • The musty, dusty smell of old books brings me back to those moments.
    — Hazlitt, 7 June 2023
  • My backside slid down the side of the car and sat on the dusty ground.
    — Mike Postalakis, Spin, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Their faces were dirty and pale, some were wearing masks in the dusty air.
    — Jonas Eika, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2021
  • There is a nice dusty spice on the nose which follows through on the palate.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 22 Jan. 2024
  • There was a mound, some thirty feet high, of gray-brown, dusty stone.
    — Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Weeds now poke through the parking lot's dusty grounds where his farm used to be.
    — Julia Frankel, Quartz, 11 Feb. 2024
  • But once, my roommate had hung this hideous rack of dusty old spices above the stove.
    — Alyse Whitney, Saveur, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The vineyard is a green oasis among waves of dusty brown desert.
    — Yadid Levy, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Let’s solve this Wordle and hit the not-so-dusty road!
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • Bloom rubs off easily, and looks like a thin, dusty film.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Since the movie presents a fresh take on the dusty genre, the dress code was super fly.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Frantic neighbors rush down a dusty road.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026

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