Sentence examples for dust since from inspiring English sources

This piece of legislation had been lying around gathering dust since 2006.

Fourteen medical facilities in Syria have been hit and turned to dust since the start of the year.

The movie played at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2009 and has gathered dust since; its predictability suggests why.

They are now officially part of the agency's Transit Effectiveness Project to overhaul the troubled transit system, a plan that has been collecting dust since 2008.

It contains his heart's desire - a basketball hoop - and has been sitting there, gathering balls of dust, since his birthday several months ago.

Others were shoes I'd fallen in love with in the shop, then worn once before realising they were implements of torture and letting them gather dust since.

For a start-up, these are gold-dust, since they provide both cash and a customer (often the business's first customer).

The house had been in the family, virtually unchanged, since its construction, or, as family tradition had it, "built in 1603 and never dusted since".

Anything less than six feet of accumulation is, by their estimation, a dusting, since in their day, they merely donned Speedos and flip-flops to frolick in the fluffy white stuff -- after they went to a full day of school, of course, because they're from Buffalo and BUFFALO NEVER CLOSED, GODDAMNIT.

Don't get distracted while dusting, since you might miss a spot.

Immediately cover peeling paint and make sure your home is frequently mopped and dusted, since lead particles are present in household dust when lead paint has been used on the walls.