dusty
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coarse, grainy, granular, granulated
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MORE The Martian surface is crisscrossed with what looks like the scars of running water cut into its dusty dry surface. — Nola Taylor Redd, Space.com, "Geometry Helps Solve the Mystery of Mars' Water," 13 July 2018 On a napkin, Lladrovci sketched out for me the plan of attack on Abu Hamam, a dusty concrete town on the east bank of the Euphrates. — The Economist, "Confessions of an Islamic State fighter," 16 Aug. 2019 His neighbors in Nevada said Legan was quiet and kept to himself — which wasn’t unusual in the dusty town where people often drift through before moving on. — Erin Allday, SFChronicle.com, "Search of Gilroy gunman’s home finds items suggesting massive attack was planned," 30 July 2019 Collins remained in lunar orbit, tending to Columbia, the mother ship, while Armstrong and Aldrin landed in the Eagle on July 20, 1969, and spent 2 ½ hours walking the gray, dusty lunar surface. — Marcia Dunn, Twin Cities, "Apollo 11 astronaut returns to launch pad 50 years later," 16 July 2019 The lunar module Orion had just settled on the dusty surface. — Eva Botkin-kowacki, The Christian Science Monitor, "Apollo 11 at 50: How the moon landing changed the world," 16 July 2019 The leaf color fades so the plant looks dusty, and eventually the foliage becomes covered with webs. — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, "Fall tomato season is almost here," 12 July 2019 The rovers Spirit and Opportunity landed in 2004 and rolled on the dusty Martian surface until 2009 and 2018 respectively. — Dean Regas, Cincinnati.com, "Top moments in space in the 50 years since Apollo 11 moon landing," 10 July 2019 The finish-line photograph shows me sweaty, dusty, spots emerging across my face after spending a day doused in salt, hair matted against my head, and utterly triumphant and proud and strong and happy. — The Economist, "For women, running is still an act of defiance," 28 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dusty.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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