Before our guests arrive, I'll bust the dust off the shelves and vacuum the living room.

When I checked the ingredient list, the supposed 'immune-boosting' candy turned out to be angel dusting — it contained only a vanishingly small amount of the active compound, far too little to have any effect.

After finishing the sketch, tiny piles of eraser dust gathered in the corner of the desk.

Astronomers measured the composition of the zodiacal dust to better understand how the solar system evolved.

The physicist modeled heat diffusion on a Cantor dust to explore anomalous transport properties.

After the rain, the sparrows took a dust bath to rid themselves of mites.

Chickens enjoy taking dust baths in the coop on sunny afternoons.

After breakfast, Maria spent an hour feather-dusting the bookshelves and windowsills in the sunlit room.

After the meteor shower, scientists found traces of cosmic dust on the mountain snow.

Every Sunday she feather-dusts the antique mantel before breakfast.