dust lie
Frequency: 6.04.5 per million words
when dust is resting on a surface
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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.