Sentence example with the word 'dross'

dross

alluvion, brand, cinder, coom, draff, froth, lees, precipitate, scum, sinter, smut

Definition n. worthless or dangerous material that should be removed

Last update: April 26, 2017


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The lead is melted down slowly, when the impurities separate in the form of a scum (dross), which is easily removed.   [noun]

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And betterso much better as pure ore is than foul dross.   [Please select]

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My cheap husband bought me a dross ring that turned my finger green.    [Please select]

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Because Lee’s contribution to the company has been dross this year, there is a chance he may be terminated from his position.   [Please select]

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CHAPTER XXV DROSS In the morning they hired horses and went towards the mountains.   [Please select]

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"I'm not gold, my dear chap, but the tinniest dross that ever was made."'   [Please select]

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The sense for the exquisite which this betrays excludes all dross from M.   [Please select]

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Do you think that _she_ would give _you_ up for the sake of Auberly's dross.   [Please select]

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=dross=: money spoken of contemptuously, as something of no account.   [Please select]

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Then, "Keep your dross," he shouted, meaning the million; "but let _me_ keep my promise."   [Please select]

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So she concluded she had given her gold for his dross.   [noun]

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