dusting
a light application: a dusting of powder.
a beating; defeat: He gave his opponent a good dusting.
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How to use dusting in a sentence
She has her dusting day on Tuesday, vacuuming day on Wednesday and so on.
5 simple ways to get your home in order, from ‘Clean Mama’ Becky Rapinchuk | Lindsey Roberts | February 4, 2021 | Washington PostFlakes may fly in the Outer Banks as snow targets North Carolina, southern VirginiaWe can’t rule out a dusting or a coating, with the chance increasing as you head south of the Beltway.
PM Update: Some snow may fall late tonight, then it’s cold and windy Thursday | Ian Livingston | January 27, 2021 | Washington PostTres leches cake sports a two-toned top, thanks to a pink dusting of hibiscus sugar across half the luscious dessert.
Tom Sietsema’s 8 favorite places to eat right now | Tom Sietsema | January 26, 2021 | Washington PostIt’s not impossible that a spot or two gets a quick dusting on grassy surfaces.
PM Update: Some snowflakes may fly late tonight into Wednesday morning as chilly winds whip up | Ian Livingston | January 19, 2021 | Washington PostSome areas have already received a dusting and, with temperatures in the upper 20s and low 30s, it’s cold enough to stick on paved surfaces.
Sleet and snow pull away after midnight leaving behind falling temperatures and icy spots | Jason Samenow, Dan Stillman | December 17, 2020 | Washington Post
Cue a series of shots of these veteran actors dusting off their best revenge faces.
I Am The Hague! Sylvester Stallone's 'Expendable' Wet Dream | Amy Zimmerman | August 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo my horror, he was romping with a girl on a white beach, a scrim of sand dusting her tan skin.
‘Tracing the Blue Light’: Read Chapter 1 of Eileen Cronin’s ‘Mermaid’ | Eileen Cronin | April 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTInstead, her au naturel dusting and vacuuming maintained her svelte figure.
Seduce Like a Writer: How 7 Famous Scribes Wooed | Joni Rendon, Shannon McKenna Schmidt | February 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis would make sense, if there was a cut-off somewhere along the vast “deodorant using—crop dusting” continuum.
Medicine Bedevils Pregnant Women With Too Many Warnings About Risk | Lenore Skanazy | October 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe wounded warrior in front of me rode so well, and so fast, dusting me in the flats, that for a while I forgot he was a veteran.
At the Wounded Warrior 100K, How George W. Bush Really Rolls | Mark McKinnon | May 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTDoes he want his servants to be as clever as himself—to read his books and papers instead of dusting his library.
The World Before Them | Susanna MoodieHe walks slowly, dusting the iron railing, then turns to give my door a few light strokes with the cat-o'-many-tails.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanHe found his judge awakening from a nap before his library fire and dusting the crumbs from his beard.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton"Everything is so sweet and cosey I almost envy you," she added, dusting the top of the clock with a tiny feather duster.
The Story of the Big Front Door | Mary Finley Leonard"Professor Farrago said they were not for us to eat," she said, dusting each pie with powdered sugar.
In Search of the Unknown | Robert W. Chambers
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