How to Use dusty in a Sentence

dusty

adjective
  • His new tie is a dusty blue.
  • He pulled dusty candlesticks from the shelf.
  • My backside slid down the side of the car and sat on the dusty ground.
    — Mike Postalakis, Spin, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The drive on dusty, red-clay roads was rough and bumpy.
    — Edward Enninful, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The grass in the park was yellow and dusty, and the line to enter the pond was long.
    — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 20 July 2022
  • The mix is lighter in weight and isn't as dusty as some soil blends.
    — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 May 2022
  • Its bright coma and dusty tail can be seen to the left of the ELT.
    — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 19 Feb. 2025
  • There is a nice dusty spice on the nose which follows through on the palate.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 22 Jan. 2024
  • 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
  • Most of the ones at the Phillips are in shades of white, beige or rose; two are dusty black.
    — Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Bibles, once the centerpiece of the home, were moved to a dusty shelf.
    — Leslie Anne Tarabella, al, 12 Jan. 2021
  • Since the movie presents a fresh take on the dusty genre, the dress code was super fly.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Unlike the Serengeti or the Mara, Amboseli is for much of the year an arid, dusty place.
    — Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 23 Mar. 2024
  • The dusty corners of your house are finally a thing of the past.
    — Emily Rochotte, Women's Health, 12 July 2023
  • The dusty Ohtani trudged to the dugout as if marching through a nightmare.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
  • The video was shot in a place even dustier than my drum sounds.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2025
  • The sun lights up the planet’s icy, dusty rings from behind.
    — Kasha Patel, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Their faces were dirty and pale, some were wearing masks in the dusty air.
    — Jonas Eika, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Weeds now poke through the parking lot's dusty grounds where his farm used to be.
    — Julia Frankel, Quartz, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Shiny dirt bikes stand out among the donkeys and dusty trucks in the rocky backyards.
    — Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The shade itself is creamy, opaque, and just a little dusty.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Rescuers worked through the night to find survivors buried in the dusty ruins.
    — Sam Metz and Mosa’ab Eishamy, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Whether gritty, dusty or sticky, none has a place in my home.
    — Underscored Staff, CNN Underscored, 25 Sep. 2020
  • The vineyard is a green oasis among waves of dusty brown desert.
    — Yadid Levy, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2020
  • The Hippie Tree — a giant eucalyptus perched at the top of a dusty hill — is a quick jaunt from downtown.
    — Nora Heston Tarte, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
  • This off-grid expedition behemoth is prepared to spend up to 2 full weeks at a time in the deep, dusty backcountry.
    — C.c. Weiss may 17, New Atlas, 17 May 2026
  • In the past, artificial greenery may have looked, well, fake—but today’s faux plants are a far cry from their dusty counterparts.
    — Kate Donovan, Southern Living, 13 May 2026
  • The dusty path weaves between spiky yucca, twisted shrubs and towering sandstone formations of rusty hues.
    — Abigail Bliss, Denver Post, 13 May 2026
  • But the days of gift-shop-adjacent museum cafés serving dusty scones are numbered.
    — Christine Muhlke, Air Mail, 9 May 2026

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