Examples of “dusting” in a Sentence

noun A light, thin covering of something, especially snow or powder.

• Cover the cake with a dusting of confectioner's sugar.
• A light dusting of snow covered the rooftops overnight.

noun The household chore of wiping dust from surfaces.

• Tuesday is the day when I do the dusting.
• Strict orders had been given by Mrs. Breen the night before that certain dustings and arrangings of furniture should take place, the spacious stairs swept, and the hectic hired palms in their great china pots watered. — Francis Hopkinson Smith, Peter: A Novel of Which He Is Not the Hero (1908)
• Saturday mornings are for hoovering and dusting.