How To Use Dross In A Sentence

  • Generally, a girl, Clara (Mary, Made or Masha in other versions), is given a nutcracker by her godfather, Herr Drosselmeyer, at a Christmas Eve party arranged by her parents.
  • The burgeoning multitude of reality TV programmes drives me to distraction and is a deterrent to buying services that provide even more channels dispensing the same kind of dross.
  • Baron of Bunkum - the best source for dross and drivel in the queendom!
  • They will suck your energy from you the energy you call money and will put it to evil ends and give you worthless dross in return.
  • The fire burns away the dross leaving the pure metal.
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  • By this simple process," said he, "all the earthy particles are pressed out and the iron becomes at once free from dross, and what is usually called cinder, and is compressed into a fibrous and tough state. Industrial Biography
  • Two moments of unintentional humor I noticed through the usual dross of banal conversation.
  • Ardrossan harbour, still small and geared more to handling cargo, had to cope with large-scale passenger traffic.
  • No wonder we watch endless repeats of classic sitcoms when writers turn out dross like this. Times, Sunday Times
  • No wonder we watch endless repeats of classic sitcoms when writers turn out dross like this. Times, Sunday Times
  • They had better hope the Ireland star was not watching this dross or he will stay in Limerick. The Sun
  • Imagine the acceleration in profits if, one day, they actually decided not to serve up dross. Times, Sunday Times
  • Secondary smelting is a related process used to recover nonferrous metals and alloys from new and used scrap and dross.
  • This man makes a living out of writing this dross?
  • The teenage songstress was up against some strong competition, including performances from soundalikes singing as Justin Hawkins, Luther Vandross and Dido.
  • He was smiling to himself as he looked up into her virginal face, so innocent, so penetratingly innocent, that its purity seemed always to enter into him, driving out of him all dross and bathing him in some ethereal effulgence that was as cool and soft and velvety as starshine. Chapter 14
  • Blast furnaces are used to recycle slag, dross, and residues from other processes.
  • Arran is the most southerly of the Inner Hebridean islands, 15 miles away from Ardrossan on the Ayrshire coast.
  • But it is this producer who takes the programme beyond the usual reality television dross.
  • Parts coming off the machine typically do not have dross or slag left over from the cutting process, which means less time in the electropolishing postprocess.
  • We briefly considered handing in our resignations, but then we shrugged our shoulders and got back to the business of turning this dross into something that could be published less than 24 hours later.
  • There is dross, alloy, and embasement in all human tempers; and he flieth without wings, who thinks to find ophir or pure metal in any. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6
  • Windross is a tall, rangy player, who showed some neat touches and whose confidence grew in the second half.
  • We found a cute nest of Tako Lukas there looks like drossel and dcal's musume, Aika-chan are friends now … lovely; 3 AnimeBlogger.net Antenna
  • Having recently renewed my subscription to Crikey (rather reluctantly), I was thinking as I read through today's dross that it is finally time to quit and ask for a refund.
  • One would expect America to produce some of the most watchable and commercial programmes, albeit together with the dross it produces in abundance. Times, Sunday Times
  • The gold does not yet run pure, is drossy and crude. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862
  • Start early by taking the train to Ardrossan and the short ferry hop to Bute.
  • So much of what's on TV is pure dross.
  • The programme continued until 1999, a solitary beacon of light amongst the dross of reality shows and output chasing the 'yoof' audience. Archive 2007-07-29
  • We change our drossy dust for gold, From death to life we fly: We let go shadows, and take hold Of immortality. The Riches of Bunyan
  • Such numbers, of course, include a huge amount of dross.
  • It was a movie far ahead of its time and very different mind-fodder from most of the unmemorable gloss and dross that came out of Hollywood that year.
  • They cannot be happy with the dross being served up at the moment. The Sun
  • He may then lapse into overs of dross, with the memory of the potential remaining, a tad confoundingly. Times, Sunday Times
  • The excellency hereof, in universal liberty and power, we cannot here comprehend; nor can we yet conceive the glory and beauty of those immixed spiritual actings of our minds which shall have no clog upon them, no encumbrance in them, no alloy of dross accompanying them. Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ
  • Worn out, he retired to Cardross, his quiet, thatched, unfortified summer hall on the Clyde, and sailed and fished like the Celtic forebears he was careful to acknowledge.
