When the dust cleared and the mountain stopped rocking, we found her still alive, but her legs were pinned under the statue. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Malik dusts cat hair off of his high-top fade. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It fell onto its wheels, kicking up a large cloud of soft dust. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

With her palm pointing up, she all the sudden throws her fingers open like she been holting on to a hand full of something, dust maybe. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I made it to the post office in record time, puffing and covered in fine road dust. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

A cloud of dust hid the road behind us. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sunlight shines through the wall of windows, and the dust in the air twinkles. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

"King Louis is the most beautiful man I have ever seen, but his beauty radiates from his wisdom, his piety, and his kindness. Not the dust and flesh that cling to his bones." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It turned out Henrietta’s cells could float through the air on dust particles. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The day was murderously hot and there was no wind and the dust hung above the army like a yellow veil. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the bombs fall on the lower city and the train tracks, but a few make the dust crumble from our ceiling. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

There is no dust here, no clouds, just an atmosphere getting palpably denser. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stops so abruptly a cloud of dust temporarily obscures his feet. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He had the Opel washed before Master finished breakfast, and when Master came back from work and was taking a siesta, he dusted the car over again, before Master left for the tennis courts. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And the dust made him cough and retch; in his turning the center of the whole earth shifted, making of space a sheer void and a mockery of order, and balance, and time. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The suit itself was made of Tyvek, a slick, white fabric that is resistant to moisture and dust. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swept a space under its shelter, dusted dirt from my hands, and sat. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

That night dust and yellow sand blew through the knotholes in the walls and floor. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Everything was covered in a thick layer of dust except the floor, where a wide shiny stripe had been made by something being dragged upstairs. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Many of these he had retained; others were submerged and covered with dust. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dog’s gray tongue lolled in the dust and her rib cage pumped up and down. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The way of saying, “In your glory I turn to elemental dust, and hope only that it does not make you sneeze.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t vacuum—that’d be too loud—but he could dust and scrub and polish. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Probably no other agricultural program has been carried out on so large a scale as the dusting and spraying of millions of acres of land in southern United States to control the fire ant. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s mine, anyway, if it’s in the wood. I want some. I’m about dry as dust.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I dusted, I cleaned the bathroom and began vacuuming. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I guess dust is going to be like the weather, the thing you talk about when you can’t think of anything else to say. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

A sprinkler was going on Jim Hirsshom’s lawn; Bernabe accorded the office a lackluster birdie as he glided slowly by, pinned down now in the tourist traffic, all but immersed in adobe dust. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My skirt looked as if it had been dusted with fine white flour. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already a thin powdery dusting had gathered in the wagon ruts of the road. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were a deep violet, while her ears were the ears of a cat, perhaps, gently curved, and dusted with a fine, dark fur. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Just gotta dust yourself off and get your head back in the game.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The mild breeze was heavy with the smell of dust and the bruised leaves Jaja had cut. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I could crush the phone in my hand until it becomes dust. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The coupé flashed by us with a flurry of dust and the flash of a waving hand. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

And why would the rich coal mine owners work the miners so hard they died young with their lungs hardened up with coal dust? Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The house took on a life of its own, hatching piles of dishes and laundry and newspapers and dust. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The fact that every meal we eat carries its load of chlorinated hydrocarbons is the inevitable consequence of the almost universal spraying or dusting of agricultural crops with these poisons. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Both Miss Trotter and Ma Charles called any meat roasting in an outdoor fire “barbecue,” when barbecue to us was sauce from the grocery store or sweet and spicy red dust on potato chips. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He scrubbed vigorously, sending up clouds of dust. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She glanced over the rail and saw the dust of Arion’s wake stretching across the hills of Italy. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The people quickly went about their busy talkative business and, as the smoke and dust cleared, only Milo, Tock, and the Humbug noticed the Soundkeeper sitting disconsolately on a pile of rubble. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the newspapers, university lecturers listed their complaints, the agreements that were trampled in the dust by government men whose own children were schooling abroad. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I swigged them down with this sports drink that looked like chalk dust suspended in antifreeze. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

High John stepped out of the fold of Old Familiar’s wings, his footsteps sending little twisters of dust spinning down the ramp. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

My ankles were streaked with dirt from the combination of dust and sweat. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When they emerged clanking and rumbling from the dust and began to pass us, I saw Horace gasp and Olive break into a smile. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She dusted off her hands and pointed west. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Arya plunged her face down into it to wash off the dust and dirt and sweat of the day. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Silence fell down in the sifting dust, and all the leisure they might need to look around, to gather the reality of this day into their senses. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cool breeze flowed through the room and stirred the dust. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nsukka is a little patch of dust in the middle of the bush, the cheapest land they could get to build the university on,” Kainene said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The first bolt of white heat missed, drilling a hole in the wall that sent up a strange cloud of dust. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He lay back in the red dust on the old mattress and closed his eyes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them splattered clear down on his bare feet, making dark splotches in the dust that covered them. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dust them off, placing each one delicately in its silk sleeve, and lay them out on the table next to the organ. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Two other helicopters appear, filling the air with even more dust, so the visibility on the ground drops to a foot or two, if that. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

A tank rumbled over the hill, dust and gravel spewing from its treads. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Everything started became nothing finished, and all her projects and my homework and hobbies just ended up in piles collecting dust. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sand, when we came to it, was covered by a dusting of snow. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

A huge cloud of black dust swelled into the sky, and even the moon ceased to exist. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The room contained two narrow beds, and a thick layer of dust covered everything as per usual in Daffodil Manor. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

When Lina arrived the next morning, she was greeted by Messenger Captain Allis Fleery, a bony woman with pale eyes and hair the color of dust. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then they all turned gray and crumbled to dust. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I tightened my grip on the dust rag, my ready excuse for why I was here. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Consequently, three thousand devices were collecting dust in army warehouses. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She ran the beam of the flashlight about the room as she searched, the thick dust in the air making the light beam seem almost solid. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

They’re so thick with dust he has to wash them twice before we can use them. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The old man was gazing silently ahead into the rising dust. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crystal bent and warped until it cracked and shattered into dust. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Tidbit sat on the floor, tracing the path of an ant in the dust of the floor with his finger. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She scrubs oatmeal off a pillow, and I dust her air conditioner. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They spit the chewed cane out on the dust. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

As Hazel talked, her hair floated around her face in a cloud—like brown earth and gold dust in a miner’s pan. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Gray fingers of moonlight parted the clouds, touching on blue ridges and black trees dusted with snow. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And so graceful she might glide past me as if I wasn’t there, leaving me in the dust. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The door of his Father’s study stood open—for Ellen had just been dusting the books. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun and Nasser brushed whatever dust they could over their hands and arms and neck to cleanse themselves, and they prayed. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Looking out the window, he saw Lucas’s car speeding away, dust floating everywhere. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

All are repentant, all are preparing themselves for the shock of the laying of the ashes on the forehead and the priest’s agonizing words, “Thou art dust, and to dust thou shalt return.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stopped just a foot from them, kicking up dust all around. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It had a nasty taste—half rubber, half dust. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Now they were covered with dust and the shells of dead insects. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I can lug her over to the nearest wall I can prop her up, dust her off a litde, think how to get away. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I relaxed and ate jícama dusted with chili powder from a tall fruit cup and told myself we could move here if Papá never came back and we lost the house. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

His office was all wood and windows and smelled like heat and dust and warm blankets. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Miss Love was planning a window display of linen dusters, dust veils, and driving caps with goggles. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Stepping into the barn felt odd, like all that dust settled inside me somehow, making me feel dirty. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Back outside, I took in deep breaths of fresh air and walked, my feet scuffing up dust, over to the next chicken house. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

In the courtyard, my mother climbs to her feet, peering through the dust and smoke at the dais. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Jon plucked a scroll from a bin, blew off the worst of the dust. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The evergreens are dusted with the light snow that fell last night like a forest of Christmas trees. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He’d taught me how to care for the vinyl, how to wipe the record’s grooves clean of dust, how to lift the needle from the turntable and set it down delicately in the right spot. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He watched as three military trucks drove past him to the front of the clinic and stopped abruptly, kicking up a huge cloud of dust. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Women were out on their front porches with their mops and buckets, waging their never-ending battle against the coal dust. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope you are staying out of trouble, jeremie,” said Sister Claire, upending a chair to dust the bottom, and looking at me suspiciously. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I would heat my coffee and sit comfortably on my back step and contemplate wood and water and the quick-rising mountains with crowns of conifers and the fir trees high up, dusted with snow. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farther on I saw his tracks in the dust. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she could see the smaller structures—dust and barb and cell. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The swirling dust clings to my wet cheeks. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He was a puny boy, and in his first years in Torrance, his lungs were still compromised enough from the pneumonia that in picnic footraces, every girl in town could dust him. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Plumes of dust kicked up as they winked out. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Devlin made a show of brushing off unseen dust from his suit. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the top of his head and toppled on the dust of the street. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before he could strike, all the arai in front of him exploded into dust. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Paintings that had been hidden behind layers of skeleton dust glowed with color. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Furthermore, that little alcove outside the breakfast room has not been dusted for some time. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

With a screech, he dropped to the ground and began rolling in the dust. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

As they slept, the santana wind came up, and they awoke to dust and stinging sand strangling them. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Slopper ran around the table and pulled the sheet off the second one, getting tangled pretty good in voluminous folds and coughing from dust. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“I’ve tried, but the best I can manage to be is a nuisance,” and, before Milo could reply, he flapped his dingy wings and flew off in a cascade of dust and dirt and fuzz. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The dust particles the wind carried generated so much static electricity in the air that barbed-wire fences glowed in the midday darkness. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Little patches of dust rose at his feet. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

A very light dry snow blew like white dust on the highway, and the evening was coming earlier now, I thought. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Don’t you think if getting afeared and wishing something to happen would make it true, that these here chains would’ve turned to dust long ago? Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Wire screens on the outside of the windows kept dust from entering the car during the journey. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The eyelashes fall off and every bit of dust in Limerick blows into my eyes on windy days. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The work was difficult, and it gave Ophie watery eyes and a runny nose every time she beat the dust out of an old mattress or shook the cobwebs off an ancient set of drapes. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Das genügt,” the Hessian finally said with a dusting of his hands. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Blood on his face, hair pale with the dust of collapsing ruins, he lifted his head. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A dust cloud puffed into the air as she opened the bottom box, sending Viper into a sneezing frenzy. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Then the slow trickle of dust and the shallow, defeated breaths of Volkheimer a meter away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The next day the skies over Chicago grew dark as the dust cloud traveled eastward, and a few days later people in upstate New York looked up, astonished, into skies the color of rust. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then, abruptly, the wind ceased; dust settled over the town almost gently, like a fine lace handkerchief. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, there’d be fireballs raining down and smoke and dust blocking the sun, making the sky pitch-black. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The stars in this world were the same as theirs: the Milky Way blazed bright across the dome of the sky, and innumerable points of starlight dusted the dark, almost matching the moon for brightness…. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had dust on her face, a clean ring around each eye, and there was an emotion there that I had never seen directed at me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Chips and the dust of rocks blew back at him. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

We played pick-up-sticks in the dust of the courtyard and then went wandering about the streets. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

It had a lot of things in it he couldn’t identify: flowers, chemistries, dusts, winds. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand had bled a lot, his shirt was ripped and filthy, his hair was stiff with dust and sweat. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She whipped her bird’s nest hair about, a vicious headshake that sent dust and bugs airborne. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Blood and dust mingled on his chin and beaded in his mustache. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Voices or the tolling of bells or glaciers cleaving in two or cliffs crumbling to dust. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I have very rich friends, you know. Some of them have two or three dozen furs gathering dust in a closet.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of us were left to find fountains to cleanse the grime and dust from our travels before entering the holy city. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I break off a twig and scrape at the dust in the outlines. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Gram is rolling dough for a rhubarb tart, back and forth with the big rolling pin, dusting the yellow dough with handfuls of flour, stretching it to cover the brimming pie dish. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I trace my finger through the air, marveling at the whorls of dust dancing in the soft moonlight. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they hit without warning, and other times you knew one was coming when you saw batches of dust devils swirling and dancing their way across the desert. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You tell me. Maybe we just keep on going. We’d get there, eventually. At least the dust of our skeletons would—but isn’t our death the whole point of The Brain’s original breakdown?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I pass the low concrete building that brings back the feeling of the teacher’s sharp fingernails and the dreaded smell of chalk dust. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bowls and measuring cups and ingredients covered the counters; flour and sugar dusted their clothes. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I ask Madam Claire about the other Belles at the teahouse at least once a day, and she sweeps away my questions like dust from a tea table. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She thought it too slow, the dust too red, the people too satisfied with the smallness of their lives. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The sand of the beach was very white, cold and grainy, like sago, like the dust on the surface of the moon, and it was night, too, it was dead and cold and black. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

There was a haze of smoke and a lot of dust and books on the floor, but the room was in better condition than most of the school. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They lift broken masonry blocks, shovel dust and shattered glass through strainers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Across the river where lonely farms dotted the hills, whirlwinds and dust devils darkened the horizon. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sped off, the door slamming shut soon after as I was left coughing in the cloud of dust thrown up by her tires. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Convinced that such a ceremony would be the outcome of any trial—certainly any trial held in the State of Kansas—he had decided to “bust jail. Grab a car and raise dust.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madame Semele shook her head, as if to clear it of dust and cobwebs. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Other villagers who were starting to stir up the lanes with noise and dust didn’t seem to notice anything unusual about Naima either. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

One big scream, a thump, and he is gone in the dust. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My grandmother’s dresser looks like it’s been dusted, and there’s a vase with dried lavender on top of it. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Johnny dusted the piano and, while doing so, ran his fingers over the keys. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I finished cleaning the bathrooms and dust mopping the floors, I took a handful of cookies and went downstairs. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She grabbed a napkin from the table, where two plates were set, both empty, except for crumbs of bacon and bread dust. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The old skull crumbled to dust as the giant hefted the tree like a baseball bat. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In a mad rush, Sumac came flapping down and landed in front of me, raising a small cloud of dust. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Now that mv Mom and dad are gone, I take it out And run a finger Of dust From its throat. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes were watering so badly from the dust that I couldn’t see the clammy, pale faces around me, let alone the faces of the soldiers who stood just beyond the ring of lights, watching. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It was science he was after—traces of science, anyway, like dust shaken from a tapestry of wonder. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The air smelled of paper and dust and years. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

From now on until death she was going to have flower dust and springtime sprinkled over everything. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The dust put into the air in a full nuclear exchange would reflect sunlight and cool the Earth a little. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I open my door and look out, I see a thousand little plank-and-cardboard houses floating at every conceivable tilt on an endless ocean of dust. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor stood up and dusted his hands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Adults are always talkin’ ’bout bein’ there when you need them, but then when you decide you do, they be disappeared like dust! Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe from brain damage due to the dust; maybe she’s a special. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The necessary dust would require 1,200 Saturn 5 rocket boosters to be transported from Earth to Mars; even then, the winds might blow the dust off the polar caps. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alfhercht pulled the bubble top shut, blocking out the falling dust and rocks, and the group went as fast as they could with their various injuries. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

A small, white hand reached out and flicked a bit of dust off the table. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

There was no dust, much quiet, and a pervading fragrance of flowers and wealth. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The creature stepped clear of the dust haze. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

There was sand and sunflower-seed shells and big dust bunnies all over the floor. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the moonlight he saw a silver spray burst up into the air, a shower of diamond dust. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

A thorough search of the floor uncovered a lot of dust bunnies and one leathery thing the size of a golf ball. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

A cloud of dust bloomed around the trio as they thrashed closer to the edge of the cliff. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He and Matt walked to one side, away from the plume of dust. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that we were at least a hundred feet below ground, they were filled with a steady, rushing wind that smelled of dust and leather. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The storm is just dust in the air; it's not dangerous to the rovers. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drop to my knees to reach for it amid the dust and detritus. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Without the typhoon of dust and water, the spot where the shuttle should be is visible. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Guy tried to pluck some of the mushrooms, which were being pushed into the dust as though they wanted to grow beneath the ground as roots. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

When I struck the final killing blow, the dragon crumbled into digital dust in front of me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But they just lay there, their blood beginning to stain the dust. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looks like I must, face smudged with dust, dark circles under her eyes, dirt under her nails. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it seemed to be a person dragging something, for little puffs of red dust rose in sulfurous clouds at every other step. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another bag contains a wallet, crusted with dust. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I continue to bounce and watch the dust dance. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

At least the statue didn’t rumble, ‘DIE, UNBELIEVERS!’ and zap the mortals to dust. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Looking for dust? What, gold dust? What sort of dust?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the palace, a thin layer of dust drifted over the white stone. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Soon there was nothing left but piles of dust and assorted hooves and horns. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

With his one hand it would be possible in seconds to squeeze Hatsue’s letter into motes of dust and obliterate its message forever. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She comes up to me under a streetlamp and I see her eyes, large and gleaming with wet, and her hair dusted with sleet. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Looks like this Manifest boy is going to shake the coal dust from his shoes and see the world. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Whenever you looked at that dust, you felt huge, as if you were part of everything. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

After the cotton is set, Captain Keelson crawls out from under the boat and dusts himself off. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then he walked outside and hosed down his car, blasting away the Idaho dust until it looked as though it had never seen a dirt road. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As Walter approaches the open window, I stalk off, pausing just long enough to spit in the dust. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Samuel Teece gutted the car out in a great whorl of dust. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

