Examples of dustpan in a Sentence
Here's a broom and dustpan. Go sweep the kitchen.
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For example, whereas rivers of water struggle to move debris larger than dinner plates in diameter, rivers of ice pluck up stones the size of golf carts and push them along like dust in a dustpan.
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Laura Poppick
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
This broom and dustpan set features an easy-to-use, self-cleaning dustpan, perfect for the younger members of your home to use as part of their daily chore routine.
—Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Use short, quick motions to sweep debris into the dustpan.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2025
Slider accessories evolved from bringing brooms and dustpans to fetching Dyson vacuums.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 May 2018
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Laura Poppick
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
This broom and dustpan set features an easy-to-use, self-cleaning dustpan, perfect for the younger members of your home to use as part of their daily chore routine.
—Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Use short, quick motions to sweep debris into the dustpan.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2025
Slider accessories evolved from bringing brooms and dustpans to fetching Dyson vacuums.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 May 2018
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“Dustpan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dustpan. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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dustpan
noun
dust·pan
ˈdəs(t)-ˌpan 
: a pan shaped like a shovel for sweepings
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