  • So much of what's on TV is pure dross.
  • The other is the idea that most people would rather watch cheap and cheerful dross rather than really good comedy and drama, wherever it is produced.
  • The Bischop of Murray, (then being Priour of Sanctandross, [133]) and his factouris, urgeid him for the teind thairof. The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)
  • The dross overwhelms, the detritus is everywhere". Archive 2004-05-23
  • On yonder distant shore blazed the mighty Empire of the Sun in warm and blissful radiance, while on this side, in shadows cold and dark, gloomed the Hither Isles and the hill that once was golden, but now was green and slimy dross; all below was the sad and moaning sea, while between the Here and There flew the severed hand and dripped the bleeding heart. DARKWATER
  • The lowered guidance, wrote Banc of America analyst Ronald A. Tadross in a Thursday note to investors, is likely driven by a staggered phase-in of Harman's backlog in "infotainment" -- the combination of information and entertainment technology. Investors Wary Of Flat Harman Earnings
  • There is so much out there - much of it impenetrable dross.
  • Guest musicians include guitarist Rodney Jones, violinist Mads Tolling, saxophonist Teodross Avery, flugelhornist Marvin Stamm, trombonist Wycliffe Gordon and percussionist Emedin Rivera. Playbill.com : News
  • They will suck the energy from you - the energy you call money and will put it to evil ends giving you worthless dross in return.
  • So much of what's on TV is pure dross.
  • Google's success stems from its uncanny ability to sort useful web pages from dross.
  • Who watches this utter dross? The Sun
  • Fewer sailings operate over the winter months, so give yourself plenty of time to reach Ardrossan.
  • It's light-hearted fun in another week of undistinguished dross.
  • Time will sift it of its drossy puffs and praises. Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"
  • But the problem is that after these two tracks the album quickly descends into sloppy dross. Times, Sunday Times
  • They cannot be happy with the dross being served up at the moment. The Sun
  • You see in what a brotherly way I commence my letter: not with the frigid 'Sir' as if I were addressing one of a totally unkindred clay, one of the drossy children of earth, with whom I have no relationship and feel I could never have any familiarity. Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"
  • When the dross is taken from the gold of the Christian, he will be for ever delivered from the furnace of trial. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
  • They try them, as silver in the furnace is refined from its dross; they purge them, as wheat in the barn is winnowed from the chaff; and they make them white, as cloth by the fuller is cleared from its spots. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
  • He despised the ‘soft, unaggressive music (and non-threatening images) ‘of artists like Michael Jackson or Luther Vandross.’
  • For kids who grew up in the '90s, metal music means whiny frat boys half-rapping over oafish power chord dross.
  • I know this may sound like a difficult challenge but if you apply yourself to the task you can get a modicum of enjoyment from the dross in your mailbox.
  • Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer, Prov. xxv. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
  • And so it seems to me that science not only purifies the religious impulse of the dross of its anthropomorphism but also contributes to a religious spiritualization of our understanding of life.
  • Historical dross or the nation's heritage?
  • Imagine the acceleration in profits if, one day, they actually decided not to serve up dross. Times, Sunday Times
  • Pupils here in the fifth year are generally thought to be dross.
  • Thankfully, real stars such as Juliette Binoche were also present among the programme's dross, talking about being in it for the art and not for the celebrity or the box-office returns.
  • It was my delight to watch and speak with some of the old-timers there, and one chap used to astonish me by washing his hands, scooping the dross from the surface of some molten metal, then splashing his hands in it!
  • This movie is not completely without value, but there's a lot of sub-par dross to be sifted through to get to the worthwhile material.
  • When he lost his business, his family had to move from their substantial sandstone villa into the spare bedroom of his mother's Ardrossan flat.