We dig our bare hands into the ground over and over again, each fistful of earth accompanied by a little cloud of dust. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I covered my mouth with a scarf to protect myself from the dust. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

There was no sound now in the early-night hush, except for their feet scraping laxly through the dust, their clothes rustling as they grunted softly and sent the ball toward the basket. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eunjoo carefully gave them water to drink, and then they napped because of the dust and heat. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She is a pale, round moth, dusted with eggshell foundation, armed for the day with her banker’s briefcase, purse and remote starter for the leased SUV. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

His mouth was so dry with dust that he could not spit them out. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And where the fabric was creased, no dust clung to it. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The window frames were covered with black tape to keep out flying dust. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now disappear into the dust for a moment!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They Med her to her feet and dusted her off. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She coughed out a bit of flour dust. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Not when I saw the dashboard with the dust on it and the mirror with the warning about how objects are closer than they appear. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A fine haze of silvery dust covered their entire bodies so that they looked like limbless ghosts with open eyes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Peaches and nectarines dusted with a careful hand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She dusted herself off and then carefully climbed up a leaning slab of stone, to the very highest point of the entire mountain. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Townsfolk complained about the congestion, the noise, and, when it was dry, the dust clouds the traffic stirred up, making the air so thick and dirty they couldn’t open the windows of their houses. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

All around me there was nothing but dust, rocks, and endless empty desert in all directions. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She flew forward and back and I watched her shadow in the white dust under the swing. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The buzzing insects, the wet sweat, and the hot dry dust made the afternoon seem to last forever. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

A haze of dust hovered over the city and, across the river, a single plume of smoke rose to the sky. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the skeleton’s bottles, which were coated with white dust. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

But as the dust settled and their house came into view—or what was left of it—any hope of finding them alive seemed to fade. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

After I rubbed dust in her face, all she did was smile. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A black plume of smoke hung in the sky, and below it a cloud of plaster dust in which a crowd was already forming round the ruins. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He brushed dust off his clothes and placed a huge rock in front of the cabin door to keep it open. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then he took another and started to dust him off. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was ice-cold and bubbly but gray in color, clouded with volcanic dust, not the kind of water that would sustain trout. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just a bit more than two weeks, around twenty-four million miles, after my seventeenth birthday, the Perseids scattered brilliant torrents of blazing dust all across the nighttime sky. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Finally one of the fish worked its way out of the sodden newspaper and fell on the floor where it lay slimily in the dust. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stanley watched the cloud of dust move across the lake to the cabin beneath the trees. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

From there, it fell onto its wheels with a huge plume of dust. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or possibly the non-emigrant imagined that the tent of dust would deplete itself finally. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Am I to drag my best dress through the dust, or loop it up, please, ma’am?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Janssen polishes her eyeglasses again while she waits for me to answer, rubbing off dust particles they picked up on the floor, murmuring something about the garden stake. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He climbed to his feet and dusted off his hands. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It got a layer of dust every time we drove around the block. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

As Laila reached for the curtains, she saw a car pass by on the street tailed by a cloud of dust. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

They rebuilt instruments, checked circuits, wiggled wires, dusted plugs. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Together, they heaved the dust and blood-covered ptero off to the side and then hoisted Mapper up and brought him to where their dactyl waited anxiously. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I am a creature of grief and dust and bitter longings. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then he examined the glove to see if any dust had soiled it; none had. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She carefully dusted the photographs of my mother the first thing every morning, and then vacuumed the entire house. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scattered toys, evidence of children long gone, lay skinned in dust. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

For, pounding down the mountainside, in a cloud of clinging dust and a chorus of chilling shrieks, came all the loathsome creatures who choose to live in Ignorance and who had waited so very impatiently. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

But they saw only cracked pavement and dust. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Laila knew that somewhere in the city someone had just died, and that a pall of black smoke was hovering over some building that had collapsed in a puffing mass of dust. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was hot that day, in a season so dry our tongues went to sleep tasting dust and woke up numb. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glance out the window at the street dusted with snow and Mr. Sorenson’s dark green truck that I somehow hadn’t noticed earlier parked in front of the house. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Even as he fell, he was disintegrating, turning back into dust, his essence returning to Tartarus. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I moved our work to the floor, took off my sock, and started dusting everything. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It was a rasping nervous wind, and the dust particles cut into a man’s skin and burned his eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The plants withered to dust and blew away. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I looked into the church and saw smoke and dust flying around like a tornado was in there. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shielded her eyes from the dust storm, searching for an escape route. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Lily drew a heart in the dust, an arrow through the heart. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Dwight rode his bike round and round the yard, stirring up clouds of red dust while Burl hollered at him to stop ’cause he was trying to change the oil in his truck. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

As Crab’s car left in a cloud of smoke and dust, Samantha snapped back into action, jumping around and barking. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Now our cubicle looked as if a great laundry bag had exploded and then been sprayed with fine dust. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fine layer of snow covered the yard, dusted the top of my truck, and whitened the road. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Something inside it made him feel dizzy and small—very, very small—a diminutive speck no bigger or more significant than a mote of dust. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“The dust in the curtains, if you will pardon me for hinting such a thing, has parched my throat to a crisp.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lucy blew on her nails and dusted her collar. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure if it was just that heavy, or if generations of accumulated moisture and dust had somehow fused it to the floor. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Inside are the familiar smells: typewriter ribbons, waxed floors, rock dust. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The floor was covered with a layer of fine brown dust that had pushed under the door, and between the walls and the window sash; the dust drifted up in little clouds around his feet. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

A series of blasts rang out, but Magdalys couldn’t make out what was happening through the smoke and dust. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The choking dust was so thick that it shut out the sun. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went back and dusted the picture over the couch, which was of fancily dressed white people in another century having an elaborate picnic in a woods. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

It felt strange to be soaking wet and yet wading through dust. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get closer and see his fur’s nappy with dust. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Troops went by the house and down the road and the dust they raised powdered the leaves of the trees. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

By the end of that hot July, the dry hills of California were the tawny brown of a lion cub that had been rolling in dust. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

"According to your latest satellite data, the dust storm in Arabia Terra isn't abating at all, and will block eighty percent of the sunlight?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unconsciously we had all moved towards the door, and as we moved I noticed that the dust had been much disturbed: the boxes which had been taken out had been brought this way. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Why must some of us deliberate between brands of toothpaste, while others deliberate between damp dirt and bone dust to quiet the fire of an empty stomach lining? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The monsters hit bottom and broke into dust. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She could even drag it behind her, bumping it against the ground and raising a tiny cloud of dust with each step. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They got up long enough to slurp at the water trough and then flopped down again, raising puffs of dust in their shallow hollows. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Like other spiral galaxies, it is a huge pinwheel of stars, gas and dust. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun is pouring through the windows, and as I bounce on her bed to annoy her, dust rises and sparkles in the sunrays. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

For that, each of my best dresses must be dusted off, pressed, and refreshed. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But he could not tell whether it was truly dust or only a natural sheen of light on hair above black skin. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They brushed the dust from their shirts and straightened their caps. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He laughed, and said he didn’t believe in heaven or hell, just dust unto dust. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

With one hand she lifted Izzy’s jacket from the chair and dusted it, as if it were soiled. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There were no pictures on the walls, no carpet on the floor, only rough unpolished wooden planks, and there were gaps between the planks where dust and bits of grime had gathered. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

At two thirty a.m., when the firemen opened the door and discovered the baby, lying in a cardboard box, it had just begun to snow, and everything was covered with a silvery, crystalline dusting. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The dust got in their eyes and the wind made a high singing sound in the air. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

At eight-thirty the next morning, a police helicopter touched down noisily beside the bus in a blizzard of dust and swirling aspen leaves. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The galloping horses were raising a dust cloud that hung just above the ground. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

As the rabbits stared down they could discern, here and there, a very fine scour, like smoke—chalk and powdered gravel carried along by the river as dust is blown on the wind. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Both because the material itself is stronger—chalk is just dust, right?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The man got up slowly and dusted himself off. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Through the murky darkness all she saw at first was a great cloud of dust about three hundred yards away. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dusted my face with golden turmeric powder, and with a paste of sandalwood and vermilion painted the red tikka mark on my forehead. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The words settled on Koffi like dust, each layering its own kind of understanding. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

—Let’s get outta here, man, before I feel the need to dust you off. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

No light crew marks gleamed in the darkness, no evidence of any other duct-and-scuttle workers marred the dust and rat droppings of the passage. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed the saw through a long piece of wood, and dust shot into the air. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He halted his horse in a burst of dirt and dust, removed his hat, and with a great sweeping gesture bowed until his head nearly touched the horn of his saddle. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

There was an earsplitting crash, and the air was filled with blinding dust. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It’s like the dust in Mobius is woven into the fiber of every article of clothing that touches my skin. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

After the dust settled, I asked Mama, “Do you think he would help us?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“If ye’ll ride the horse today, Colonel, which the Lord hath provided, instead of walkin’ in the dust with the others fools, ye’ll be all right— if ye wear the hat. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun beat down on the tent, and the dust found its way through the floorboards of the wagon. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

We walked to school around walls of bricks and breathed the coal dust for one discouraging winter. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mo sitting cross-legged in the dust and ruins, smiling. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The sun shone in straight through the tall windows, making the dust dance, and falling into odd shapes, on the floor boards. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

In front of them was a clearing—a barren field of dust and stones. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I saw the dust on the model ships, the rat holes on the divan. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The old man dug his heel into the dust as his wife approached him, trying to take him home. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

At the end of each month, the skin color drifts away like dust caught in the wind. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

When we returned to our cells, we would scrub ourselves in the cold water, which never seemed to completely rinse away the dust. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrenched my leg free with a lunge and leaped headlong out of the buggy, landing in the dust of the road, unhurt. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dry hot wind glided up and down the canyon restlessly, shaking the salt bushes and sweeping dust over the tire tracks. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He jimmies it up a few inches but then immediately shuts it when he gets dust in his eye. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She was almond-buttery with sweat and sun, her face corrugated with a thousand caramel wrinkles and her hair looking flour dusted, but the rest of her seemed decades younger. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The broom got put to good use as I tried not to think about what the little hard pellets in the growing dust pile meant. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The Nevinses’ house had been square and white and dust- less, just like every other square, white, dusdess house in the treeless development where they had lived. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Drifting arsenic dusts from blueberry lands have spread over neighboring farms, contaminating streams, fatally poisoning bees and cows, and causing human illness. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Jesper leapt to his feet, trying to dust some of the metal bits from his face and shirt. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He brings the candle closer and sees, in the shadows of the hanging shirts, what he missed on previous inspections: trails through the dust. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

There are no dust bunnies, no clutter, no papers, clothes, or junk. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Though the lingering dust always made Ophie sneeze, there was something nice about having her own little hidey-hole at Daffodil Manor. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I stagger, collapse in the dust of the road! Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

But if the road got wet, we’d soon be two feet deep in red mud instead of dust. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

This morning the mountain was dusted with snow, and the blue-gray clouds were unwinding from the peaks. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered all the times the earth goddess Gaea had appeared to him in the ground—her sleeping face made of dust or sand or dirt. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

You can’t hardly get down the street for the crowds, and the dust never settles. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The whole thing smelled like sun-baked dust—it made me think of Mom running the vacuum, which was weird—but it wasn’t old or musty. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I checked all the connections and made sure there wasn't any dust on them, but they still just aren't 100 percent. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore his cuffed, baggy work khakis and a short-sleeved white shirt, and labored at the center of a rising red cloud of dust like a crew-cut genie who’d just appeared there. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

How about the counter—was that dusted for fingerprints? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was not an organ of his body that had not been drugged and derogated, dusted and dredged, fingered and photographed, removed, plundered and replaced. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Besides a lot of dust, a bunch of old memories drifted around me. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I focus on the path of the broom, keeping my eyes on the dust that collects between glass fragments. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

White dust and shards of stone scattered everywhere. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t even pause from wiping away nonexistent dust from my bookshelf. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, there was a layer of dust on the lamp, the Rolodex, and the stapler. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Most of the house was shut up, the furniture draped with heavy white cloths to keep the worst of the dust off, the skittering sound of mice echoing hollowly whenever Ophie opened a door. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Beside the front door a dog lies in the dust, chin on its paws, and for a moment Werner thinks it is only sleeping. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

By the end of the day, my whole body was covered with dust from the vineyards. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He kicked the dust and planted his feet. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the dust cleared, and I saw her. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Often the only companions along the path would be the lizards scurrying off in the dust or the cicadas screeching in the bush. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

There was lots of dust in her eyes and burning her throat. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Before him lay the bloodstained shreds of the cloak and clear in the dust were the tracks of the lioness. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lola’s word stirred the dust of other words around it—man, mad, ax, attack, accuse—and confirmed the diagnosis. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

After that, whenever I started to doubt Adam’s feelings, I’d think about my wig, gathering dust in my closet, and it would bring back the memory of that night. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was no more than a thin cover, designed to keep the light and dust off the glass that it covered. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She didn’t seem to care that there were dust devils under the beds or that it was time for Uncle Camp to come to dinner. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Lily wiped years of dust and dirt from the window. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She dusted the glass to the photograph, and said, “Afternoon, Papa. Mama,” and set it back down on the television cabinet. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

With that image, any thought I had of going back to Würzburg is crushed to dust. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Covered in dust and clumps of dirt, they hurried inside to clean up before their mother found them. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

No one touched the book, and day by day the dust grew on it. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her black hair, silvered by dust on one side, stood out in a halo around her head. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

There was nothing in this room but stone and dust. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His father’s long jacket caught under his knees as he crawled and jerked his face down into the dust. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

From an uncovered window high overhead, a little daylight made its way down the curved staircase, illuminating thousands of dust motes dancing in the dim air. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I scream and jump around and it makes the dust fly. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

His family watched him leave, then fanning out in well-drilled squads they set about assaulting the long-standing dust from the recesses and corners of the massive house. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fur of red dust gathered on the curly hairs of his forearms, and rivulets of perspiration ran down his temples. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The longer I stay in the kitchen, the more chores Elizabeth comes up with until I leave: the doorknobs need polishing, the top of the refrigerator needs dusting, Mae Mobley’s fingernails could use a trim. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The body becomes dust and trees and exploding fire, it becomes gaseous and disappears, and still there is eternity. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Touch of smooth skin against his face, scent in his nostrils of musky dust—her real presence. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

One had the impression that there was dust in the creases of her face. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Bod breathed in, Faded as deeply as he could Fade, and moved past the man like dust blown on an evening breeze. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I wished we hadn’t seen ourselves as a speck of dust, surrounded by so much nothing we were barely even visible. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Small and strange was the writing, overwritten and interlined by many hands, and all those hands were dust now. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

With nothing but fine dust and mud between us, I slid right over to them—right into Liam’s outstretched hands. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And behind them, as the dust cleared, more and more of the ghosts were gazing in horror at the abyss. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The rider that had almost run us down disappeared into the swirling dust. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch and watch and when the dust settles, I see that three massive pairs of eyes are boring into me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Her- schel had been misled because of the copious amount of obscuring dust in the direction of Sagittarius; he had no way to know of the enormous numbers of stars beyond. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blades of the ceiling fan were encrusted with woolly dust, so I knew there had been no power in a while or the dust would have flown away as the fan turned. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

My throat was dry from the dust and dirt. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the first moment I set foot in Hampden, I had begun to dread the end of term, when I would have to go back to Plano, and flat land, and filling stations, and dust. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The smell of dust and sweat and hard work rises from her as she leans over to look at my bandaged feet. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Still I struggle to free myself, my feet kicking dust in her face. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tipped the cookie jar toward Pa and he reached in and pulled out a cookie that had walnuts stuck to the top of it and sugar dusted all over it! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Looks like my dad’s eyes are clear of dust, but they’re still glassy and wet. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And Ethir Anduin he saw, the mighty delta of the River, and myriads of sea-birds whirling like a white dust in the sun, and beneath them a green and silver sea, rippling in endless lines. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was aware of how we hadn't looked into each other's faces since we stood up and dusted the sand off our clothes. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Here he was fighting off a dozen rats, trying to rescue the Vole family, while Basil was dusting out his den! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The asteroid belt is a great grinding mill, producing smaller and smaller pieces down to motes of dust. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dust from the trip and the dried butterfly parts made it difficult to decipher. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And like dust do many remain all their lives, until they are put away in dust, in a place of worms and maggots. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He was looking at the lady, who was now on one knee dusting off her hands. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

At the end of a light-starved corridor I tested my weight on a rickety staircase, my boots leaving fresh tracks in layers of dust. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

A poster on the wall in the office cheerily displays the number of calories burned per minute at our various tasks, ranging from about 3.5 for dusting to 7 for vacuuming. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dressed them in glittering clothes made of silver dust and sent them skipping around the giant’s ink-black feet. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

We made enough to buy a full twenty pounds of zinc dust. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at the crack in the floorboards right in front of me, at the dust that has gathered there over time, and wait for a reaction, any reaction. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

We pound down the cliff top path, kicking up our own dust, Manchee’s ears flattened back, running fast. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

That was probably from all the feedlot dust, which wasn’t really dust but dried-up cow manure. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

All this time he hadn’t taken his eyes off her and had treated me like I was a dust particle. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Inside Second Coming, the lights are dim and the air smells like dust and lemon-scented air freshener, like it always does. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

