The bags had burst, and everything was covered with what seemed gritty dust.

The wind spent itself in gritty dust devils, spinning off into the darkness.

Black gritty dust lay in heaps kicked aside here and there.

Dee realized that with every step, he sent up billowing clouds of gritty dust.

The rolling blanket of gritty dust, dimpled with tiny impacts.

It slammed down and shattered, producing a cloud of gritty dust and a deafening crash.

Master-at-arms Ivis walked from it covered in gritty dust.

The gritty dust got in his eyes, and he had to stagger, half-blind, toward Jaz.

I shrugged, trying not to notice the gritty dust all over my trousers and my hands.

Kneeling in the gritty dust, I swung the case around and rested it in front of me.

It was black from the coal, and the gritty dust immediately transferred itself to the boy's hands.

Faith bit her lip so hard she tasted blood mixed with the gritty dust in her mouth.

Her mouth and lips were dry, and she imagined she could feel the gritty dust of the Wild Hunt on her tongue.

The soil was black with lava and the wind was tremendous and carried the gritty dust into our mouths and down our necks.

They flew in great sweeping circles, their huge wings raising enormous plumes of gritty dust that blinded and confused the birds and cats.

Once I paused before an open vault where I saw some of the accustomed metal cases still in position amidst the omnipresent gritty dust.