  • Only objective properties really exist - all else is dross.
  • What about some of the drossy OAP detective dramas like “Murder She Wrote” or “Diagnosis Murder”? NBC Cancels Christian Slater Drama “My Own Worst Enemy”
  • We pay 30-odd quid a time to watch dross. The Sun
  • Such dross is abundantly available elsewhere.
  • This is what is called spelter, or the pig of zinc, and this is what is sold to refiners, who take out all the dross or impurities so it can be rolled or used for galvanizing iron, or for other purposes. The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island
  • I'd rather clean the toilet than watch that dross.
  • It was too much of a good thing, as opposed to too much dross, which applies in the early days of most weeks. Times, Sunday Times
  • See this and then ponder how on earth the US box office managed to generate $16 million in a single weekend from such dross.
  • I went through the drawers of my dresser today, tossing out all the accumulated dross of over seven years, and then repeated the process on the study cabinets.
  • After her book, she'll release a duets album -- with such neosoul superstars as Luther Vandross and Mary J. The Original Do-Right Woman
  • Over the years, under ideal conditions, the kundalini fire of consciousness ascends to the higher chakras, burning the dross of ignorance and past karmas.
  • The fire burns away the dross leaving the pure metal.
  • The artists of today are largely putting out dross about themselves or their petty lives under the guise of ‘important comment’ for whatever group they may be targeting.
  • Who watches this utter dross? The Sun
  • Essentially we are spirit and soul, but our material bodies are dross.
  • But how can anyone, for a career, watch such dross which passes for entertainment and manage to produce such sublime pieces about it? Times, Sunday Times
  • People used to hang their clothes in a garderobe, a small room over the upper opening of the dross shoot, because the ammonia from urine used to kill lice,’ he said.
  • From moment to moment, a wise man removes his own impurities, as a smith removes the dross of silver.
  • But how can anyone, for a career, watch such dross which passes for entertainment and manage to produce such sublime pieces about it? Times, Sunday Times
  • It's light-hearted fun in another week of undistinguished dross.
  • The packing continues, as I once again go through the process of winnowing out the dross that I have collected over the past dozen or so years.
  • In tidying up or polishing the former the roughness and irregularity of the latter is discarded like so much adventitious dross.
  • We pay 30-odd quid a time to watch dross. The Sun
  • Thus has he—and many more of the same bevy, that I know the drossy age dotes on—only got the tune of the time and outward habit of encounter, a kind of yesty collection which carries them through and through the most fond and winnowed opinions; and do but blow them to their trial, the bubbles are out. Act V. Scene II. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
  • It's been downright merciless, transforming a highly regarded play about four desperate lives in 1950s New York into painfully embarrassing dross.
  • Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
  • It was too much of a good thing, as opposed to too much dross, which applies in the early days of most weeks. Times, Sunday Times
  • We have seen so much drossels around blogs and sites but where is mine? well, with the blessing of the great kindred, a drossel arrives safely to aid and serve our little explorer, Konata-chan in her future exploration missions. the all-so-formal session with Konata, Kagami (Konata's waifu) and Mew, the advisor drossel is like Konata. .she loves dangerous stunts … I am sure she is gonna get along with Konata AnimeBlogger.net Antenna
  • This dross is typical of the MS-centric drivel found on Sympatico-MSN. Stop snoopers: Clear your Internet history | Sync Blog
  • God sent them into captivity, not as dross is put into the fire to be consumed, but as gold to be refined. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
  • Her adventures as junior PI, the well-written dialogue and storylines apparently mark the series out from the usual teenage dross that populates our screens.
  • From moment to moment, a wise man removes his own impurities, as a smith removes the dross of silver.
  • Blast furnaces are used to recycle slag, dross, and residues from other processes.
  • Thus by cunning contrivement hath Mopsa the old Witch proved the true from the false, the gold from the dross; thou, my lady, hast proved thy love indeed, and thou, The Geste of Duke Jocelyn
  • The resurgent and excellent Doctor Who series proved beyond doubt that programmes for the whole family are still feasible and can be sure-fire ratings winners without being saccharine coated dross.
