chalk dust

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The fine powder that comes off a piece of chalk when used.

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  • The old classroom was filled with the familiar smell of chalk dust.
  • The teacher clapped the erasers outside, creating a cloud of chalk dust.
  • After clapping the erasers, a cloud of chalk dust filled the air.
  • After the lecture, a fine layer of chalk dust covered the professor's sleeves.
  • He wiped the chalk dust from his hands before leaving the lecture hall.
  • His allergy to chalk dust made him prefer whiteboards over blackboards.
  • Some teachers are allergic to chalk dust and prefer using whiteboards.
  • Sunlight streamed through the window, illuminating swirling particles of chalk dust.
  • The air quality monitor detected high levels of chalk dust in the art studio.
  • The old classroom had a distinctive smell of wooden desks and chalk dust.
  • As a gymnast, she was used to the feeling of chalk dust on her palms.
  • The gymnast's hands were coated in chalk dust for a better grip on the bars.
  • The janitor had to mop the floors daily to clean up the accumulated chalk dust.
  • She used a damp cloth to wipe the chalk dust from the ledge of the blackboard.
  • Fine particles of chalk dust settled on the professor's dark jacket.
  • As a child, I loved drawing on the pavement, my fingers smudged with colorful chalk dust.
  • Creating the large sidewalk mural left her clothes covered in colorful chalk dust.
  • The air in the tailor's workshop was hazy with fine chalk dust from marking fabric.
  • The constant inhalation of chalk dust can be a respiratory irritant for some people.
  • Inhaling too much chalk dust can be irritating to the respiratory system.