His mind swirled like a dust devil, conflicting memories chasing each other in circles. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The sad priests dusted out their curly beards with goldringed fingers as though hidden spiders had spun sudden cobwebs in them. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air was sharp with the smell of wet dust. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Huge mechanical teeth burst through the street and chew the tile to dust. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Winds that would make the lander crash were probably strong enough to lift dust off the surface. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A blast of warmed air dusted her with the finest talcum powder. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the speck of whitish dust on the cover of his diary they had carefully replaced. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I let the water wash off the dust and the stress and the hurt of the day. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It was summer and the smell of clay dust was everywhere, day and night. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dust was so strong that we had our hands over our mouths, but I kept my eyes open so as not to miss a thing. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Davis brushed some cereal dust off the hundred-dollar bills, stacked them next to the sink, and then grabbed them. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He’s talking about the time I was dusting her Baby Jesus doll, when I dropped Him and His arm broke. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything was turned to a fine, atomized dust that hung suspended in the air for a second before slowly settling to earth. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Outside the sky was clear, but icy gusts of wind were buffeting our barracks every few minutes, sending fresh dust puffs up through the floorboards. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wiped her hand across her brow, leaving a streak of dust over her skin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The shadow of night rose, dividing the eastern sky into pale blue above and gray below, with a rosy border where the sunlight still shone on a haze of dust in the air. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch my floor leave the lot, dust trailing in small puffs as the truck rolls away. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

A tyrannosaurus stomped into the yard, ducking forward so it could fit under the gate and then rearing up to its full height and stomping up mountain clouds of dust on either side. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

As a sign of mourning, the statues of the saints were shrouded in purple robes that the pious ladies of the congregation unpacked and dusted off once a year from a cupboard in the sacristy. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, most of the roads in town were unpaved, and in the dry season, the dust kicked up by cattle being herded through town or by farm carts loaded with vegetables swirled through the air. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leave everything, all the hurting stuff, the unregular stuff that seemed so regular to me, in the dust. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The dust cloud expanded, and with it came a clatter of wooden wheels and the clip-clop of horses’ hooves. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

His blind eye was a dark blue pit and the other glared yellow in the dust. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the noise stops and the dust clears, all the students start clapping. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

In the pre-DDT era, inorganic chemicals, applied on a scale that today would seem extraordinarily modest, produced here and there strains of insects that could survive chemical spraying or dusting. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The new harmattan winds blew dust everywhere, and Baby joined the thin children who ran around with their naked bellies wreathed in brown. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She would have seen cigar rollers stepping outside windowless factories for fresh air, their faces stained a permanent brown from tobacco dust. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He was clothed in a coat of velvet and diamond dust with long, fluttering tails in the shape of knife blades, and his boots were white spectral leather buckled with lys. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“These?” said Wemmick, getting upon a chair, and blowing the dust off the horrible heads before bringing them down. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I lie on the cold cement floor and let all the contaminated dust and microbes and toxic black mold spores do with me what they will. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

When she asked me why, I started to make up some story about dust getting in my eye or having a sick grandma, but then I told her the truth. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We have examined the universe in space and seen that we live on a mote of dust circling a humdrum star in the remotest corner of an obscure galaxy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I didn’t ask you whether it was much dust or not much dust,’ Carleton would say. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Jhiqui, a bath, please," she commanded, to wash the dust of travel from her skin and soak her weary bones. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We needed money, I said, to buy zinc dust. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We were covered with hay and dust, and we sneezed. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

I tried calling my parents over and over, while the chickens rolled around in the dust. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Even though it was cold, I could still smell the field dust, the ghosts of corn and pumpkins. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Eyes closed, lips moving soundlessly, Muriel stretched forth a bloody hand, and a gust of wind stripped away the sparkling dust. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The back of the collar and the upper part of the shoulders were gray with dust. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I know she’s not in the kitchen or the living room or out at the pool and I just dusted fancy parlor number one and number two and vacuumed the bear. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The area behind the cofferdam swarmed with men and machines, all raising individual clouds of dust. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The Ashwinder fives for only an hour and during that time seeks a dark and secluded spot in which to lay its eggs, after which it will collapse into dust. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the dust from all the shuffling settles, a silence comes over the desert. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Soon the floor was covered with monster dust. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It is crowded and filthy and stinking, with open sewers, unpaved roads, and choking air thick with dust. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He stopped, his dark analytical eyes flickering from the gun in my hand to the doll that lay in the dust, then back again. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I watched his dust trail for a good long while. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Even the floor was white, and there wasn’t a speck of dust anywhere. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

The train that took Toño from us is the one that left the broken boy in the dust. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mia, putting the clothes to wash, noticed that the shirts smelled of Tide and perfume rather than dust, that they were crisp, as if they’d been ironed. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He dusted his face with flour and put on one of his mom’s flowered aprons. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Not a speck of dust could be detected by the naked eye. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

As I sat there watching Dad tidy his paperwork, empty his pencil sharpener, and blow the dust off his glass paperweights, I vowed never to become a heartless, blind-eye hypocrite like him. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Three lashes on my legs for a dust stain on my skirt. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She could feel the Ebola blood through her gloves: it felt wet and slippery, even though her hands were clean and dry and dusted with baby powder. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Blue Monkey strode along with its leash dragging in the dust. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’s wiping the dust off the bike seat with his shirt. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I would use the excuse that the monument was being built, and the noise and dust and activity bothered me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun slanted through the dirty attic window, lighting the dust motes dancing in the air. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

They walk past me to the sink and begin wiping the dust and grime off their faces. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I crossed the Wabash tracks past the grain elevator on my way to Veech’s garage, eating the dust of the trucks hauling in the beans. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the barrio’s women had put in some time dusting, washing the floors and walls, sprinkling agua florida all over, positioning wreaths, bathing Don Berto and laying him out in his box. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The attic stretched contentedly as her windows were scrubbed and cobwebs were dusted away. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The fairies look foreshortened, damaged, streaked by the dust and rain on the window glass; my breath makes a foggy circle. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I caught her hand as the pavement fell, crumbling into dust For a second I thought she was going to pull us both over. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then I dust the shelves in the hunting room, vacuum the bear while he stares at me like I’m a snack. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As the dust settled, Fangburn looked to his leader for approval. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said the proprietor, “I’d better get my luggage dusted off. I got a feeling there’ll be a rush sale here any time.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drop the dress back in the box and dust off my hands like they was dirty. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She had no more blossomy openings dusting pollen over her man, neither any glistening young fruit where the petals used to be. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

My blood on the shirt, concrete dust dingy-ing up the denim. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The paper peeled off in a whole sheet, slowly, with a long fffffft sound, as the ancient dried paste reluctantly turned to dust. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The people of the Protectorate saw a cloud of dust and smoke speeding toward the town walls. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The room still held the faint smell of coffee and tobacco smoke, but dust coated the furniture and the floor. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes as dust from above showered down on top of him, and he winced as something scraped his skin. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Their footsteps and the occasional breeze were stirring up small devils of dust. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Looking down the broad valley, he saw a moving dust cloud. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

It had maybe twenty years1 worth of dust on the rim, but the second hand ticked out just fine: 5 seconds to go, 4, 3 ... Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

And then, even in defiance of the cold weather and a dusting of snow, several of the recently returned residents developed symptoms of the disease. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

There was an inexplicable amount of dust everywhere and the rooms were musty as though they hadn't been aired for many days. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

But like a swirl of dust on the dry salt flats outside, a stream of boys moved to cut off the exit. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waited for the dust to clear, her ears ringing badly. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It smelled of brittle paper and of mimeograph ink and had not been dusted recently. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The stream gurgled out of the rain forest, and it was a strange color, milky with volcanic dust. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clotheshorse collapsed under the weight of the stupid beast, sending angry cat and white linen into the red dust. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shrugged, trying not to notice the gritty dust all over my trousers and my hands. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The red dust from the road and the sweat on my body has mixed to create a layer of mud on my skin making it dry and itchy. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were windows too filthy to see through, and over everything was a thick layer of oily dust. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

But though her windows didn’t shine and her curtains drooped with dust and nobody could of eaten off her floors, she kept the bed made, the dishes washed, and things in place. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She stood there in the dust, one hand reaching toward Besa, but the distance between them had become so vast that she knew she could never touch him again. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stared through the clouds of dust at the cafeteria, which was still standing. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Zombies pour out of doorways and the agents keep slicing them to dust with burning swords. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Someone has drawn a design in the dust, with an index finger probably—it reminds me of the designs I used to make on the windows before I cleaned them. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I look up and see particles of dust drifting, crystal white and luminous, in the suspension of light. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather you worked your guts out on your dust heap.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The girl addressed an elderly lady who had her back turned to the counter and was dusting some radios. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The coal dust that collected in the moist skin around his eyes would remain—the miners of Coalwood walked around with their eyes lined like Cleopatra’s. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And in her practical way she scraped together a small square of dust, and with a twig from a pigeon’s nest began drawing a map on the floor. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She watched her pass through the living room and the dining room—the rugs unraveling and the table splintering and the paintings on the walls turning to dust. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The noise and dust and crowding of the streets seemed suddenly far away. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The wheels of his rickshaw stirred up a flurry of dust. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t shake the uneasy feeling that has settled on me like dust for days—have I been doing something wrong, or un-Islamic, by spending so much of my time singing and playing piano? Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The Mexican bartender had gone home, and now the white man who owned the place was behind the bar, dusting off the bottles with a rag. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

So we buried the dead, shoveled the rubble, replaced the glass, and I scrubbed the dust from the shop. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We shuffled up the stairs, kicking balls of dust and busted plaster as we went. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The men who had come to get us smiled as the truck sped along the dirt road, raising light brown dust that covered the bushes on the sides of the road. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Covered with coal dust, miners’ faces all looked alike. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

His older brother worked up around the face where the coal dust was the thickest. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And then the hotel on the corner exploded in a cloud of mortar dust and fire. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He sliced the demon into dust and kept moving. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Auster held up his fingers and let a dust devil swirl between them like a baton. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was signed by Tristran, and beside his signature was a fingerprint, which glittered and glimmered and shone when the shadows touched it as if it had been dusted with tiny stars. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The ant struggled in the soft, sandy trap until a pair of pincers suddenly reached up and grabbed it, thrashed up a little dust, and pulled it under. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stared up at the sky for a long time; a shooting star arched from west to east, scattering light behind it like dust on a trail. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I looked under the mule again and there they were, wings still a-buzzing and each one of ’em spinning in circles on the ground, raising up two little clouds of dust. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

At the time it had still had a cardboard binding and a torn paper dust jacket. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He had a smudge of dust on his dark-brown cheek, and his lower lips trembled. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Dad dusted off his hands gingerly with a spotless handkerchief. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I faced a china dog toward the door after I dusted it, which would cause the family’s luck to run out. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lawmen were untrained in forensic methods and didn’t make a cast impression of the tire marks, or dust the bottle for fingerprints, or check Anna’s body for gunpowder residue. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He worked alone, stooping with a paintbrush and forceps to snip and dust the flowers. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

They asked us a couple questions we had no answers for before they took off, lights flashing, kicking up a cloud of dirt and gravel, dusting up the sun. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

This time Matthias was aware that there would be another shower of falling dust when the door opened downwards. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The marble tiles, immaculate white hallways, and enormous windows devoid of dust or fingerprints—none of this was foreign anymore. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

That was before the golden dust of pollen had beglamored his rags and her eyes. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I ran after her, my feet sending up little clouds of dust. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were dark gray, and if she turned them on full power, they could make you feel like a speck of dust. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As time goes on, even the arrival of micrometeorites—fine dust from space—stirs up and covers over the rays, and they gradually disappear. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ammu noticed that both her children were covered in a fine dust. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Since you’re an epidemiologist,” I said, “did you know that seventy percent of household dust is actually composed of human epidermal matter?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

And he dances in the dust like a thing possessed. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The last room she looked at had, she supposed, once been a bedroom; she could imagine that the rectangular dust shadow on the floorboards had once been a bed. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He got up and brushed the dust off his pants. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Jinny turned to follow the other girl’s gaze, and saw that Ess was tumbling down the path along the ridge from the cabins, arms outstretched, kicking up dust. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She swept the dust outside and returned with a small pot of rice and lentils, still warm from the midday meal. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, I worked my hands through it, picking out tiny burrs and dust flecks so that it would be clean for Mama to spin. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Mine doesn’t, even if I feel like all I’m made of now is dust. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The toad, he saw, blended in totally with the texture and shade of the ever-present dust. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

But the peace was passing, too, for he saw the dust billowing from the trails of the hunting men, and he experienced the return of resentment. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made the entry and dusted the ink with sand. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he goes out and messes up the tracks with his foot, kicking up the grass where we’d matted it down, and covering the trail of blood with dust. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the opposite side of the alley there was a dingy little pub whose windows appeared to be frosted over but in reality were merely coated with dust. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It was surrounded by a glittering cloud of dust—at least I thought it was dust, until I realized it was a swarm of mermen trying to attack the monster. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The smell of dust and stone and sweat intensified. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The process continues until all the gas and dust has been in this way used up. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little girl peeped at the way she was wiggling her toes in the dust. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dusted the library without looking at the books on the shelves or the horse on the wall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Military trucks speed by occasionally, raising clouds of dust and spits of gravel. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

In a cloud of dust, an old jeep clattered down the road. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“To myself as well as you. I do not know myself as apprentice to a stonecutter. I do not even wish to,” he added, spitting contemptuously in the dust. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

In the basement, he had found an old wheelchair, covered with dust and cobwebs. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo let out a happy whoop as the dust cloud got closer. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

After Ugwu put the potatoes to boil, he gave her a bath, dusted her body over with Pears talcum powder, and brought out her pink nightdress. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It had shoved aside the grit to make a partial hole for itself, displaced the dust with its rump. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Bilked of his target, Captain Snow madly tore at the grass and scattered dust. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

For as far as I could see, there was only dust, huge boulders, and thick woods. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The dust she kicked up fell on their shoes. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He sat watching as the old mouse began writing in the dust from the rubble. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But Zeitoun knew that the Qur’an allowed that if there was no water available, Muslims could use dust to cleanse themselves, even if only ceremoniously. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The floor of the room was smoothed concrete; dusted everywhere with flakes and chips from the painted plaster that had peeled away from the top of the walls and the ceiling. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The light dusting of freckles across her pert nose. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Once I paid dearly for a basin of water and a tiny solitary room in an inn so that I could wipe the dust from the road off my body. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The mournful wind moved like a shadow down the street, swirling in its path chalky dust and tumbleweeds. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched a powderpuff of dust turn cartwheels in a cross-breeze. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

But as I dust myself off and look inside the sycamore hollow today, I feel my heart leap. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The air was full of flying dust and stone particles, part of the trouble lay in keeping one’s eyes open while striking. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She blew the whistle, and soon a white cloud of dust began to rise from the scuffling feet of the two sides. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

As I begin to sink to my knees, she kicks me in the stomach and I sprawl across the floor, inhaling dust. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The archway of the gate above which he had stood a moment before crumbled and crashed in smoke and dust. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He stood and mounted the stairs with her and entered die spotless bathroom where the dust had been swept from underneath the claw-foot tub. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It hurts, but the satisfaction of having Snow watch me dance with my little sister reduces other feelings to dust. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

A baby carriage lay mangled on its side, dusted with snow. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The paint must’ve been mixed with Celestial bronze dust or something, because as soon as it splattered the hellhound, the monster yelped and dissolved into a pink-and-black puddle. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He wets the cloth and sweeps it across my eyelids, cheeks, nose, and lips, tenderly removing the dust from my face. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Even later in the day, my enthusiasm for primitive sensation would survive the heat and the dust and the insects pricking my back. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A layer of fine dust covered cars and roadways. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With another wild kick, she rolled herself over and stumbled to her feet, staggering in the direction of the forest A tickle grew in Tally’s throat as the pepper dust dispersed on the wind. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Together they stood in the cart tracks amid the settling dust. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I kept scrabbling through the items in Doc’s cabin, searching for… “The dirt! The brick dust and graveyard dirt! Do you see any?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They would have rolled him in the dust and torn him there by his own steading if the swineherd had not sprung up and flung his leather down, making a beeline for the open. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’re made of wide, rough boards with cracks in between, gray with plaster dust and scattered with white speckles, like bird droppings. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I am like a room where things once happened and now nothing does, except the pollen of the weeds that grow up outside the window, blowing in as dust across the floor. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t care if the food was mixed with dust and debris. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the afternoon, as I’m dusting the Doctorita’s room and making the bed, I catch a glimpse of myself in the wardrobe’s mirror, at the two blue-yellow crescents beneath my eyes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cloud of gray dust spiraled around her legs. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He watched the dust settle, and it suddenly came to him. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I lay on the earth, dust rising up in a thick haze, Sumac plummeted toward me with a loud cry. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He began to feel with his hands through the dust and soot. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had a screen and a pair of andirons, but the logs that lay across them were furry with dust. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was a blighted, hellish place full of noise and dust and smoke and inhuman towers that blocked the sun, and she hated it—hated especially this gloomy building and the ceaseless clamor of construction. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But then he did turn, because it wasn't only dust flying. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Empty, all but one—in which a small heap of congealed white dust lay. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robert slouches against the fender of his Packard automobile, his shapeless dark jacket covered with dust, his hair an unkempt mop, his eyes glaring mistrustfully at the lens from under hooded brows. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Trying to get down quickly, she tumbled to the floor and then immediately dusted off her coat. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Instead of dust and tumbleweeds, mist slinks over the surface. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’ve lost sight of both of them in the dust and swirl of screaming people. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Orders whispered sharp and quiet—boats hauled back onto their racks, oars put away, all of it carefully dried off with dust sheets, which we hid beneath the floorboards afterward. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Inside the class- room, everything smelled of chalk dust and pencil shavings and disinfectant. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it had been dry for a spell, dust swirled around, and I had to breathe through my nose to keep from eating grit. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Dicey dusted the row of china cats on top of the bookcase. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bearing down swiftly, dust pluming around them, the horses pounded in her direction. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Still, we were lucky because it rained a little when we first came to Kakuma and that settled the dust. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was about to turn off into the woods when the first truck sped toward him, tossing up a cloud of red dust and catching him in its headlights. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And she wondered if she was mistaken, if she had perhaps imagined the bodies lying in the dust, so many bodies in the yard that recalling them made salt rush to her mouth. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Children were playing in the yard now, raising white dust, shouting. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Keep your eyes glued to the peas and every speck of dust on the floor. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

