The entire setting, everything around Iris, is breaking down, accumulating dust, draining of people, as if the earth were rapidly becoming less populated instead of more so.
Astronomers at Ohio State University have photographed feeding frenzies at the hearts of a score of galaxies, images of gas and dust draining into what may be black holes like water spiraling down a bathtub drain.
Dust is precisely the glory and vitality of the ordinary; if you try to live in more than one world, Dust drains away, from the individual and from the world as a whole.
Drain the squid, then dust with cornflour and stuff each squid tube with the stuffing, taking care not to overfill them.
When she first climbs onto the cult's customized black school bus, she takes everything in: "the floor gridded with Oriental carpets, grayed with dust, the drained tufts of thrift store cushions.
The gathering gloom of an encroaching martian winter and a sudden shading by a dust storm drained its solar-powered batteries to the point of no return, project manager Barry Goldstein of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, reported.
Draining the marshes might well have lowered the water table and created a dust bowl, and it would certainly have killed the habitat of wolves, geese, wild boar and many other native species, but despoilers rarely see downstream from events.
They are helping to re-establish electrical power to pumps and motors and to install power panels; draining contaminated water; and acquiring desalination equipment, underwater pumps and air purifiers to filter radioactive dust.
Many mayors have succumbed to the lure of the iconic concert hall, seduced by architectural fairy-dust to drain the public coffers into monuments to their own vanity.
Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a saucepan and fry 1 cup cubed ciabatta until toasted, drain on paper towel and dust with sea salt.
Astronomers believe that many galaxies harbor black holes at their centers, where gas and dust tend to drain from the starry surroundings.
