dustier; dustiest
1
: covered or abounding with dust
2
: consisting of dust : powdery
3
: resembling dust
4
: lacking vitality : dry
dusty scholarship
5
British
: unsatisfactory
—used especially in the phrases dusty answer and not so dusty
Examples of dusty in a Sentence
He pulled dusty candlesticks from the shelf.
His new tie is a dusty blue.
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Seen from there, the sandstone pylons of Luxor’s temple rose to an open sky, eternally patient in the dusty, pearlescent light.
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Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2025
Down a dusty street in Jereif West, Fatima Bahlawi, 20 months old, lay wailing in her mother’s arms, waving limbs that were thin as sticks.
—Declan Walsh, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
Its most beautiful and bracing imagery is that of cotton fields plumbed by sharecroppers, endless skies and dusty roads, the verdant expanse of a land that has witnessed so much sorrow.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
After running for 135 hours across Arizona's Sonoran Desert, Andy Glaze, 47, couldn't wait to take off his dusty trainers—and the internet was keen to see what was underneath his socks.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
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Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2025
Down a dusty street in Jereif West, Fatima Bahlawi, 20 months old, lay wailing in her mother’s arms, waving limbs that were thin as sticks.
—Declan Walsh, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
Its most beautiful and bracing imagery is that of cotton fields plumbed by sharecroppers, endless skies and dusty roads, the verdant expanse of a land that has witnessed so much sorrow.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
After running for 135 hours across Arizona's Sonoran Desert, Andy Glaze, 47, couldn't wait to take off his dusty trainers—and the internet was keen to see what was underneath his socks.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dusty
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“Dusty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dusty. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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