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Example sentences for "dusted"

Lexicographically close words:
duskish; dusks; dusky; dust; dustbin; duster; dusters; dustier; dusting; dustless
  1. He then dusted one of the chairs with the corner of his blouse, gave a stir to the stock-pot, threw a fresh bundle of faggots on to the fire, and slouched out of the room.

  2. The drops quickly evaporated, and the little round black spots they left were soon dusted over; but the spots showed, by contrast, the cheapness and shabbiness of the cloth with which the coffin was covered.

  3. Failing, however, to arrive at any satisfactory conclusion, he dusted them with great care, put them in the bag, and started for home.

  4. In the smoke of morning the bridges are dusted with orangy sunshine.

  5. Peel and slice your turnips and put them in a well-greased bag with a light seasoning of salt, a lump of butter barely dusted with flour, and enough thin stock to half cover them.

  6. Put the rest of the suet in the frying pan, and having dusted the meat with flour, salt, pepper and a sprinkling of sugar, brown on all sides in the fat.

  7. Cover the lower half of the short cake with a thick layer of these berries, place the second cake on top and cover with the rest of the crushed and sweetened berries or large whole ones dusted with powdered sugar.

  8. I'm never tired of that;" and Becky's face woke up into something like beauty as she glanced hungrily at the Emerson while she dusted the delicate cover that hid the treasures she coveted.

  9. Emily pointed to a pile of blue and gold volumes lying on a trunk, and Becky dusted her hands as she took them up with an air of reverence, for she read on the backs of the volumes names which made her eyes sparkle.

  10. Morganson took the sack from him, turned it inside out, and dusted it carefully.

  11. He turned the hair-seal tobacco pouch inside out and dusted the lining, treasuring carefully each flake and mite of tobacco that his efforts gleaned.

  12. Why, I guess I am all right, boys," the man said, giving just the smallest shudder as he dusted himself off.

  13. A light layer of flour dusted over the table is found to be untouched by a single finger.

  14. If the table is dusted over with flour, as I said, not the slightest finger-touch is seen to be imprinted on it.

  15. As she never dusted or arranged the furniture herself, they seemed to her hardly to be hers.

  16. As Wallie took his shower and dusted himself with scented talcum and applied the various lotions and skin-foods recommended for the complexion, he wondered what the hotel accommodations would be like in Prouty, Wyoming.

  17. Darkness and oblivion came upon him for a moment, and then he found himself being lifted tenderly from a bed of petunias and dusted off by the groom from the Riding Academy.

  18. He picked up the cigar ends and threw them into the grate; he cleared the table, swept the room, dusted it and put everything in its place.

  19. He flung the wood-block on the floor, kicked it underneath his writing-table, crawled after it, dusted it and put it in its former place.

  20. When fully developed the excess of powder is dusted off and the film coated with collodion.

  21. If a colored powder be dusted over, it will be understood that it will adhere to the sticky parts only, forming a visible image, the same being a reproduction of the positive printed from.

  22. He dusted my coat with his feather-duster, and he even dusted my boots.

  23. At the outer gate our junior ensign languidly dusted a speck of snuff from his wristband, and indicated the roof of our hut, which was visible above the feathery river willows.

  24. Raphael, looking round on faces dusted over with iron filings, white eyes, greasy blackened clothing, and hairy chests, could have fancied himself transported into the wild nocturnal world of German ballad poetry.

  25. It is then dusted with a powder such as orthoform; the retractors are removed, and the alæ of the thyreoid cartilage allowed to fall together.

  26. The tympanic cavity and the innermost portion of the mastoid cavity are then plugged with sterilized pellets of cotton-wool wrapped in gauze and dusted with aristol powder.

  27. The shade of fruit stood in its old place, but was thought not to have been dusted after Tuesday.

  28. The house was crowded; pews that had been dusted and cared for for months without occupancy were filled.

  29. So during the day Margaret swept and dusted and cooked and served, and no one knew of the disastrous thoughts that surged through her heart and brain.

  30. Lay out on dusted pans, wash over with milk and drop chopped nuts and almonds on top.

  31. These cakes must be laid out on dusted pans with the jumble apparatus, because this mixture is too hard to be forced out by the hand and bag system.

  32. Then lay them out on greased and dusted sheet pans like almond macaroons.

  33. Drop them in a dusted pan with either bag or by hand and bake in a fairly warm oven.

  34. Fill into oval shallow pans that have been greased and dusted with flour.

  35. I then throw it out on the table and have it scaled, rounded up, made into loaves, set in boxes, dusted with corn meal, with the crease down and set away to prove.

  36. This mixture is laid out with canvas bag and star tube on dusted pans in the shape of half moons.

  37. Fill into melon-shaped pans, which have been greased and dusted with flour, and bake in a cool oven.

  38. Put in canvas bag and with star tube lay out on dusted pans.

  39. Put in canvas bag and with star tube lay out on dusted pans in the regular jumble form.

  40. Bella ought to have dusted that piece of air!

  41. Then she dusted and re-arranged the furniture, swept up the marble hearth, and assisted Babette to lay the cloth for breakfast.

  42. Grace lightly dusted the furniture, and her brother stood by the window and watched that fragile-looking girl coming slowly up through the amber air.

  43. Steam for 2-1/2 to 3 hours in basin, well greased and dusted with sugar.

  44. White of Egg may be made more attractive for little folk if poached by spoonfuls for a minute or two in boiling milk, and served with a little pink sugar dusted over.

  45. As I watched, he succeeded in raking a Panama hat from beneath a bush, and, having dusted it carefully with his handkerchief, replaced it upon his head and continued his advance.


  46. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dusted" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    dotted; peppered; powdered; spattered; speckled; splattered; spotted; sprinkled; studded