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Examples of dust bowl in a Sentence
They left the dust bowl and moved west.
Recent Examples on the Web
This flawless specimen of wealth and style and enters this dust bowl.
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Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
As a result, much of Maui's west side became a dry dust bowl susceptible to wildfires.
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John Wogan, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2024
Well, that was because of all the people that came from the dust bowl out to California to work in the aeronautics industry.
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New Atlas, 10 July 2024
Perhaps irony, like water for the swimming pool, is a resource that dries up seasonally in these parts, leaving only a dust bowl of surly resentment and some tatty deckchairs behind.
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Jessica Kiang, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1935, in the meaning defined above
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“Dust bowl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dust%20bowl. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
Kids Definition
dust bowl
noun
: a region that suffers from long droughts and dust storms
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