And then they were gone, leaving behind a cloud of sand and dust in the road. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

As the Bible said, “For dust you are and to dust you will return.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The little dust devil flattened into a trail. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He climbed onto the counter and felt his way through the dust on top of the cabinets. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The clothes I’d spent so much time picking out were wrinkled and covered in dust, and strands of my hair had escaped my ponytail and curled out in a thin frizz halo. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

It felt odd to be wearing shoes in June, but I was glad to have them since the streets were sharp with bits of glass and metal, filthy with dust and dreck. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She would go on a campaign, dusting first this house and then the other. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Every day the temperature soared toward 100 degrees Fahrenheit or more, and dry winds blanketed the camp with a fine, red dust that covered the ground like snow. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Redd’s toss went high, but she swatted them into the dust and then scooped them up. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Continually, new specials came into existence, created out of regulars by the omnipresent dust. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Even as people threw their heads back and screamed to God for help, the concrete and dust kept falling. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He cried because he had to wake up to what was left: the dim room, empty beds, and a March dust storm rattling the tin on the roof. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They appear as knackery trucks that carry dead horses, as collapsing dams, and maybe as beautiful girls with long dancer legs who drift silently through the dust of a California desert morning. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

But they all had plenty of food and water, so I hoped they would just keep scratching in the dust like regular chickens. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

They were grown men with thick forearms and huge, cracked hands; depending on the season, they were covered in gray dust or black mud. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The Roman dead collapsed into bones and crumbled to dust. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

All the children ran out to the yard in their shorts, twirling and dancing, because this was clean rain, the kind that did not come with dust, that did not leave brown stains on clothes. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

All night the saxophones wailed the hopeless comment of the "Beale Street Blues" while a hundred pairs of golden and silver slippers shuffled the shining dust. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He dusted off his jeans, as if hed planned the whole thing. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She turned in slow pirouette, dead arms outstretched, snow dusting her dark hair like powdered sugar. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

One last look around before I walk out into the heat and sun and dust. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She could smell dust and damp and mustiness. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Clouds of coal dust rose from the open cars, invading everything, seeping through windows and creeping under doors. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The dirt road and all the trees seem like a completely different world, like the bottom of a lake with flecks of dust floating by in the silvery light. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

They squat in the dust of broken doorways instead, staring at us with big eyes and sunken cheeks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Viruses like dry air and dust and darkness, and most of them don’t survive long when exposed to moisture and sunlight. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the jouncing up and down first of the horses and then the train, the dust of the road, and her natural inclination to get queasy, she was losing energy before my very eyes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The great dust sea, it’s called in the tales. What else but the Elmuthaleth? And the funeral pyre the size of a moon?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But perhaps all this that I think is mere melancholy and dismay, which will fly away as the dust, when I stand once again beneath the poplars and listen to the rustling of their leaves. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like we’re all the color of dust and you are gold, and rich brown, in red and purple with dark-lined eyes and shiny red lips. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He blew the dust from the lids and studied them. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I knew learning to read wouldn't change the fact that Fatima was trapped here like I was, cleaning floors, dusting baseboards, and peeling potatoes. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She thrust out her hand, and the helicopter exploded into dust—no, not dust. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

We stood in the freezing air as the afternoon turned overcast, a light snow dusted the earth. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He wheeled and raced for home as fast as he could, sending up puffs of dust in the road. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I finger a layer of dust on my bedroom windowsill. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I dust a bit,” Ignatius told the policeman. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, as I recall, I was up on the step-ladder dusting the portrait of Viscount Wetherby when my employer had entered carrying a few volumes which he presumably wished returned to the shelves. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer stood, wiping dust from his eyes, and surveyed the area. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

A meter’s worth of precious copper tore loose in his hands and dust clouds enveloped him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The dust dissipated and there was no more trace of his father. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He smelled stale food, old age, dried herbs, and dust. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s all that coal dust, from the old days,” I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The shimmering ghost of a woman drifted forward, and Jason felt as if his bones were turning to dust. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The vehicle moved away in a plume of dust that made him cough. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coal dust makes everything look especially ugly. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

We are never any farther than the sweat on your brows or the dust on your toes. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

His wife handed their baby down to him, then hopped into the dust herself. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved the way bits of fire dust would float up and disappear into the night air. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The dry dust got in his mouth and tasted like lime and grease. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A shell hit a caisson; it blew up in a great black tower of smoke, small black fragments whirling up into the air, fine dust sifting down everywhere, settling on the lips, into the eyes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Horrified, Harry watched as a fine trickle of dust rose into the air at Wormtail’s command and fell softly into the cauldron. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The ground trembled as the giant bronze woman stepped down off her pedestal and twisted her foot, grinding the bossling into dust. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

A strong wind whipped up dust, debris, and gravel and forced the bus to slow down to a snail’s pace. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The glare hurt our eyes and, along with the dust, made it difficult to see. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dusts off the bottle of rum in the dining-room cabinet, rinses a glass, chips ice from the freezer, and pours himself a long drink. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole island was blanketed with smoke and dust, but he saw through his binoculars that we’d reached the beaches untouched. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stale air and dust mites come through the vent. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Ours was a baby blue Pontiac Trans Am, which flew past, then screeched to a stop on the shoulder a hundred yards or so down the road, in a cloud of gravelly dust. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

His burlap tunic was shabby but familiar, and faint stubble dusted his jaw. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting at a cafe table, covered with pink eraser dust, sip- ping orange juice and trying to solve a geometry problem. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind pulled at the dust and the shining rocket and pulled at the accordion, and the dust got into the vamped harmonica. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slip past Mother in the dining room, invisible Pascagoula dusting pictures in the hall, up my steep, vicious stairs. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The creature unclenched its fist, and the dust blew to the ground. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Cole’s mother dusted imaginary specks off her dress, then picked up the feather hesitantly. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It didn’t look like she intended to stop until she had reduced the whole world to dust. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The road was white and dusty, and the dust rose under the wheels and hung in the air behind us. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Alex casually knocked the dust off his pants, just like the pros did on TV. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The convoy of vans and trucks sped away in a huge cloud of dust, with several of the black policemen dangling from the side and rear doors like rags on a line. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farmers using arsenic dusts over long periods have been afflicted with chronic arsenic poisoning; livestock have been poisoned by crop sprays or weed killers containing arsenic. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Each is dusted with confectioners’ sugar and topped by a dollop of whipped cream. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The dust he disrupted billows up and looks for new places to land. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The wind swallowed my words and blew them to icy dust. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“They died out because of the dust. Don’t you really know what a wasp is? You must have been alive when there were wasps; that’s only been—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The trucks barreled down the long, winding road, their passengers silenced by the dust deviling up and by the heat. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he knows Rufus can dust the police on his bike, but he doesn’t want them keeping an eye out for boys on bikes and find him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The glass on the frame was so thick with dust that I tried to blow it clean. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

A hill wind was blowing dust and empty Camels wrappers about their ankles. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Water streamed down out of his hair, leaving a dark wet trail in the dry dust to show which way he’d gone. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The front lawn didn’t take long, but before I was done the next-door neighbor came to the fence, attracted by the dust cloud. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

I ran up desperately, lugging foe box of thirty erasers, twenty-three of which had sent their chalk dust toward Mrs. Baker’s windows. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Ma throwed herself in the dirt off the wagon, moaning, ’lowing Pap’s pistol to fall into the dust. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Gilly took one of the pillows off the couch and used it to wipe every trace of dust off the piano bench before sitting down on it. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The enormous stone wall to the right of them seemed to defy every known law of physics as it slid along the ground, throwing sparks and dust as it moved, rock against rock. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I see that, you weirdo,” I say, getting up and dusting the sand off my clothes. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Don’t lose your language,” Señora Oralia said, like words were something that might end up under the bed with mismatched socks and dust bunnies. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The road was already going to dust and the dust was rising, and there was nothing to see ahead but troops in the dust toiling upward toward the crest of a divide. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The farmer had treated about 60 acres of land with a dust containing DDT and benzene hexachloride. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I push the pram down to the Dock Road, out to Corkanree where all the dust and garbage of Limerick is dumped and burned. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was as black as the coal dust under my fingernails. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

"Dell.. He changes course like the wind in a dust storm. "I'll drop it off tomorrow on my lunch break. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

A white doctor came to the home-house with his derby and walking stick, wrote “stillborn” on Day’s birth certificate, then drove his horse-drawn buggy back to town, leaving a cloud of red dust behind. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I stood on the sidewalk and let the perfumed breeze blow over me, free of construction dust and exhaust fumes. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I wish I could blow on a dandelion puffball and see its dust scatter. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He saw another dead horse, a splintered wagon; the severed forefoot of a horse lay near him in gray dust. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the moment most of these are under dust sheets because everyone is off doing War work, including the staff. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The roof of the classroom block was crushed into a jumble of wood and metal and dust. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Birds ruffled their feathers, shaking out the dust. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Ash opened the door to Ana’s room, she found her stepsister awake and sitting at the window looking out at the courtyard, dusted with snow. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The snow is no more’n a dusting. I can get Henry to take you in the wagon.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Time was the great millstone, which ground us to dust like kerneled wheat. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The lumps accrete dust particles as they move. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A country woman watched Miss Love and spent her egg money on a dust veil. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The wagon stirred up a lot of dust that kind of settled over everything like a nice, smooth blanket. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his back and his sides he carted around with him dust, threads, hair, and remnants of food. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the first bull, he came blaring out into the clearing, then stopped, to snort and sling his wicked horns and paw up clouds of dust. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d practiced fast getaways, fantasized he was revving a powerful engine that left a skid mark and dust behind. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see the red dust that coated sassafras bushes and wild flowers by the roadside. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The windows gleamed like beaten gold or silver, but now John saw, in the yellow light, how fine dust veiled their doubtful glory. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Her features are softened by our planet’s dust swimming around her. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

And so she continued, at the same pace, to sweep the dust, cigarette ends, and lozenge wrappers from the rest of the steps, until she reached the letter boxes at the bottom. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He remembers the acrid odor of flames, the buzzing of flies, children crying, the taste of dust and blood on his tongue. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

So they climbed out of the gorge and sped along the mesa in a dust cloud, singing fervently and almost joyously together, until suddenly the car hit a confused jackrabbit and Linda burst into tears. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snow was powder, it was so cold, and if there had been any kind of wind, it would have blown off like dust. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

The car was coated in dust by the time we got to the wide black gates of our country home. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

One of the soldiers stumbled in the rising dust, and the box crashed to the ground. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

She looked back down at the scratches on the table and continued dusting. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps one of the apprentices had been hiding gold dust in his sandal. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The dust came away to reveal a continuous hairline crack which ran around the edges of the step. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She also took to walking around the house in her stocking feet, trying to catch me unawares as I scrubbed or dusted or polished, often with Ruth at my side. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I could bottle the tiny winds, they'd turn to sugar dust. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She’d dozed and awakened in time to see the barbed wire and the rows of dark barracks blurred by blowing dust. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dropping the paper back on the money, he turned, picked up an old turkey-feather duster, and started dusting where there was no dust. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see Lorraine looking all around, checking the dust in the comers and the pieces of electrical equipment that were scattered on one table. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

It shines through the banana leaves of our hut, shines on the dust. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swept the whole store and then dusted some of the shelves. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She said, “We got to go free or die. And freedom’s not bought with dust.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just lay on his stomach, his face buried in the dust. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The anther and the stigma mature inside the flower’s clasplike keel, and the pollen is dusted directly from a flower’s anther to its own stigma. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Naomi stood up with a reluctant sigh and dusted herself off. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He washed and polished it once a week and dusted it every day with a rag he kept underneath the front seat. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

When she reached out with her rough-skinned hand and touched the dark hair that dusted his chest, he let her touch. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He dusts the table, the chair, the floor, the corners, especially the corners. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he spat into the dust at his feet. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spanked the dust off her hands and clothes, hard, and trudged uphill slowly behind Mother and Rashida. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then the pants rip, and Lally falls in the dust. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then falling off, like rotten leaves on dust? Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There are polar ice caps, drifting white clouds, raging dust storms, seasonally changing patterns on its red surface, even a twenty-four-hour day. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite his lead codpiece, the dust—undoubtedly—filtered in and at him, brought him daily, so long as he failed to emigrate, its little load of befouling filth. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Then,” he explained, “we shall secure it with fish glue, and the dust which comes from using the rubbing stone to polish the wood will fill in the least crack and make all smooth.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

At first, they appear the same as the ones Mirjam finished dusting. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Otherwise the dust billowed like sand over Khartoum and sifted deep into her scalp, where even a good brushing failed to dislodge it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And now the lights have been switched off and the clanking projector shoots out a beam of light, showing a million dust motes in the air. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Wherever they struck, they hissed and burst like clouds of dust, sprinkling the hull with specks of light. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They felt harsh with stone dust, rough and clumsy. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The screen was covered in dust, like a light snowfall, and I wiped the glass clear with my shirt. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Seth sprang forward, throwing a handful of dust over Grandma and the imps. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

They were barred with ornate wrought iron fences and gates, and inside, women in flowered shifts dusted plastic covered furniture or sat on shaded balconies looking out over the commotion below. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

In the terra-cotta dust I was spun upward into the air. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was exhilarating to sit beside him, with the car windows down and the air filled with dust and Rex Lawson’s dreamy rhythms. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The lawn had turned the same brown as the haze of dust hovering over the city, dotted by bald patches of dirt where nothing grew at all. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The gravel quiets to smooth, yellow dust and I slow down before Mother sees how fast I’m driving. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A second later, though, Roany was back on his feet and charging through the cloud of dust their hoofs had churned up. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air seemed clearer now: The dust had settled, and the stench was gone. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

A few freckles dusted his nose, and his eyes said he was sorry for me to go. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

By the time my uncle raced over and pulled him off me, I was crying and covered in dust. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

We found quail tracks in the dust, quail tracks in the sand and mud of stream beds, bits of quail-feather fluff in the dry tips of the sage. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

All those little windows in the French doors allowed the shimmer of moonlight to come in and kiss everything in the room with a glittering silver dust. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Others from Block 2 trudge their weary bodies into line for roll call, shading their eyes from the dust and sun. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

You raise me from the dust by this kindness; and I trust that, by your aid, I shall not be driven from the society and sympathy of your fellow creatures.’ Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the far end of the drive, Cady could just make out a man on a bicycle, kicking up more and more dust as he headed ever closer. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I washed the dust off my bare feet and splashed the water over me for the coolness. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Two older guys, Mitchell and Homes, never say much but can shoot the dust off your boots at fifty yards. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Stanley looked up at the approaching dust cloud, then back down at the spilled seeds. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

His hair was matted with dust and dirt. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Around the table each Vanderbeeker finished dinner, but the food tasted like dust and left them empty and unsatisfied. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“And the dusting, which you make me do every day, and sweeping and mopping the floor.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He was standing in the dust of the fight, and as the tribe saw his intention the shrill cheer changed to a steady booing. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Denna gripped my arm for balance and I held up a hand to shield my eyes from dust and leaves. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was after him, holding the cheese, its smooth surface covered with brick dust. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then the dust and the sun blinded him and the one thought in his mind was to get out and find a telephone to call for help. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Ishtar shook dust out of her hair and waved. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Chickens and rabbits scampered underfoot, dust and ashes coiled in rampant whirlwinds. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I got down under the bed and begged the very dust and coils of my bedsprings to produce a bee. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing should ever sit and gather dust,” she said, and we went into the kitchen and tried the cherry vanilla ice cream. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was sitting behind a brown table upon which stood piles of dust and cobweb-covered books and papers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bree takes my traveling cloak, then sweeps my gown with a handheld broom, batting at it for dust, bugs, or any other unwanted occupant I may have picked up on my journey. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The soldier ran his finger along the edge of the metal table, as if checking for dust. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Each turn of the crank took a year of effort, summer, spring, fall and winter, and my tears splashed into the dust as the bucket climbed out of the earth. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he eased himself into the cool creek, letting the dust and grime from there to here wash away. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I attempted to convey to her what a genial employer Mr Farraday is; and I described the changes to the house itself, the alterations and the dust- sheetings, as well as the present staffing arrangements. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

"The stallion who mounts the world will bum no cities now. His khalasai shall trample no nations into dust." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My class went through the routine of settling down, scraping chairs, dusting desks, copying the new term timetable written on the board. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

A warm soft drizzle was falling over the parched meadows and dry woodland, bringing relief after the hot dry day, damping down the dust from the road. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

