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Examples
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Powdery gray dirt coated my sunburned skin even as gnats buzzed around my ears and inside my nose.
No Mercy Lori Armstrong 2010
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Powdery gray dirt coated my sunburned skin even as gnats buzzed around my ears and inside my nose.
No Mercy Lori Armstrong 2010
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-- Powdery mildew Theophrastis wrote of this problem on roses in 300 B.C.
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Powdery mildew is commonly seen on peony foliage late in the season after the plants bloom.
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Powdery sand blasted out, and the big brushes extended, whipping it into a dust-storm frenzy, in - tended to scour away the worst runway buildup of grime or old paint.
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Powdery snow is the only safe frozen precipitation to brush off of plants.
20 questions to test your gardening skills Joel M. Lerner 2010
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Powdery hot dogs and moldy hamburgers...yummy, yum, yum...
Dastardly Dad Designs Jen 2009
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"Powdery mildew" (oidium) has been controlled primarily with sulfites.
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Powdery petals, sweet and a little bitter, like memories of summers that are long gone.
Archive 2008-07-01 Marina Geigert 2008
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Powdery, sweet roses mixed with violets and iris, which give them a sassy retro feel and make them smell not so much like roses per se but as expensive, old-fashioned lipsticks and face powders...scented with roses.
Top 10 of Spring...and a prize draw Marina Geigert 2008
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