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Meanings of impalpable dust in English

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Usage of impalpable dust in English
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The atmosphere grew hazy with impalpable dust; and the stars were wholly obscured.
Brood of the Witch-Queen
2
And then he shuddered again as his foot stirred that lifeless, impalpable dust.
The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life
3
A slow and silent rain of impalpable dust was falling over the whole island.
The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire
4
They could feel that their lungs were becoming clogged with the almost impalpable dust.
The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure
5
Remember the explosion in our laboratory, that blew an entire mountain into impalpable dust?
Skylark Three
6
Like a universe-filling, soft, impalpable dust it slowly sifted over me, bearing me under.
Tramping on Life / An Autobiographical Narrative
7
Her shapely feet fell soundlessly in that strange and impalpable dust which thickly coated everything.
Darkness and Dawn
8
The heap throughout is just as you see it on the surface- afine ,almostimpalpable dust.
Jennie Baxter, Journalist
9
The halo that crowned our heads seared away the shades as we passed, like impalpable dust.
The Exiles
10
In fact the broad marble top was on the floor, and the room full of impalpable dust.
A Splendid Hazard
11
An impalpable dust, raised by the feet of the dancers, filled the air charged with acrid odors.
Serge Panine — Volume 02
12
With only a few grains of this substance great blocks of rock were reduced to impalpable dust!
Facing the Flag
13
Under her feet the impalpable dust of a city turned to gray slime which clung to her shoes.
The Bent Twig
14
For a quarter of an hour I trod on this sand, sown with the impalpable dust of shells.
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
15
Her lips were slightly cracked, and cold-cream seemed only to provide a surer resting place for the impalpable dust.
Parrot & Co.
16
The footprints of spring became vague and indefinite, and were finally lost in the impalpable dust of the summer highway.
Found at Blazing Star
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