In that falling golden dust in that sun-splashed clearing, I saw the Virgin Mary. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The road was volcanic dust, as red as dried blood. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Castle and camp were soon lost behind them, obscured by the dust of their hooves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Behind them the great horde might tear the earth and muddy the rivers and send up clouds of choking dust, but the fields ahead of them were always green and verdant. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There was the saliva that formed in my mouth whenever I smelt clay dust potted with fresh rain. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When a new car drove up, a cloud of dust blew around and into our mouths. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The storm which had been around us broke, and the rising dust seemed to shut off the light of the sun. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it came to apportioning work on an aptitude basis, the smaller girls were assigned to dust the legs and lower shelves of furniture; the older girls to dust table tops and upper shelves. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

One morning, Connor and I went uphill to find the Dragon Sighs kicking up whirlpools of dust. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Treasure meant gold, silver, and jewels, not dust, spiders, and rotting leather. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“They should all be seized on the spot! When did you last come up here? I could scrape the dust off their pages with a trowel.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The haze from the beer was gone, like heat and dust washed out of the sky by a summer rain. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I just left them all in the dust. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I walked to the top of a small grade next to the shack and watched the Carcachita disappear in the distance in a cloud of dust. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

A little puff of dust rose from the bedcovers as she sat down to read the clippings. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Vonetta remained cool and then blew dust off the needle to show me she knew what she was doing. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I shook so hard, I thought the bathroom was going to lose molecular cohesion and collapse into a vibrating pile of dust. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It crumbled to dust as she removed her foot. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It’s filled up with old furniture and dust and things in wooden boxes and under plastic tarps. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He was caked in sweat, lime dust, and tar. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He reached into a rubble of bricks and pulled out a handful of white dust. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Little vortexes of dust spiral around the block as I step down from the trailer with my parents. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The air was full of dust that had been kicked up by all those running feet. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Katherine and I spent our free time polishing silver, dusting bannisters, beating carpets, and a dozen other randomly assigned tasks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He flings himself into his seat, his legs in the aisle, then takes his cap off and slaps it against the seat in front of us, raising a small cloud of dust. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I fought against tears and lost; they fell to the dust in big drops too. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

We rolled in a cloud of dust past the house, pulled up next to the classic green Ford, and climbed out in front of that other building. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blew some eraser dust off the paper and into the dark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

By the time I reach the end of the drive, my huaraches and ankles are covered with fine yellow dust. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I swept the floors and wrapped parcels and dusted the shelves, and Mrs. Diamant said I was a quick learner. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

All of our clothes got worn to dust. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

As if I was some kind of expert on gold dust, butterflies, and blood. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The six demigods gathered on the quarterdeck and gazed at the distant column of dust still rising from the site of the implosion. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A cloud of dust rose as they drove Mom away from us. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drag the tree out of the basement and stand it in the driveway so I can sweep the dust and cobwebs off it with a broom. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The wind blew desert dust in their faces and dried their skin and turned their hair to wire. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was out of breath, sweaty, and caked in monster dust, but he was unharmed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They knew how it would feel to let the horses run through the cool air; they had been traveling slowly in the dust and sun beside the burros for over a week. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

We also bought ten pounds of zinc dust. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was glaring through the smoky haze, but he ignored the heat as he ignored the charcoal dust that blackened his white fur and the midges that searched in vain for skin to bite. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He wiped the screen of his laptop with his shirtsleeve, then had to change his shirt because the sleeve turned gray from the dust. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

"The satellites won’t be able to see through the dust. Once he enters the affected area, we won't see anything until he comes out the other side." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the others came forward to dust the snow off Billy, and then they searched him for weapons. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sucked my tongue to unfreeze it, tasting the gritty dust. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He slapped at his pants, trying to knock out the dust. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

A stiff wind blew dust through the air. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would have killed me, thought Montag, swaying, the air still torn and stirring about him in dust, touching his bruised cheek. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The toes of his boots dragged in the dust. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The earth, where it was worn bald under the gate, was cracked, and hard as rock, a lifeless tan color; and the road was an aisle of brilliant velvet dust. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toby jumped up and grabbed Thoth down off the shelf and dusted him off. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept glancing at me out of the comer of his eye as he walked slowly down to the other end of the store, dusting here and there. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a single deadly swipe, he cut her to dust. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Indeed the skate wheels were rusted and the doll’s hair was dust filmed as though these things had waited there a long time like Little Boy Blue’s toy dog and tin soldier. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we set it down, the legs settled soundly into the dust so it did not wobble, as it had always done inside the house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“THE WATCHDOG,” shouted another, fainting from fright, for racing down the road barking furiously and kicking up a great cloud of dust was the very dog of whom they had been speaking. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The room then became vulnerable to dust, heat, termites, red ants, and moths, who would turn the wisdom of the parchments into sawdust. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The wind howled, piling up snow in drifts and blinding the night with ice-white dust. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

His concentration broken, he stepped awkwardly upon a joist and tripped heavily into the thick dust. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But I wedge out from under the bed—there's getting to be less and less room under there—and I dust myself off and open the door. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Shells are launched into the row of apartments, setting off the chain of explosions we heard, and the building collapses into rubble and dust. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The offending dust, hair, or paper, seized in miniature steel jaws, was raced back to the burrows. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually it's using more power to keep warm than it's getting from the meager daylight that makes it through the dust. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

After hacking it apart, though, he almost vomited as he watched the two halves wriggle frantically in the dust. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she ran her hand along the wall it came back coated in cool white dust. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Thoughts spun about in my mind like a swirl of dust caught in the wind, but the ones that spiraled back the strongest were Ucho’s words about the shaman. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

You can spend the next five hours or five days beating me to dust, but I don’t feel it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She pulled out a squat leather-bound volume and blew the dust off the top. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

When the Sun passes through a spiral arm it is more likely than it is at present to enter into gaseous nebulae and interstellar dust clouds and to encounter objects of substellar mass. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone else drew a figure in the dust. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went on a bit about the doctor’s unparalleled ability to turn simple language into poetry, and for my big finale I read his story of the elephant and the Who-inhabited dust speck. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Wind puffs rattled the cottonwoods, dust swirled in the road stirring grasshoppers up into their crackling, chili-red flights. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thumbed through the Reader’s Digests and found a stack of National Geographies from the 1960s, but the box was covered in so much dust that I knew Margo had never been inside it. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Daylight streamed through the hole onto a mound of splintered floorboards and broken glass from which rose coils of silty dust, pieces of torn carpet plastered here and there like scraps of desiccated meat. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Wipe dust and pulverized plaster from my eyes and nose. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ash ran her fingers over her father’s name, and they came away covered with dust. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once a cloud of dust on the road moving toward the town kept him excited for an hour, but it proved to be only a flock of sheep being driven to market. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

"I have had rooms prepared, and you'll find no lack of hot water to wash off the dust of the road. I hope you will honor us at table tonight." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She showed Moss a pic of a light-skinned guy with a dust of a mustache and a flattop. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Wind raged, the bean leaves were covered with dust; they looked bedraggled, unhealthy, dying. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

No larger than grains of dust, these transparent larvae swim about in the surface waters, feeding on the microscopic plant life of the plankton. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

They had cream puffs, too—without chalk dust. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Most days I work at the store, I sweep, dust, and wipe off the mirrors and counters. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Percy kicked the dust on the rocks, his expression grim and dissatisfied. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Matthias felt the suffocating dust clog his mouth as he struggled to turn his body over. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Og set the dance floor’s gravity on a counterclockwise spin, making all of our avatars slowly rotate around the club’s invisible central axis, like motes of dust floating inside a snow globe. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It looks like a giant meteor crashed through the roof, obliterating stone into dust. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He stood up, dusted his hands on his trousers. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But deep in his heart there was something that restrained him; he could not strike this thing lying in the dust, forlorn, ruinous, utterly wretched. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The dust was there, and the dirt too in places, but there were no ropes or blocks. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She was afraid to leave and yet she could not bear the life she led, inside all day, sweeping and dusting, making beds, washing clothes. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a smile on her dust devil face, as if she were intently listening to her favorite song. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They pulled heavy stones from her body and dusted her off. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

We make our way down the street, our passage kicking up dust that coats my skin and clogs my nostrils. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Far away, upstairs, perhaps in the nursery, a little eddy of wind gathered itself and swept along the floor, carrying dust. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stared, mouth open, as the wagon disappeared into a cloud of dust. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I’m done with the bear, I dust the fancy books nobody reads, the Confederate coat buttons, the silver pistol. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Now they were so covered in dust and droppings, you couldn’t tell one uniform from the other. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was shivering and covered with black graphite dust. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked it up, placed it on top of a cabinet, and dusted it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

There was a smell of straw and dust and hawthorn. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their high cheekbones shimmered with silver fae dust, a magic enhancer, and their long purple hair flowed in shiny waves. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The blowing wind was full of choking dust and so I walked up the path with my head tucked down. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A shiver ran through Ekon, and a solemn quiet settled between them like dust as they continued on. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

His hands, his face—dust clung to every part of him, except his eyes. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Francie was in her yard one mid-afternoon when a little girl came out alone into the school yard and importantly clapped two blackboard erasers together to free them from chalk dust. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day she said I did not put in enough water, and the rice was dry as dust. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Some people are in there dusting for prints and putting things in plastic bags.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A dust cloud began to thicken around Nathan, his hands were moving so fast on the top layer. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Around the goddess, flowers bloomed in the dust—dark purple, orange, and red blossoms that smelled sickly sweet. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

My nose tickled from the dust in the sleeping bag, and the basement floor—which was poured concrete beneath a thin, comfortless layer of indoor-outdoor carpeting—made my bones ache whichever way I turned. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her knapsack disappeared in the dust, and she saw clothing, the sleeping bag, and packets of SpagBol scattering in the machine’s wake. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Then she blows the minty white dust out of the empty tin and tells me to turn around. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

We scrubbed the floor and washed the windows and polished the grate and dusted the ledges and wiped the picture-frames and carefully tidied away all the hockey-sticks and cricket-bats and umbrellas. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spiders started building new webs in abandoned huts; dust started to sift in from unpatched roofs in golden spicules. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy comes in, dusting caked dirt off his hands. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Sadness, though, streaked every happiness like plaster dust. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boat was taking fuel on board; the railcars were hauled alongside and tilted sideways to let coal thunder down the chutes into the hold, and the black dust rose high above them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I cleared some dust off the floor with my foot. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I looked up, found him watching me, closed the book, put it away, and picked up my dust cloth. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if this might once have been a little bookstore, although it’s been decades since these shelves held anything but dust. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She continued working until she got too unwieldy to dust under the desks. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you think this trinket is the Eye? I think it’d be dust by now.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He lay wet and sticky, quivering all over, dust and straw clinging to his fur. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The only upside was that my mom stopped making me empty the dishwasher and dust the baseboards. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The church building crumbled, and the school collapsed into dust, then the whole town disappeared into the chasm. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind had risen and was whipping up the snow in frozen imitations of dust devils, but the night sky was clear and black, with thousands of stars spread in unfamiliar constellations overhead. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I whacked her mummified face against the trapdoor frame and dust flew. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Skin shriveled; lips became chapped; hair grew stiff, caked with dust. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crush my jaws together so hard my teeth crumble to dust. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Finally done tumbling, the airlock rested on its side amid a cloud of dust. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The event was an opportunity to sweep the dust from Jaime’s lair and chase away the insects and cobwebs with a broom. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike the president, Jefferson had a great deal to say about his journey—about the heat, rain, dust, and expense. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Where the other forty thousand had made their camp, only the wind and dust lived now. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Their feet disturbed a deep dust upon the floor, and stumbled among things lying in the doorway whose shapes they could not at first make out. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

At noon, while General Moncada was lunching with Úrsula, a rebel cannon shot that echoed in the whole town blew the front of the municipal treasury to dust. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I run along the inner side of the fence, as close as I can get, calling out David’s name, but the sounds of helicopter blades and sirens mute my screams in the blizzard of dust. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Now I could see a fine shading of dust in the air out behind the church, rising slowly and drifting away. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

On crops this is not a problem — even a dust can be used. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Feet over head, feet over head, feet over head, over and over again, grunting and thumping his way to the bottom, leaving a cloud of dust and burnt, dried-up grass trailing after him. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

And lying there it seemed that he saw every single grain of dust and every blade of grass and that he heard every cry and shout and whisper going up in the world now. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Layers of dust, dirt, sweat on her skin: endless. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The wind rose, kicking puffs of dust from the football field. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

High in the atmosphere, perfect, tiny crystals that form, about a minute piece of dust, each a lace-like work of unique, six-sided fractal art. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I found a piece here, a piece there, but it was mostly coal dust. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

And he turned and disappeared in the swirling dust. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has on a mask and gloves while he and Mama clear out the dust from behind the furniture. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They say that I arrived covered with dust, without a hat, filthy and bearded, thirsty and furious, shouting for my bride. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wash themselves with orange-colored Lifebuoy soap, dust themselves with Cashmere Bouquet talc, clean their teeth with salt on a piece of rag, soften their skin with Jergens Lotion. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The head of the man was pulled to the side where a limp arm dangled and where the foot pointed outward as it was dragged through the dust. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were huge stacks of wood, and some machines covered with green canvas to protect them from the dust. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were warped with age, coated in dust, and filled with thick, yellowed paper. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She was on her feet again, and the branches dusted her off. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

There were linear streaks of clean floor for the furrows, and linear streaks of dust, the hillocks. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some dust—at least she hoped it was dust and not pulverized skeletons or something equally gross—fell onto her shoulder from the crumbling ceilings. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Bernd’s face is white with dust, but his eyes are two voids and his mouth is a maroon hole. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I was dusting the grandfather clock in the front hall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The openings in the sides were choked with dust, soot and cobwebs. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such as: the yellow bucket and sponge spent more time gathering dust in the cellar and less time in Mrs. Beale’s hands. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been walking through the fields kicking up dust all day. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Will the Master of the Universe obey the will of a man whose life is dust? The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

This was my first look at something I would soon know very well, a billowing flurry of dust and sand churned up by the wind through Owens Valley. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rechecks the fuses, valves, plug pins; he toggles the receive/ send switch, blows dust off the meter selector. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Frank looked back and his courage crumbled to dust. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A steel ball will knock to dust Irene’s Palace of Cosmetology, where women used to lean their heads back on sink trays and doze while Irene lathered Nu Nile into their hair. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

We brushed the oars and hulls lightly with handfuls of ancient straw from the stables, leaving a fine layer of dust over everything. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She busies herself then with dusting off a pair of my shoes that have never taken a step. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

A column of dust rose from a mound of rubble, which I realized was a collapsed skyscraper. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

From across the lake he could see the approaching dust cloud. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Now Mr. Dolan rose, dusting off invisible crumbs from his pants. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And when the dust settles, America will have won. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps eighty years earlier, dust storms had engulfed the high plains, blackening the glaciers in the peaks above. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Sweating, panting, and covered in dust, they formed a circle around her at midfield. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I look at my four boys, who are the colors of silt, loam, dust, and clay, an infinite palette for children of their own, and I understand that time erases whiteness altogether. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heavy green glass bottle was covered with the dust of ages. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Her bare feet would raise the saffron dust that floated down on the coveralls and bunion- split shoes of the man breathing music in and out of his harmonica. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A slight breeze blew a fine dusting of salt over Matt’s skin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

An explosion, an expansion of stars and galaxies and planets and suns, our little planet with all our little lives, and then everything turning to dust, until nothing in this universe exists anymore at all. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Then the others joined in, all fluffing and rolling around, looking like their bones had melted away, like jellyfish chickens, clouds of dust everywhere, clucking their contentment. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

The pugmarks of a lion preceded him like flowers printed in the dust. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He sits down haid, aims his gun into the dust, fires. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He puts his hand on my shoulder and I smell his smell of tar and outdoors dust and sunny skin, and I begin to cry. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He dusted the piano and sat down on the piano stool to wait until Elisha had finished mopping one side of the church and he could replace the chairs. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I catch him outside the door and brush a layer of dust off the back of his jacket. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Her jacket was smeared in grime and monster dust, but she managed to get to her feet and stagger off. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The couple left after a few minutes, and from the back of the house I watched the red car scare chickens, raise dust and disappear toward Magnolia. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it is easy to ward off the dust devil, it is easy to make it change its path and skirt around you. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite Pullman’s vestibules ice as fine as dust settled between coaches and filled Burnham’s train with the tang of deep winter. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He popped open one comer of the top, and a puff of dust rose up. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

An old brown crate covered in layers of dust, with sagging hinges and a partially splintered lid, sat there. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I remember strange details about the moment we pulled into the parking lot—the smell of oil floating up from our leather gloves, the sandpaper feel of dust on my fingertips. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She reached up and tugged on the curtain and studied the dust as it rose up in the air and swirled and swooped. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The dust and smoke moved like a river among islands of debris—pieces of wall and roof, even an iron stove standing upright, as though it had been delivered by wagon. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, one night Ginnie and me ” A man named Schoenke got out his accordion and did a kicking dance, the dust springing up around him. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It trembled, and then an avalanche of rage made the cavern walls shudder and dust drop from the ceiling. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The earl dusted himself off as the others snickered audibly. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hear Job, sitting in dust and ashes, his children dead, his substance gone, surrounded by false comforters: ‘Yea, though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.’ Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Somebody else spat out into the hot dust of noon. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

How my hands missed the feel of dough dusted with flour. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

While Roberto cleared off and dusted the tables, I emptied the trash. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The pipes, he noticed, shaded to powdery gray on top — dust. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, grimacing while she dusted something on my face that smelled like roses. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He saw a cloud of dust moving across the wasteland and noticed that the other boys had stopped digging and were watching it, too. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