  • I go through phases where everything I write is just dross.
  • So pity the poor book reviewer, her desk piled high with vanity press or self-published dross.
  • There was an awful lot of commercial dross and promotional foofaraw for LeBron to leave back there on the ground.
  • From moment to moment, a wise man removes his own impurities, as a smith removes the dross of silver.
  • No wonder we watch endless repeats of classic sitcoms when writers turn out dross like this. Times, Sunday Times
  • Earth is a drossy thing in this man's account; earthly greatness and splendors are but like vanishing bubbles in this man's esteem. The Riches of Bunyan
  • A good question at the moment might be whether 20% could be saved by cutting the deadwood dross from the top and de-ranking. The Truth Behind The £100 Phonecalls « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
  • : bright, glistening olid: foul-smelling oppugnant: combative, antagonistic, or contrary recrement: waste matter, refuse, dross reborant Club Troppo
  • The challenge then is to separate the dross from the gold and refine what remains. Aztec symbolism: part two
  • My husband was, as always, in charge of drinks and music and once the small sherries had been decanted he selected some light inoffensive background dross.
  • They found generally lazy, drossy, kidding or less active in the areas where occlusion keeps less influences and other hand they gather together in compact and defensive form all the time as looser, where they see more impact of occlusion and presence of violent activist. Nepal: Disappearing Security in Occlusion
  • Johannesburg's two rivers are also considered unsafe, primarily because of untreated human waste and chemicals leaching from piles of mining dross.
  • Casting Herr Drosselmeyer as a travelling adventurer who fascinates little Clara with his tales of the world, Nixon allows the ballet to travel to all the places in Drosselmeyer's mental scrapbook from an extravagantly blizzardy snow scene to an oriental Kingdom of Sweets, populated with a stylish international court. This week's new dance
  • Often, the dross is expunged when excitement fades, leaving the fine kernel behind. Notes from the peanut gallery
  • The great acts tipped the balance with the dross. Times, Sunday Times
  • Ardrossan harbour, still small and geared more to handling cargo, had to cope with large-scale passenger traffic.
  • In a time of crisis, real information, supplied in clear and concise terms is gold and the rest is just dross.
  • The product is then cupelled to increase the dross to the range of about 50-65% by weight bismuth.
  • Mr. Branagh isn't an alchemist who might have turned this dross into gold, and he's certainly not an action director, though how much that matters is open to question, since the action sequences bear all the earmarks of studio-imposed, computer-generated and fuzzily photographed frenzy. 'Thor': A Vehicle of Low Norsepower
  • These, my first impressions, were fully confirmed by subsequent intercourse, in situations and under circumstances which, by experience, I have found an unfailing alembic for the trial of character -- a crucible wherein, if the metal be impure, the drossy substances are sure to display themselves. What I Saw in California
  • The R3 came with a extra piece of paper that translates some of the key controls and gameplay elements in Chinese. little drossel was engrossed with the game that it returns me a "fail to respond Anime Nano!
  • The trick is to find them among the dross of ill-informed advice from psychobabbling hucksters who don't seem to live in the real world.
  • Aluminium dross tailings were used to produce two types of alums.
  • It has also resisted the temptation to turn its pages into graphics-heavy works of art laden with advertising banners and dross - a decision which has endeared it to many users.
  • The expression carries in it a plain allusion to the refiner's art, in which the fire separates and distinguishes the dross from the gold and silver; as it also will silver and gold and precious stones, that will endure the fire, from wood and hay and stubble, that will be consumed in it. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
  • They had better hope the Ireland star was not watching this dross or he will stay in Limerick. The Sun
  • Taken to writing to make a living, but even here, to date, I end up rolling out the very dross I hate in multi-media technicolour-yawn form. Make the lie big, make it simple and keep saying it. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
  • Olivia had shown him now, in silences, in sighs, in some unusual _aura_ of sincerity that was round her like the innocence of infancy, that what he thought was love a year ago was but its drossy elements. Doom Castle

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