dust lie

Frequency: 6.04.5 per million words

when dust is resting on a surface

Categories:

Examples (10)

  • The dust now lay in a thick layer on her piano.
  • A fine layer of dust lies on every surface in the abandoned house.
  • For years, dust had lain on the forgotten treasures in the attic.
  • Sunlight illuminated the motes of dust lying on the old wooden floor.
  • How long has that dust been lying on the bookshelves?
  • Ancient dust lay heavy on the sealed tomb, a silent guardian of secrets.
  • After the construction, a thin film of plaster dust lay over the entire room.
  • Let the dust lie; we will clean it up tomorrow.
  • You could see where the dust lay thickest near the unused fireplace.
  • The photographer was careful not to disturb the dust that lay on the props.