We use it sparingly, and Helena sweeps up the dust to burn. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The wind died down for a minute, allowing dust to settle over everything and everybody, then it started blowing again. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She flicked the hem of her skirt at my sneaker, dusting it. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Amid a cloud of dust, Clyde Livingston slid into home plate as the catcher caught the ball and tried to tag him out. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

When we didn’t speak, Aileen hummed so softly and warmly, I thought of the cicadas and the crickets singing at dusk in the dust and hayseed of Uncle Earl’s farm. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

My white Nikes kicked up dust as I made the short walk from the van to the front of the house. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Smoke and dust came through as Frankie disappeared down the hall. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I was engulfed by the noise and the dust. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I get up and brush the dust and gravel from my clothes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I shuffled along behind, head spinning, feet kicking up dust. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Ash and dust bedim the sky, blocking the sun's light. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Intermittently, huge clouds of dust swelled upward, lingered a few moments in the air, and then settled down to make everything and everybody reddish brown. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet there was such color and sound, such life: wren men with their caged birds, dream men blowing colored dust, children with their shoe harps making music just by running. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“My parents? Have you seen them? I tried, but I couldn’t—the dust.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

At San Lucas they took three carriages, which conveyed them to Tres Marias in a cloud of dust, like a bunch of gypsies. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stirred the dust we kicked up with our shoes, and blew my hood up around my hair. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

My stomach churns as the Great One’s body turns to dust, spiraling upward and away. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Edward stands among them, shards of glass ground to dust beneath his heel, a sledgehammer held above his head. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But she knows what she’s doing—dusting and blending until her skin glows and her eyes are wide and soft. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Her blue dress was filthy with dust and dried blood. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Other scientists thought that static electricity would cause whatever dust there was to cling to the windows of the spacecraft, blocking the astronauts’ view and causing them to crash on landing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The floor-to-ceiling windows curve outward and are covered in dust and grime, and there’s a giant stone fireplace in the wall to the right, but no furniture. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was jammed full of filing cabinets, covered with dust. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Down the road in the distance, a long column of dust was rising. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The silver-gray dust being thrown in the air by the wind was not snow, but ash. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Somewhere there was a baseball diamond yellow with dust and green with summer grass. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It was not ashes even, it was feathery dust....I went and washed my hands in the basin. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I ground my knees in the dust and shook and sobbed and opened my mouth to cry out loud. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first time I tried to walk through the dust, I sank into it up to my knees. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the afternoon winds blowing inevitably down the valley started a dust that was like fog and raised it into the sky almost as high as the mountaintops. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she bent down to touch the dust of her dida’s feet to her head. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A thin layer of dust lay over everything. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Keep these separate, please," he said, "They may have radioactive dust on them." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hel traces the dust on the ground with a fair, practiced hand. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She stood up and brushed the cement dust off her butt. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

There was the smell of furniture polish; the dust and dirt of the past season were forever wiped away. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But God is only a white cold eye, a quarter-moon poised above the smoke, blinking, blinking, as the city is gradually pounded to dust. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

All of her mother’s dreams of growing old and watching her grandchildren play had been brutally dashed into the dust. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the daytime, a ray of sunlight shone into the tomb, making all the dust motes she stirred up swirl like falling snow. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The village hall smells of cigarettes, wax, dust, cauliflower, and paint. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He finds it on the ground beside the desk, and when he attempts to dust it off a bit he can see the initials H.B. engraved on the back. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A space of dust and rubbish separated it from the village. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I brush the eraser dust from my skirt and breeze past Don Lucho, whispering, “And stop calling me Your Highness, King Lucho!” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before I build up the nerve, a sudden gust of wind blows dust into my eyes, and when I clear them, Sis has disappeared. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

All this does is move the dust around. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Tourists screamed as Kampe appeared from the dust and rubble, her wings spread out as wide as the yard. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Likewise, he smeared dust off the half-empty ammo shelf, unconsciously slapping his palm on his pants to clean it, then shook his head. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

East Texas clay mixes with plaster dust from the school; red sludge sucks at the soles of work boots. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was only tepid, and soon cold, and seawater in the bargain, but it served to wash die dust of the long ride horn his face and hair and hands. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Finally he got up and went into the main house to dust the furniture, something mild and mindless that would keep him occupied. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Children played marbles in circles drawn in dust. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Esteban Trueba appeared in the doorway at the very instant when the house snapped in half like an eggshell and collapsed in a cloud of dust, flattening him beneath a pile of rubble. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you’d better get started before the book there in your hand falls to dust.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I was dusting when I saw the picture: a rough shell holding slippery, slimy innards and, right in the middle, a perfect, iridescent white pearl. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carlos rode off in a plume of dust and salt. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lenny and I high-five, and then I lick the orange cheese dust off my fingers in celebration. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Scoob dusts the woodland debris from his clothes and tries to play it off. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Each evening the sun colored the buildings ochre and lit the motes of dust raised by the breeze until the air itself became a soft orange veil. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In the barn they scavenged a few handfuls of some grain he did not recognize out of the dusty floor of a metal hopper and stood eating it dust and all. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“But why are the storms so strong, and full of dust?” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched how he constantly fiddled with his keffiyeh and beat the dust off his clothing while stealing glances at me, making sure I was still there, that this wasn't a dream of his. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Bits of it, like the radioactive dust itself, whirled down on Rick. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It isn’t even an inch, but in this part of Oregon a slight dusting brings everything to a standstill as the one snowplow in the county gets busy clearing the roads. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s got a graying goatee, and if you look close enough, you can see Cheetos dust in it. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Since King Hamlet’s burial, the chapel had been little used and dust motes drifted in the light beams. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

‘Do any of you dispute the fact that this is dust?’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She frowned and added "Note: five sols until dust storm entry." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Streaks of dirt ran along the walls; here and there lay tangles of dust and garbage. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

My garments trailed through brambles, and my feet stirred up dust that settled over me and parched my throat with every breath. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

A haze of dust and smoke hung over everything, lit lurid by the fire blazing at the blast sight. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I sit down and reach for the cereal and pour out nothing but sugar dust. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He sliced the demon to dust, but immediately fell to his knees. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The boy rubbed his eyes with his dirty hands and mixed dust with tears. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

That first morning, Miss Susan told her to go and sweep the parlor and dust it. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not Rebecca who was lying in that coffin in the crypt, it was dust. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Thick dust crunched beneath their feet, and Harry’s nose detected, underneath the dank and mildewed smell, something worse, like meat gone bad. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I's the one what set him to dusting. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

As he crawls, his diaper cleans the floor, picking up bits of dust and hair and pulling it along like a little mop. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was stirring up dust that made Bridge want to sneeze. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

They mean the smell of dust and grass on a baseball diamond, the first fresh sea breezes that come all the way inland from Long Island Sound, all the maples decked out in green-gold leaves. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

His best suit was covered in white dust, which had settled in his hair and mustache and made him look as though he had just aged thirty years. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He dusts off his habit and groggily makes his way to the door of the stable. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was dusted with flour, which explained the mysterious white powder on her face. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Others step in front of Saleem, and in the flurry of yells and moving bodies and rising dust, someone shoves him to the ground. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

A film of red dust on his hair and eyebrows and the tip of his strong chin gave him a fiendish look untrue to his nature. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d go to her classroom after school and clean her chalkboard, dust her erasers, and pick the paper up off the floor. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He flung the dirt back over his neck and shoulders in great clouds of dust. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wylan was covered in dust and wearing a slightly dazed, deliriously happy expression. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I search for Hamza in the darkness and smoke and dust. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I also groan on the inside: my voice sounds like I’ve been breathing chalk dust. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Shrugging, Doha kicked a stone hard, watching it raise clouds of dust where it hit the road. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Standing in the silent dust, I understood at last what Uri had done and what he had saved me from. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

We remain at the curb, in its dust and leaf matter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Flip-flops probably would have been even easier, but there’s the whole dust factor. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, a skinny stairwell wended up into the gloom and the scent of dust and mold, heavier there than anywhere else in the house, had seeped out from the darkness. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The wire whipped away from him, slithering through the crawlspaces, raising dust clouds as it moved. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

As I stare out at the world, dusted in white, I feel like everything has begun again, and it will be better this time. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I think she’s going to crash headfirst, but she plonks herself onto the dirt and slides down on her backside in a cloud of dust and a scattering of pebbles. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

In all this dust and dirt with hardly anything ever coming along that’s shiny and new, a baby does seem like quite an event. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, all that came out was a hoarse croak, and then he was choking, coughing, hacking the gritty gray dust out of his throat and lungs. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Artemis stood, said a kind of blessing, breathed into her cupped hand and released the silver dust to the sky. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I unleash dust and a mustiness scents the air, but my thread count options are limited, so I unzip the sleeping bag, spread it over the chair, and then inflate the camping pillow. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps the tears were caused by the swirling dust and lint. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The outline she’d seen once or twice when the side door opened and a woman shook crumbs from a tablecloth or dust from a small rug onto the ground. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lit candles beside Our Lady of the Fighter Pilot and she dusted off the model of the F-8 that Matthew had constructed for his father one Christmas. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw feet fly toward me and a man grabbed the jug, dust and dirt rising up. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They were singing, searching for meaning in the dust. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I walk into my own room, slamming the door behind me, eyes stinging from dust and bitterness. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The dust cleared, and I had a full view of the battle. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Granddaddy murmured to me, “Do you realize what this means, Calpurnia? The days of whale oil and coal dust are over. The old century is dying, even as we watch. Remember this day.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The sharp blue slacks he had worn were in a corner, next to Aunt Pearl's box of dusting rags. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Picking up a new linen coat off the front seat, he held it out grandly for her to put on, then draped a big dust veil over her hat and face, and handed her in. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

As we’re dusting off our clothes, I notice a small depression past the orange barriers, at the fence line. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Her bare footprints were clear in the dust on the floor. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t find so much as a speck of dust that had come from Cap. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The air is carefully filtered so that it is free of dust, and every item of equipment must be carefully cleaned before it is allowed to enter. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made the empty rooms roar with accusation and shake down a fine dust of guilt that was sucked in their nostrils as they plunged about. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed on the main door with his shoulder and the worm-eaten wooden frame fell down noiselessly amid a dull cataclysm of dust and termite nests. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

His bunk was bare vinyl; his desk empty; an outline of dust where his stereo had been. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

She breathes in the fear that rises from him with the grit and dust. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m half-frozen when I get off, but the forests are beautiful, sparkling like diamond dust, mist lifting off the fields and the hills. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mirage-gray at the bottom of their granite canyons, the hot streets wavered in the sun, the car tops sizzled and glittered, and the dry, cindery dust blew into my eyes and down my throat. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

In the dust he fell and whinnied as life bled away. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Julius was trying to decide whether to go quail hunting or to King City and catch the train to Salinas to shake some of the dust out of his britches. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tammi tried to dodge my blade, but I sliced straight through her cheerleader uniform, and with a horrible wail she exploded into dust all over Rachel. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She picks up rocks as we go, smooth stones that she dusts the dirt from and then puts in her pockets. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Struggling with her steak, Mary Anne looked hunched and bruised beneath the pale blue dress that covered her delicately, as though the dust had been scraped from a butterfly wing. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The earth would be so dry, the mule would be kicking up dust. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smells like pinesap and burned hair, and there is a light dusting of golden powder streaked over one cheek. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There was time to notice the clouds in a blue sky, the reddish-brown dust at my feet. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As daylight flooded the cavern, Arachne’s tapestries along the walls crumbled to dust, which Annabeth could hardly bear to watch—especially the tapestry depicting her and Percy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

No shadows steal upon this hard glare, the stony vineyards shimmer in the sun and the bougainvillaea is white with dust. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He looked down at the baby lying in the dust. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Down on the ground the prairies unscroll, vast and mundane and plausible as hallucinations, dusted already with snow and scrawled with sinuous rivers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Funeral wreaths and angels, constellations of dust, stellar or otherwise, the puzzles left by spiders. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not a speck escaped Aunt March’s eye, and all the furniture had claw legs and much carving, which was never dusted to suit. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dust? I guess you mean it in some other sense than the dust on the roads. No, I never did. But look! There’s a troop of angels now....” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their feet pounded and thundered on the ground and left a great sheet of dust behind them. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seems like no matter how much I clean the floor, there is always dust to get rid of. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

At the fence, we watched the cattle mill around, stirring up dust and knocking into the wood. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

She dusted them off and dropped one each into the front pockets of her apron. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

This morning, the dust on the window filters the light as it beams in, bathing their daily routine in a kind of soft glow. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She tried to stay on top of the sewing and to keep dust from gathering in the cracks between the floorboards. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the dusky shadows, Frankie’s eyes were as luminously gold as the constellations of dust motes floating above our heads. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Close enough that she could almost feel the draw of the Book like the draw of a magnet on iron dust. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Year after year, she slowly pared away the sand and dust over Caral. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I get up and dust off my butt. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Rita dropped a last load of twigs and dusted off her hands. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

And she reached over and caressed her daughter’s cheek, leaving a light dusting of flour on her face. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Little kids play outside, kicking up dust while their parents mill around, faces drawn and blank, fear in their eyes. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain turned, saw Tom’s white grinning face, saw him flick rock dust from his uniform, blinking it out of his eyes, grinning bleakly. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His human hands blew away into dust, revealing his dragon claws. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

For example, fields of alfalfa are dusted with DDT; meal is later prepared from the alfalfa and fed to hens; the hens lay eggs which contain DDT. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She remembered the floor of that horrible cavern in Rome crumbling to dust, plunging Percy and Annabeth into Tartarus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They crossed a platform covered with powdery dry elephant dung, their feet kicking up puffs of dust as they advanced. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tossed the two halves of the Big-Head Mask to the floor and dusted off her knee. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The bubbles glowed in the heat and wobbled under the weight of wind and fire and dust. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Ash went about her work in silence as Ana upbraided her about her poor cooking skills, the invisible layer of dust on the dining room table, the unevenness of her stitching on their stockings. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It snowed before dawn, a light dusting of snowflakes, a presentiment of the deep snows that would come further into the winter. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He waited until he was halfway down the stairs to the kitchen, out of earshot of Mrs. Black and clear of the dust cloud, before calling, “I’ve got news, and you won’t like it.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

My first week at Miss Celia’s, I scrub the house until there isn’t a dust rag or a stripped sheet or even a run stocking left to wipe with. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It took four men under Pedro Segundo’s guidance to remove the hill of dust, tile, and adobe that had fallen on top of him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roy’s throat was as dry as prairie dust, and his neck felt hot. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hovercar passed overhead, blowing a maelstrom of dust and loose wood chips into her eyes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I dusted the powdery corpses of half a dozen dead butterflies off a cement bench and lay down on the quad under the moonlight for a while, contemplating my sisters and our rebelliousness. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Sean kept the bathroom so clean that the box didn’t have a speck of dust on it, but Finn wiped it down anyway. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He picked up Agelaos’ broadsword from where it lay, flung by the slain man, and gave Leodes’ neck a lopping blow so that his head went down to mouth in dust. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Captain Snow landed in front of Matthias, raising the dust with his vast wings. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The Sorrow Eater by now looked as old as dust. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I look around, taking in the sofas stacked with wilted cushions, the creaky hardwood floors, the dust particles swirling in the sunlight. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Felicia returned from the fields complaining of her wrenched back, her shredded hands, of the clumps of dust she’d swallowed. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The road curved and we saw the three cars looking quite small, the dust rising from the wheels and going off through the trees. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then they were gone, disappearing in a cloud of dust and debris as the walls and floor collapsed. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She found a narrow space between two great roots and crammed herself into it, peering over the buttress beside her and out toward the approaching dust cloud. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He crossed the room and picked one up and blew the dust from it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Like I am a piece of dust deposited in a dustpan. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

All lined up tense; then Go! and down the track they raised the dust in a flying bunch, strung out longer and longer behind Prince Klytoneus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had nothing to write on except the red dust at our feet, so that is what we used. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The remaining library walls tremble and shake, scattering dust and loose stones over us. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

A great gust split through the cloud, the black dust disintegrating into the night sky. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then she complained about the dust from the ride, the smell of the street, the bumpiness of the road, the lateness of the day, the ache in her stomach. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could she say she could see hardly anything in the morning gloom of the huge, barnlike room, the very air a soup of dust and lint? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Raising the dust jacket with her finger, Meggie saw the dark red cloth, as red as the flames surrounding the ink-black heart. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“It was nice to have a reason to blow the dust off my phone.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Then they both fell to the earth, and a large dust cloud bloomed around them. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I go in the living room, start dusting the books for the second time. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The dust rose in clouds around him, clinging to the lapels of his khaki uniform. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

It turned the dust to mud, which caused horses to stagger and wagons to stall. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Gilly got up, dusted herself off, then took him by the hand. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

My forearms were dotted red with pinpricks and my lungs were filled with hay dust. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Half buried in rubble, Harry tried to raise himself: He could barely breathe or see for dust. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Just white scabby dust on the tops of their feet, and all of them with those dark black sores and scars. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am queen over a city built on dust and death. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At her words, a swarm of butterflies fluttered out of the hackberry shrubs and flitted around me, dusting me with delight. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The holes in the walls were plugged up and the shelves of books dusted off. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The roads to the city were covered with sharp pebbles only half buried in the thick dust. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

What makes one person allergic to dust or pollen, sensitive to a poison, or susceptible to an infection whereas another is not is a medical mystery for which there is at present no explanation. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

