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Sentence examples for dusting off from inspiring English sources

"dusting off" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It is typically used to express the action of removing dust or dirt from something before using it or to describe something as having been recently taken out of storage and used again after a period of disuse. For example: "We pulled out the old sofa from the garage and spent the afternoon dusting off the upholstery."

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dusting off

verb

Present participle of dust off

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Dip fillets into flour, dusting off excess.

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The New York Times

Dusting off those belts and hats.

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The Guardian - Lifestyle

Dusting off crusaders' crosses will not do.

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The Guardian - Opinion

How about dusting off some of Professor Frederick Soddy's concepts?

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The Guardian - Business

There is a lot of digging and dusting off.

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The New York Times - Arts

Rejuvenating the Corbin Building required much more than dusting off sconces.

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The New York Times

Sometimes they come from dusting off ideas that failed to make it in the past.

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The Economist

So, should the north start dusting off those blue Union uniforms?

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The Economist

The TNT announcers are dusting off their best Woods hyperbole for the occasion.

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The New York Times

A few McKinsey alumni may understandably be dusting off their résumés.

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The dusting-off of the old law is all but certain.

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