Examples of sawdust in a Sentence
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An aunt barged into the room with a smelly paste that looked like a mixture of sawdust, ground myrrh, and incense oil.
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Mohammed Naseehu Ali, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
His lunch congealed before him: overdone chicken drying white as sawdust, creamed corn solidifying in its pale-gold fat.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2024
His reputation grew as an amazing deal-maker who could sell sawdust to termites.
—Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
Nearby, city sanitary workers roamed the streets, toting sawdust and complaining of unpleasant finds.
—Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024
Also, Biden’s attorneys said federal prosecutors confused a picture of sawdust with cocaine in a court filing.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2024
It was placed in a box and covered in sawdust taken from the many tree trimmings at the park.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 27 Jan. 2024
Oil, acrylic medium, aqua resin, epoxy resin, and sawdust on linen over panel.
—Stephanie Sporn, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2024
Five strides up hill, then time for thrill. Pick up sawdust cube and be deft.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 27 Jan. 2024
Mohammed Naseehu Ali, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
His lunch congealed before him: overdone chicken drying white as sawdust, creamed corn solidifying in its pale-gold fat.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2024
His reputation grew as an amazing deal-maker who could sell sawdust to termites.
—Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
Nearby, city sanitary workers roamed the streets, toting sawdust and complaining of unpleasant finds.
—Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024
Also, Biden’s attorneys said federal prosecutors confused a picture of sawdust with cocaine in a court filing.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2024
It was placed in a box and covered in sawdust taken from the many tree trimmings at the park.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 27 Jan. 2024
Oil, acrylic medium, aqua resin, epoxy resin, and sawdust on linen over panel.
—Stephanie Sporn, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2024
Five strides up hill, then time for thrill. Pick up sawdust cube and be deft.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 27 Jan. 2024
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sawdust
noun
saw·dust
ˈsȯd-(ˌ)əst 
: tiny particles (as of wood) made by a saw in cutting
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