His big hands started brushing the dust from my clothes. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Impala kicked up dust as it squealed out. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The two ran onward, gray with dust and dirt. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Glittering dust fell from her arm, as it moved. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Rain dusts the glass panels above our heads. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

A light emerges, a light not kindled, Werner prays, by his own imagination: an amber beam wandering the dust. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The air had been washed clear of any soot or dust or smoke and the whole world seemed fresh and crystal-sharp. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to see her mother dust chalk from her hands before she prepared the evening meal. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Turner stood up and was dusting himself down when Nettle and Mace emerged and together they walked back toward the major who was sitting on the ground. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I threw some shadow and dust high into the air, and the crowd gasped. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Stheno, you fool!” she gurgled as her half-made face rose from the mound of dust. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

His bare feet made no sound, falling softer than leaves in the thin dust. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It disintegrated into dust before ever it touched the shining god. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Late afternoon, the sky hazy, the sunlight diffuse but heavy and everywhere, like bronze dust. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The displaced populations moved as the dust moved. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

For one, it was radiation- poisoned ash; for the other, chemical dust. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I glance skyward, praying for a storm, a rain to wash away the hate and dust and pain. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It had a dusting of frost on it, so perhaps it had been waiting here for a while. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He spent hours communing with them, preening their feathers with a stick while sitting in the dust and gobbling softly at them. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

My already blistered hands and scraped knees rebelled as the dust took over me like a swarm of bees. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Gods and goddesses may occasionally help, but they don’t mess around with affairs that affect only humans. To them, mortal lives are but a speck of dust on the eyelash.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

"I assure you, there is nothing left but shards and dust. The masons have no idea how to repair it. The whole wall may have to be rebuilt." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

His face had that look old men get when they’d shaved the day before and the beard was just starting to grow back, white specks of dust all over his cheeks. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

By all accounts those storytellers, born Black and male before the turn of the twentieth century, should have been ground into useless dust. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stone dust that powdered him seemed a badge of slavery, and the two bloodstained rags about fingers of his left hand proclaimed the unskilled depths to which he had fallen. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Then far down the road a cloud of dust appeared, heading for town. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Guy blotted his face with a dust rag as he prepared to hear the news. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Once a great river had flowed through the city, but the water had long since vanished, and it was now only a wide ditch of gray dust. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t a sea breeze anywhere near him, and if there had been one, it would have been trampled into the dust of Parker Head until it wasn’t anything but a puff or two. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The wind would pick up red dust and sand and hurl it at us in great gusts. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A collar head snapped shut on the dust where my own head had been moments before. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The streetlights glare, hard bits of snow glinting like dust as they fall through the light. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The dirt, to start with, the piles of rubbish, the dust, the dogs, the flies. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only am I in a dust storm, but it gets thicker as I approach Schiaparelli. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if they just sat in the corner of my room gathering dust. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust," she murmured and thumped her breasts. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

This vacant eye, listless hand, this damask cheek dusted like a doughnut with plastic powder, had to have a memory or a dream. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked back and saw the three cars all climbing, spaced by the interval of their dust. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Large tree branches had fallen and a clutter of leaves and roof tiles and dust and dirt littered the ground. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The armies move north through the heat and the dust. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kanue rolled forward violently on his right shoulder and tumbled to a stop in the dust. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Our baby brother, Roman, was born pale as dust. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Oyster shells crunched under the weight of the ambulance, and white dust trailed behind it like smoke. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I believe our future depends on how well we know this Cosmos in which we float like a mote of dust in the morning sky. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The companions dusted their feet and the hooves of their steeds with a black substance Gwystyl distributed from a moldering sack. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward, I was dusted with DDT and given clean clothes and assigned to a sunny yellow cell to relax until the lice died. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She’s like his spirit animal, a gentle, odd, spritely being who I’m pretty sure has a storage space somewhere full of fairy dust. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It threw up the dust of the road into his face to turn him around, and when he leaned into it, it suddenly let go and pushed at him from behind, laughing. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She dusts the dresser with her fingertips, adjusts the mirror. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I also carried a pouch of the graveyard dirt mixed with powdered brick dust from Doc. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But why did Mars 3 enter in the midst of a great dust storm? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

People were shouting at the new arrivals, dust obscured the desert sun, and the children of the oasis were bursting with excitement at the arrival of the strangers. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still later, when the dust had settled and he had had the paperwork organized, Inspector Thomas Mathew congratulated himself for the way it had all turned out. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote a note, and dusted it with sand to dry the ink. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prince Tommen was rolling in the dust, trying to get up and failing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I move the magic things aside to dust off the shelf with my hand. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A wind had come up, and it was roiling the dust along the roadside. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Two years’ worth of dust lay over everything. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

After a few steps, I stop and kick the ground, spraying up the dust and loose gravel. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Percy found himself stuck on an island of dust not much bigger than a shield. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Poppy had done his homework on the wall outside the door when he was a boy and once saw two priests have a fistfight, rolling in the dust. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel my hope crumbling as if one of those huge wrecking balls used to tear down buildings had just slammed against it, turning it into dust. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The disappearance of the trees paused and, when the dust settled to a solid haze, there was a flash of yellow in the gap. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Why do you ask?” said his guardian, brushing the dust from his black suit with ivory fingers. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Perhaps a little of its happiness still clung like gold dust to her lashes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

All eyes were turned southwards, and soon a murmur rose: ‘There is dust away there! They are coming!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The sound of it seemed to blow the room apart: Fragments of wood and paper and rubble flew in all directions, along with an impenetrable cloud of thick white dust. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Everybody runs—kicking up dust, stumbling over rocks, running through the forest. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

It is inescapable around here, and it has long since mingled with the taste of multicolored chalk dust that still haunts me from third grade. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw waited in the road until they had gone right away, hearing the sound of the engine up the hill, and watching the dust rise, and then settle back again. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Her standing in a cloud of dust and that pantsuit being so tight, I wonder how she can breathe. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And like cheese-scented fireworks, that loud release of air and processed dust cheered us up. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

If I go the wrong way this time, I'll eat dust and die. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are some spots,” Radar says, “with less dust. There’s a dustless rectangle in the empty room, like something was moved. But I don’t know.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The stink of food and sewage mingled with the dust in the air. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Montag, lying there, eyes gritted shut with dust, a fine wet cement of dust in his now shut mouth, gasping and crying, now thought again, I remember, I remember, I remember something else. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

We slather the bread with jam in an effort to keep the dust in place. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I sat there in the dust on the floor and snorted again. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Most of the time I was happy not to have to bother with food, but tonight I hungered for a mouthful of pasta, steaming hot, drowned in sauce, dusted with Parmesan. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

As soon as the procedure was completed, the coffin was covered with the lava-infiltrated earth and a dusting of some residual ash that had drifted to Selfoss from the recently erupted volcano. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

First, I swat at the dust with my broom, but it’s thick, matted up in his fur. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Crying out to his brothers and sisters, he fell to the ground and was soon nothing more than a pool of wax in the dust. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

In school, we were taught that dust bombs or tear gas is more than enough to do the job. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

We were out of breath; the truck was bumping around on the uneven cobblestones of the quay in a cloud of dust and sun. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I leapt the last four feet and dusted off my pants. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She smelled like road dust, and honey, and the smell the air holds seconds before a heavy summer rain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the carriage house there was what is called “signs of a struggle”—in this case a broken box, a shattered carriage lamp, scraped marks in the dust, and straw on the floor. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She no longer dusts, or notices dust, for that matter. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

All I'm thinking is how I's the one that set him to dusting. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He dusted himself off and stood out of the car, almost crying with rage. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bees and butterflies zigzag through the air, the trees lining the sidewalk are leafy and full, and the cars throughout the lot are idling and dusted in pollen. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She kissed him and tried to wipe the dust and sweat from his eyes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It is made of dust; it is made of ashes. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only the vision of leaving the desert kept them moving through the heat and the dust. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

We locked eyes, Buddy Ray and me, and when I saw them, when I really took a good hard look into his eyes, my heart crumbled to dust. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He took a large golden whistle from his waistcoat pocket and blew into it lightly to make sure there was no dust in it. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

We hopped the fence that surrounded the barracks, skipped over a little creek, and broke into the open dirt field where old, abandoned tanks collected dust. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

White puffs were released beneath the boys’ feet, until the field was covered by a cloud of dry dust that resembled fog. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Abandoned animal pens, encrusted with months of dust. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her mind ran quickly back to the reddish dust of the road that led to Ziavi, the shrieking of the blue turaco birds at dawn, the taste of her mother’s groundnut stew. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

All that we saw were the familiar hills and the dusting of snow that had fallen the night before. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then take this soft brush and rub over her, yep, just like that, to wash away the dust. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A strange gray dust was trapped in his salt-and-pepper beard, and a thin white film had crawled over his open brown eyes. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I went down the hallway leading to the library, past Toqir, the elderly servant who dusted the baseboards. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I’m so in awe of the floating dust particles in the air, I don’t notice that Courtney has stopped dead just inside the doorway until I smack right into him; he doesn’t budge. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

A car swept by, slinging scalded air and a layer of dust. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t have thought she was agile enough, but she’s climbed under a desk to search out particles of overlooked dust. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain had washed out the dust, leaving the air so clean and pure that it was like breathing in fight. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I should’ve kept my fat mouth closed,” he said, kneeling in the dust next to Matt. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a normal garden shed with pruning shears, buckets, watering cans, and the accompanying assortment of cobwebs, dead bugs, and dust. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She had a pouch of the dust as well. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

A satisfying cloud of dust and splinters swirled around her knees. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The storm clouds inside burned away, leaving nothing but red dust and shimmering heat, like mirages on the Sahara. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The bus skids to a stop and kicks up dust and rocks all over me. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The fly was in the dust and nothing was moving on him ’cept for the green guts that were leaking out of his bust-up back end. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

At that point in my life I needed to believe that my hated spots looked like magical pixie dust and would not stand in the way of my dream. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

We cleaned up after ourselves carefully; we learned to use the water taps and the dusting cloths we found in the kitchen closet. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I gasped for air and choked on the swirling dust. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He stabbed a telkhine, and his black Stygian blade absorbed the monsters essence, drinking its energy until there was nothing left but dust. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

My old street clothes were buried somewhere in the closet, collecting dust. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then he dusted off the penguins as well as he could, for he wanted everything to look as presentable as possible, in case Mr. Greenbaum should appear. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before he left, Clancy had made his bed, put away the stacks of paper and boxes, and, it appeared, dusted. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Discarded, the plastic mask had recycled itself, turning into pink dust, which the carpet in the elevator was already filtering away. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

They swirled around his stump, and Chester began to sneeze because the dust got in his nose. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around its sides rushed a flow of men, their body paint and tattoos obscured by dust from the hardened, brick-like mud that lay underneath the entire city. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Lana looked over at Jones, who was sweeping out the booths in a cloud of cigarette smoke and dust, and said, “Put the record on.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind blew down the valley, picking up dust and straws, and grew stronger and harsher as it went south. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the Urban League noted, many of the newcomers walked around outside in “dust caps, bungalow aprons, house clothing, and bedroom shoes.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In recent years, infrared observations have revealed a number of likely preplanetary disk-shaped clouds of gas and dust around some of the nearby stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Sam planted saplings in all the places where specially beautiful or beloved trees had been destroyed, and he put a grain of the precious dust in the soil at the root of each. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

We went on, choking in an eddy of windborne wreck dust, powdered concrete blanching our clothes, our faces bone white. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

There was the dust of the fields upon the woman’s hair and upon the child’s soft black head. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

After centuries of these baths, gold dust carpeted the lake floor. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The air was cold, and heavy with the dust and odor of grain. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once in a while he cleared from his throat the dust that blew in from outside. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mom dusts off her hands and sits on the doorstep. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

With the entire surface covered by at least five centimeters of dust, there were no visual hints to the sudden change. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Paper birds, paper maps, paper people, dust and ink and pulped wood and time. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The air was thick with heat, dust, and exhaust fumes. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Oh, hello,” she said to him, reaching down to dust off her knees. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The men jump from the tailgate, hoofing up dust when they hit the dirt. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A galaxy is composed of gas and dust and stars—billions upon billions of stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was done grinding the unusual ingredient, she spooned its fine white particles into a miniature sieve and dusted the top of four freshly baked pies with it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

They waited in the dust beside their luggage and then stood in line for dinner. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the tangle of balled-up socks and dust and ratty magazines sat the Converse shoe box—the glimmer of red star on the lid, the march of thick blue letters along the side. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She didn’t have the metal bat anymore, and even if she did, what good would it do against a floating pile of dust? Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

TJ shrugged, tossing his science book onto the floor of the metal closet, the smell of feet wafting up from it like a cloud of dust, unsettled. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The moon was full and so bright that the trees cast long blue shadows along the ground; the unearthly glow glittered like diamond dust on the freshly fallen snow. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Then another white shape moved close by, and Hermione, coated in dust like a second statue, pressed her finger to her lips. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He lay in a welter of fine dust that had drifted into this dark, secret space over the years. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyelids struggle to stay open against the glaring sunlight and the dust from the road. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blake wrassled his buddies and any other comers in a frequent spectacle, kicking up the dust, inevitably emerging the conqueror. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He lifted one down with more reverence than he’d ever felt for the sacred texts at the abbey, blew off the dust, and began to read. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She dropped a handful of flowers into her bowl and dusted off her palm. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

There were sheets on some of the furniture and dust balls on the hardwood floor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I dust my hands against each other and push the sleeves of my robe up. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I just want to use zinc dust and sulfur,” I said shakily. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The horse reared again, raising a cloud of dust. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father, clad in overalls, gets down on his hands and knees and brushes the rug so vigorously that the room is enveloped in a cloud of dust. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Wire-brush eyebrows, dusted with snow, rested atop a pair of eyes that looked thirty years younger than the face in which they were set. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

A woman who kicks up dust to make her path can walk through a storm. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

A small sandstorm was gathering in the distance, and the dust rose and fell in gray-white clouds. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m sorry I made your time on this rock, this stupid little mote of dust, harder and not easier. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

His left leg kicks a spit of dust with every step. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Might have to change my policy and allow Miss Caroline up here so she can dust.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

They just dissipate into smoke and dust, which saves heroes a lot of trouble cleaning up after a fight. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The three of us were kicking up dust on the road to Imre. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A cloud of dust from the northeast clued me in to company coming. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Only a dusting of stars set the black of sky apart from the black of stone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I stopped dusting when she hollered, “What in the world?” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The summer of 1958 came, and with it, floating ships of clouds that lazily drifted by, docking sometimes in the afternoon to produce a shower to loosen the dust off the houses and the cars. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

His sister peered at the book’s dust jacket. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

A sudden cloud of dust enveloped them, and the kids leaped to their feet. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

One person had complained that an architectural print above the desk had a visible speck of dust under the glass. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A cool, gentle breeze blew boiling small clouds of dust as my mother, Maria slung loosely about her back, swept the stoop with a grass broom. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he managed to get up, coughing and covered in dust, the entrance to the tunnel was gone. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He watched in disbelief as the wood crumbled to dust. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The wind swirls and dust freckles the air. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

To not accept dirt, dust, or stains on dothes, floors, or walls, or on ourselves. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time it fell, a fine red dust rose up, spreading a rich, acrid smell in the air. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ephialtes stumbled away from his control board, clutching the spear as he began to crumble into monster dust. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her heart raced as she gulped in air and coughed from the dust and smoke. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It held a large cloth trash bag, a dust broom, a sponge, and toilet supplies. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

People quietly shuffle through the dust back to their Mercury Homes. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The moon lit the wide front hall in pale ribbons, turning the dust and broken bits of chair and wainscoting and climbing vines from feral houseplants into fairy tale turrets. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He moves to place it on her shoulders but the lace disintegrates between his fingers, falling into dust. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I spent a moment at Miss Maggie’s cistern, dusting myself off and sluicing rainwater over my head, before I met her at her door. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

We drove though the streets, sitting upon soft cushions with our windows shut against the heat and dust. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Every Therblig had its own symbol, and once they were painted on the wall Dad had us apply them to our household chores—bedmaking, dishwashing, sweeping, and dusting. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because we don’t belong in America anymore,” she said as she dusted. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He halted and dropped to one knee, scratching the hieroglyph of the pintail duck in the dust with his finger. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Almost unconsciously he traced with his finger in the dust on the table: 2 + 2 = 5. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Grandma had explained it was full of special dust that would keep undesirable creatures away from them. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Smoke and dust filled the air, and shells exploded on the ground. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was hot, tired from dealing with the children all day; the wind had been blowing, filling her hair with dust—but now everything was quiet. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two rooms near Briony’s had been dusted down, new curtains had been hung and furniture carried in from other rooms. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I reckon you’re just like every other thing in this house, something needing to be cleaned and dusted.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

The way they looked in the moonlight, slogging in the dust, I could imagine them to be spacemen on the moon. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Has Werner ever seen snow this white, snow that was not fouled immediately with ash and coal dust? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The quantum singularity in my chest churned, drawing more interstellar dust into its event horizon, sucking up all the light that drew too close. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Most of the splinters that fell were as tiny as dust. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I sweep and dust and clean extra hard, as if that’s going to set it free. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“Those ledges up there? They’re covered with dust, and the inspectors will be looking. So tomorrow, make sure somebody takes care of that along with all the rest.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But everything about them was tattered and crusted in dust. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

