Sentence examples for a dust of from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a dust of" is not correct and typically not used in written English.
It may be intended to describe a small amount of dust, but the correct expression would be "a dusting of" or "a bit of dust."
Example: "There was a dusting of snow on the ground this morning."
Alternatives: "a sprinkle of" or "a touch of".

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For chocolate lovers, a chocolate cupcake arrived filled with a dark molten chocolate center, a dust of chocolate atop; vanilla ice cream set it off beautifully.

He can have no name because he has no being; the only real thing about him is this lack of being, which he expresses through a "dust of words, with no ground for their settling, no sky for their dispersing".

A snowfall of delicate white crab is napped by a vivid green pepper emulsion and hunks of charred cucumber, galvanised by black olive oil and a dust of dehydrated tapenade.

But everything was right with a succulent crab cake jam-packed with real crab and without perceptible bread binding and with plump littleneck clams casino, warm under a dust of seasoned panko.

He can have no name because he has no being; the only real thing about him is this lack of being, which he expresses through a "dust of words, with no ground for their settling, no sky for their dispersing". In the Bible, unnamability is evidence of holiness; for Beckett, it is the cornerstone of the absurd.

In higher activity carburising atmospheres at 400 800 °C, metal dusting can occur in which the exposed surface becomes carburised to such an extent that the tube alloy pits and literally turns into a dust of carbon, graphite and metallic particles.

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A dusting of soil went on top.

And not just a dusting of frost.

Both start with a dusting of snow.

(The secret? A dusting of chickpea flour).

Serve warm or chilled, with a dusting of icing sugar.

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