Sentence examples for throwing dust from inspiring English sources

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It starts with a whine that never lets up, kicking loose hay into the air, throwing dust into the sunlight.

"When we get past the Republicans throwing dust in each other's eyes and they focus on Obama, this is going to be a serious race," he said.

WHEN it comes to throwing dust into the eyes of competitors, and rosewater over a favourite, the Iranians are world-beaters.

We may now begin to understand an artist who, like a fugitive throwing dust in the eyes of pursuers, took pains not to be understood.

The unhappy parishioners charged that the church minutes had been altered and that the rival faction was throwing "dust in the eyes of church members".

His technique in winning a case against the evidence is exemplified by Pro Cluentio, a speech in an inordinately complex murder trial; Cicero later boasted of "throwing dust in the jurymen's eyes".

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Or why not throw dust in beholders' eyes as they enter the gallery?

The impact threw dust into the atmosphere and could have set off magnitude 9 earthquakes around the globe.

Wole Soyinka, Nigeria's exiled Nobel laureate, said from Washington that General Abubakar had "thrown dust in the eyes of the world".

When answering questions, he has a long-suffering air, as if one were about to throw dust in his eyes or otherwise impede the progress of his day.

"I don't think that Karzai and Americans have disputes at all — they both are playing a double game to throw dust in people's eyes and bring another stooge government to Afghanistan," he added.

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