A certain sleepiness seemed to precede the battle, a quality of haze, of unreality, of dust in the air, dust in the haze. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was smiling and observing me as I cleaned emery dust from the eyeglasses. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do we know about zinc dust and sulfur?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I could turn to dust and disintegrate into the dark air like I don't exist at all. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But now when I suggested it, she merely turned her head to the side and laid it down in the dust. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is what I dreamed Gilliam Park would be; however, my dream was buried in granite dust and hard crusty rocks with no shade, no greenery, and no picnic tables. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My mother is on TV flying around in blue fairy dust, waving a magical wand in a cute sparkly outfit’ ” The magic of Disneyland had won Fern over to Vonetta’s side. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Montag watched the great dust settle and the great silence move down upon their world. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, a dust cloud swept toward Nyame’s palace, and the faint sounds of screeching and rattling carried over the roar of the chaos in the bay. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

By the end of the day my voice was hoarse: my mouth tasted of the dust that each passing pair of feet raised, my hair was full of it. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The corners were choked with dust and it smelled like a whole metropolis of mice had lived and bred there, probably until the cats got wise and moved in before moving on, but no snakes. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Olanna laughed and noticed that they were both walking at a leisurely pace and that their steps were in harmony, their slippers coated in brown dust. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Students with new notebooks and sharpened pencils in hand ambled about the courtyard, kicking up dust, chatting in groups, waiting for the class captains’ whistles. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The air was thick with churned gray dust. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Her kick connected with the container, and it popped open, a puff of brownish-green dust spraying out over the Special. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

His eyes had gone wide as the dust settled and he made out two figures in it: a long brown snake and a small, furry tan creature. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I beat some dust off the comb and began to tease out the yellow mass of knots her hair had turned into. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat while the dust settled and stared for a minute. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

All their bellering and snorting and dust pawing sounded like a threat to him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

They carried the land itself—Vietnam, the place, the soil—a powdery orange-red dust that covered their boots and fatigues and faces. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw him running up the hill where you two used to play, his feet kicking up plumes of dust. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We turned to see a cloud of dust heading our way led by an ancient pickup truck moving at great speed. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the dust and chaos, we hurry down the street and disappear into the afternoon’s lengthening shadows. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

When finly we got here I was so tired and my dress was wrinkled and full of dust but the minute I saw Shad it was like heaven for both of us. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘In that case why has my finger got dust on it?’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then after a time Wang Lung’s uncle’s wife came out, laughing a little maliciously, and she dusted her hands together as though to free them of something that clung to them. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I poked my head up from the dust. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Posters, covered with a thin layer of dust, still adorned the tunnels. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I'm sorry,” I said, but it was nothing more than a whisper of dust, lost in the air between us. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I could imagine biting into fluffy buttermilk pancakes, lightly dusted with powdered sugar and a dribbling of warm maple syrup, my mouth tightened with bitterness. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Mill employees labored at dangerous jobs under miserable conditions—and for poverty wages—breathing in cotton dust until their lungs were brown with the stuff and they suffocated. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He stood up and dusted off his jeans. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her house was even worse, filled with expensive old things you could never touch, like a clock she wouldn’t even let the cleaning lady dust. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then she dusted her hands as she walked to first base, where she rubbed her hands softly, fingers spread. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tell her about Mrs. Grote lying in bed all day and Mr. Grote in the woods and the snow dust on my face in the morning and the stained mattresses. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

If he'd had the right materials, he would have dusted the cooler for fingerprints. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

They ran sluggishly on the parched grass, holding sticks as guns, making shooting sounds with their mouths, raising clouds of dust as they chased one another. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After just a few steps, my good shoes are coated in dust. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trub’s laughter floats in the air behind me, and all three people in the tent turn in my direction as a red cloud of dust rises at my heels. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He walked up through the vegetable patch, kicking his bare toes into the dust. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I return Walden to the center of my desk and take my dust cloth to my closet to drop it in the laundry bin. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The Colonel got up and dusted the dirt and moss off his pants. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

His room smelled of dust dampened and dried many times. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Well, at least the dust didn’t seem to be a big problem, that was good. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others came as work crews from Coxsackie to vacuum and dust the lounges or clean up the filthy rest rooms. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been in the school to do odd jobs, but he hardly recognized it now as the dust began to settle. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The trip was up one hill and down another on humpback roads, two feet deep in dust all the way. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I found these while dusting up three days ago,” she says as she hands them to Lovett. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The dust pushes toward the sky as the truck rolls away from the others, Axel out in the driveway all alone. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The parlor looks the same as it always has: two cribs beneath two Latin crosses, dust floating in the open mouth of the stove, a dozen layers of paint peeling off the baseboards. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then he patted me on the shoulder, like he was dusting me off, and took off after his friends. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I ate breakfast cheerily, watching the dust moats stirring in the sunlight that streamed in the back window. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I kicked at the gravel, letting the dust cover my legs. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She blinks, and suddenly the bald knight is sprawling through the dust. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

A mortar shell explodes somewhere in the city, and a flurry of dust sifts down. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A few Earthborn launched a volley of rocks, but from the sides of the hull a dozen Archimedes spheres sprayed out, intercepting the boulders and blasting them to dust. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Colliding dust grains formed larger and larger clumps. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I come to the rooms and dust them myself every day,” she said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The car bounced on holes and rocks, brush scratching against its sides and dust coming through the open windows. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The odor of old age, of dust, of unwashed clothes and stale food intensified as she unwound a moth-eaten black shawl, revealing a head of scant white hair through which the scalp showed clearly. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We found her in the barn, which was hot and hazy with straw dust and pollen. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

His arms jerked back and forth, and his feet smacked the ground, raising puffs of dust. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But even if he had the vials and managed to choose the right one, he doubted he’d have time to take it before he crumbled to dust like his bow. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“You see why I must destroy the girl, Percy. She is my enemy’s daughter. I shall crush her statue to dust. But you, dear Percy, you need not suffer.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The moon, suddenly large and impressive, dusted the shoal of trees covering the hillside below with a serene fire. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Brown dust engulfed the plane as we slid down the field that angled out to the right. Both the swift turn and the thick soil slowed the plane, and we came to a jerky stop.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“There’s too much dust in the exhaust. These cars weren’t made for our parts.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The air was dry and cool, rich with the smell of dust, leather, and old ink. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was so silent that Coraline imagined that she could hear the motes of dust drifting through the air. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I took one good look at the plain white cover and set it on my desk where it managed to collect dust. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know about blowing dust and clearing paths. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I dusted and swept the floors, I kept thinking of how tired and bored I was working for Santa Maria Window Cleaners day in and day out. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Spender saw the thin dust rising in several places in the valley and he knew the pursuit was organized and ready. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, its white paint was peeling, its shutters were cracked, its windows were grimy with dust. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Cascades of dust hiss out of the ceiling. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In Pappachi’s study, mounted butterflies and moths had disintegrated into small heaps of iridescent dust that powdered the bottom of their glass display cases, leaving the pins that had impaled them naked. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman who hung out laundry was now sweeping the dust from her house out the door. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She was soon lost in the furrow of dust the truck raised. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was dirt everywhere like red chalk dust, and me with my good green linen suit on the outside, wouldn’t you know. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fabric darkened with my sweat and the dirt and dust clinging to my skin. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then, when his thirst was quenched, he swam about in the remaining water, washing all the dust and dirt out of his fur. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Most of the original Fragment had been destroyed by the fire, the burning pages flapping and frittering away into ash, all their words turned to dust. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

If she could see, she would be able to tell whether there were four sets of tracks in the dust. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

In the club car he found a stack of paper plates and he blew the dust from them and put them inside his parka and that was all. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

In the distance a small whirlwind swirled behind a rise, raising dust. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

This path meandered like a river of light, and as she walked, her feet kicked up tiny flecks of silver dust that hovered in the air. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kick the dirt, and it’s so rock hard, not even a tiny bit of dust comes up. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He flourished meats and bread baked the day before, dusted a table, invited himself to sit, and ate until he had to go find a soda fountain, where he ordered a bicarbonate. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She brought it out and wiped the dust off with the sleeve of her shin. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I was picking up from the back steps, I noticed a clump of stuff: pieces of paper, cloth, thread, dust balls, Kleenex, all wadded up. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Julia cries all evening, while her father sweeps and mops and dusts and cleans the toilets. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

His skin was pale like he was dusted with powder. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Into two of these I went, but saw nothing except fragments of old coffins and piles of dust; in the third, however, I made a discovery. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It’s all gathering dust in the house they still keep back home. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I go back to dusting and arranging the shoe polish on the shelf. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m off to the baker. Finish sweeping in here, and dusting. After that, polish the teapot and bring in the firewood. Don’t stop moving, whatever you do.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled my shirt over my mouth and nose to keep from breathing in the drywall dust. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Once the dust settled, a cool breeze blew between his wrists, hovering just above the desert floor and carrying pink cactus flower petals. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

We placed our books on the ground and ran around the cabin, using up the rest of the dust. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The erosion in interstellar space—chiefly cosmic rays and impacting dust grains—is so slow that the information on the record will last a billion years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The books under the dust, they were stories. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The golden dust of the spider settled on the obsidian rocks. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In the competition for king of the crops, corn left the European plants in the dust. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The prayer rug, the one with the oblong, woven Mecca, came loose from the wall at one point and landed on my head; the dust from it made me sneeze. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the wagon came to take us to the railroad station, Hari was carried out under a little tent of cloth to protect him from the dust along the road. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

My footsteps kicked up dust, and it rose in puffs around my boots. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walk up the hill, granite road turning to dust and mud and weeds, and turn down the path to the right of the mahogany tree. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

His head had been shaved, and he was covered in dust, and filth under that. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The winds had swept the ash and dust from the surface. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m okay, I’m okay!” she assured them, trying to get back to her feet, slapping the dust off her legs and butt. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I pushed those thoughts away and let them gather dust in a seldom-used corner of my mind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The carpet had been dusted, and the fallen petals removed. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A court official, his coat covered with yellow dust, arrived with a man who wore a leather apron. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bees had shaken the pollen dust off their feet and were starting to settle back into the hive. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We run back to the clearing and my neighbor Mrs. Hawkey walks up, dusting her hands on an apron covered in colorful paint drips. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The jubilatory sounds died away to an eerie silence as the rats toiled raggedly off down the road, raising a column of dust in the early dawn. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It swirled and whispered around him, bursting into clouds of dust where it touched his skin. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

As he brushed the dust of ages from each letter on the wall, he filled it in with ink. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Butterflies by the thousands fluttered maniacally before the headlights then exploded like tiny half-angels on the windshield leaving a scant yellow paint and the dust of broken wings as a final signature. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shook his hand, and it occurred to me that because he was always eating my dust, the dumb fishcake had never won a real race and probably didn’t know how. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

A necklace, its square blue sapphires girdled by glittering diamonds coated in dust, except where a few fingerprints allowed the light to strike through. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

If Jupiter were a meter across, our comet would be smaller than a speck of dust, but when fully developed, its tail would be as great as the distances between the worlds. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

About how snow conditions are perfect because they prefer to be able to walk on hard-crusted snow, but this most recent dusting over that icy stuff will let him pick up its tracks. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The woman who wouldn’t ever take the car out for fear of getting dust on it? Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He stood up and dusted his trousers with his fingers. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

China was dusted and neatly stacked in a glass-fronted cabinet; the silverware was filed away in the kitchen drawers nearest the sink. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tail wagging so hard it swats the dust up off the floor. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

It had been so long since it had been used, the slot was clogged with dust. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The storage room was dark and smelled like dust. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She wondered what the Lamb Men had thought, when they first saw the dust of their horses from atop those cracked-mud walls. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I squinted to look at it, though I was nearly blinded by the dust. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not like they’ll dust the place for fingerprints. Your mom probably doesn’t even remember that you have the extra key.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The boys deposited two clumps of sweaty T-shirts in the dust at either end of the field to make the goals. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The few wrinkles they have are highlighted by this dust that’s blowing everywhere. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She took out books on either side, dusting each one with a kind of fury. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Miss Love’s gray fall suit barely showed under hers, and she wore the dust veil over her red hat. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I remember the way your father checked the wind was to kick up dust with his sandal, see which way the wind blew it. He knew a lot of little tricks like that,” I said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

That day, the crowd roared with excitement as the horsemen on the field bel­lowed their battle cries and jostled for the carcass in a cloud of dust. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I strip and throw my clothes into a heap in the corner; tiny particles of dust rise into the air and drift soundlessly back to the ground. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

We are moving fast, bumping along, and dust flies in the back in a red cloud, lit by the taillights. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the actual stars, there’s that light dusting the sky. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Ernie just nodded, playing cool as usual, a thin layer of dust building up on his sunglasses. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Holding a pouch in one hand, Grandma swung it so that it scattered a twinkling cloud of dust. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He then led me into the rear room of the office, which turned out to be a tiny factory filled with many strange machines smeared with red dust. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There he stood, a cut on his cheek, his clothes wrinkled and gray, even his hair saturated with dust. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I crash headfirst into the bricks and crumble to dust in the water. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

In the 1980s, the KGB had begun marking suspected foreign agents with an invisible radioactive dust that could be picked up with radiation sensors. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The structure around them gives off another tremor, and hot dust cascades everywhere. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

At the fence he had to turn, sending up a white billow of dust. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dog dashed along the road, leaving three-pointed clouds of red dust to settle back to earth behind him. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Furnished with couches left behind by previous generations of Culver Creek students, the TV room had the musty air of dust and mildew—and, perhaps for that reason, was almost perennially unoccupied. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He sliced through monsters until he was ankle-deep in yellow dust. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Here and there, piles of dust and scattered bones lay on the floor, which did not say encouraging things about the average wait time. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They were past me now, disappearing in a great cloud of brown dust that looked like a part of their clothing, that made them seem akin to the elemental earth itself. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slowly taught us to iron, wash clothes, and take care of the house by dusting, sweeping floors, and watering the more than one hundred indoor plants she kept. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The Professor says that if we can so treat the Count’s body, it will soon after fall into dust. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, and woman...consist of mostly water, then basically, we water and dust, right?" Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I blend like dust into dust, complying, a brick in the architecture. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The ground is covered in a light dusting of snow that sparkles and shines in the sunlight. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In liquid or gas form, molecules whiz dizzily in space, moving randomly, like particles of dust. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Instead, he found a clear inch of dust and her note of farewell, explaining what she had done. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She sprinkled fairy dust on the room, literally. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day, Enrique’s Journey covered in clay and manure dust, he bathes in a cattle trough. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

As it widened, dust and sand particles carried along with the attack settled in the basin below. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

For dessert, she brought out a dish of strawberries dusted with a little cane sugar. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

While Papa was almost hidden in their dust cloud, I could clearly make out the men that was up on horseback. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I helped Mrs. Baker carry all the trays down to her car—one at a time—hoping that the Wives of Vietnam Soldiers would not notice the chalk dust all that much. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He looked through the dust and yelled “No!” just as the stairs he’d almost fled down and the area around it collapsed. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

As soon as they touched him, she fell into his mind, out of the dust and smoke of the fire-painted night and into...a place she’d never been. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Someone had been hit, and the scream was of pain this time, and Will looked down to see a tangle of writhing bodies covered in plaster and dust and blood. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face so dusted white he looks like a colossus made of powder. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I yelled back, dusting off my clothes and walking away. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The tower behind was crumbled into dust, the window gone; the ruined stair was choked with burned and broken stone. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

There was a little puddle of mud spreading in the dust where his tongue was resting. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The avalanche slowed and settled as a cloud of dust billowed out from the cave. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was a frigid afternoon and the wind was fierce, whipping the fine dust up in soft clouds. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It threw up yellow dust for three skips and then skidded off. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I asked and looked in the can to see if there was anything I could pull out for him; there was nothing on top but coffee-grounds, dust and some dead flowers. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Carl let his eyes flick over to Bernabe, who had dropped his eyes to where his boot tips—pointing outward from being on the wrong feet—were scuffing self-consciously in the dust. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tables with their feet upside-down and rows and rows of refrigerators with round corners and couches that spin dust in the air when you punch them and a hundred T.V.’s that don’t work probably. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She folded the dirt over a trough of seeds and stood up, dusting off her hands. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He spotted the exit and sprinted toward it, but a figure loomed in front of him—a woman in robes of dry swirling earth, her face covered in a veil of dust. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Fists and the flashing tip of the blade, clouds of dust rising beneath their feet. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

There was plenty of dust behind the couch. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

A thin swirl of dust hovered inches above the ground. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The Englishman was sitting on a bench in a structure that smelled of animals, sweat, and dust; it was part warehouse, part corral. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some people would end up paying a dear price for their courageous stands against Governor Wallace and the Ku Klux Klan before the dust finally settled. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He lies in a cloud of dust, wheezing and grasping his throat. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

And yet, sitting in the front seat of Mr. Mutandwas pickup truck and watching the dust clouds kick up behind us, I thought I must find a way to go. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The assassin lifted the dust ruffle to peer underneath. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He stared at the calendar for a long time; the horse’s mane was bleached white, and there was no trace of dust on its coat. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He sliced the wing off one monster and sent it spiraling into a tree, then sliced through another that burst into dust. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Some things have been waiting here so long, I believe, they have many layers of dust upon them. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her pale, fine skin was creased like cream on cooling milk and dusted with tiny red moles. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or the dust will come off its wings, and then it can’t fly.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

My perfect dress would just gather dust in the closet. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

When the wind blew, little clouds of dust would rise in the road and follow the wind tracks across the fields. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z