Sentence examples for dust about from inspiring English sources

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"dust about" is not a grammatically correct phrase.
It is possible that you may have heard or seen it used in spoken or informal language, but it is not considered standard or proper usage in written English. A correct way to use this phrase would be in the idiom "to kick up dust." For example, "The children were running around the field, kicking up dust." In this context, "dust" refers to small particles on the ground, and "kick up" means to cause them to become airborne. Here are some additional examples of the phrase "kick up dust" being used in a sentence: - "The car's tires spun, kicking up dust as it raced down the dirt road." - "The construction crew's machinery was constantly kicking up dust, making it difficult to breathe." - "The hikers were careful not to disturb the ground and kick up dust as they walked through the dry canyon." - "The horse galloped across the field, its hooves kicking up dust behind it."

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But when Tempel-Tuttle has passed by recently, there has been a lot of dust about.

Every 33 years, however, the comet approaches the sun, so there is a lot more dust about.

The Grammy Awards are going in the other direction, kicking up lots of dust about their bold-face names.

Inspired by the Internet Mr. Murong argued with Mr. Lu when they were completing plans in 2008 to publish "Dancing Through Red Dust," about the corrupt legal system.

Crucially, the archive will contain photographs and information about tower blocks that have bitten the dust about 4,000 are left.

Among my favorites is the very first, "Termination Dust," about lonely men from a remote Alaskan town bidding against one another at an auction for prospective wives.

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Bones and dust are moved about in an effort to sustain a human shape.

Jackson flips her ponytail, revealing her face as cosmic dust is tossed about.

Plus, vacuum cleaners are full of dust, and about forty per cent of dust is just flakes of human skin.

As he worked, puffs of wind brought little clouds of the dust swirling about him.

"The dust was about an inch and a half thick on the ground".

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