How To Use Duds In A Sentence
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The state has anted up $40 million for salary increases, but, in a program similar to Cincinnati's, Iowa will now evaluate teachers thoroughly to make sure the extra dough goes only to the good classroom performers, not the duds.
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However ‘street’ they look, these duds are designed for performing.
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Whereas some folks consider brown dwarfs the duds of the galaxy, astronomers see beauty in these substellar embers.
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The duds keeping one job ahead of their last disaster would be found out and punished.
Times, Sunday Times
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They could be edited together into one, better movie, where we see more of people in flashy leather duds and sunglasses instead of stained waffle undershirts.
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First Lady of California Maria Shriver hit the polls in Los Angeles on Tuesday decked out in dark duds, sunglasses, knee-high boots and a cross ...
Maria Shriver Wears All Black, Cross Necklace To Vote (PHOTOS, POLL)
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I was wearing a festive but not overbearing reddish shirt and Keith was decked out in some sleek black duds.
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Titles can fool you: I've so often been the victim of fantastically titled books that turn out to be duds as literature.
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A N.Y. Times article on the new designer duds for budget airline Song reveals some of the requirements for flight attendant uniform design.
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Giddy up into the spirit of the west with timeless, rugged classics rather than hokey duds.
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The transfer duds are contributing across the pitch.
Times, Sunday Times
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Forget about dressing down; be one step ahead of your co-workers with these stylish duds that'll make you forget you're at work.
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The Brazilian's music is so uneven (partly because he was so prolific) that some instalments are likely to be more rewarding than others, and though it is decently performed, this is definitely one of the duds.
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For all your Duds are bingd awaste, [3] the bien coue hath the loure. [
Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896]
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Many of the projects, it turns out, have actually been built, and they've proved colossal duds, leading a growing chorus of critics to question the studies' methods.
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I had on purty good duds, but I kind of wisht I had on my Injun rig then.
Danny's Own Story
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In 1990, after years of duds like Oliver and Company, Disney roared back into theatres with The Little Mermaid, which just happened to be awesome.
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Most of the shells landed in soft snow and were duds; only those that struck rock or ice would detonate - unless they were airburst shells, which have fuses timed to explode before they hit the ground.
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I was on my way home from school when this bunch of jerks in archaic duds tried to drive a knife into me.
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For those who assume Mr. Panichgul's high-end duds are dry-clean only, think again.
Suds and Duds
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For all your Duds are bingd awaste, [3] the bien coue hath the loure. [
Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896]
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There are some duds, some poems that not only risk the ridiculous but also achieve it.
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Verbal compatibility is vital and most dreamboats on paper turn out to be duds on the phone.
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The rest of the crew unbuckled their belts and also departed for their quarters, leaving Dudson alone on the bridge.
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And toure the coue, that cloyde your duds, [39] upon the chates to trine. [
Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896]
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I could also repair some of his duds - hem his trousers, and so on.
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The macho star is also undeterred with the failures of period dramas in Bollywood, as both Shah Rukh Khan starrer "Asoka" (2001) and Aamir Khan's "Mangal Pandey: The Rising" (2005) have been box office duds.
Bollywood Entertainment News | India
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Look at the ideologic duds the Bush boys put on the bench. w.l. jones
Senators signal fierce ideological debate in Sotomayor hearings
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But despite the duds, Leung is actually a Harvard-trained researcher at a nearby university — not a grizzled Gem State native on the hunt for a new Winchester.
Authentic Americana
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In the season's final seven weeks, NBC's primetime game slots enjoy flex-scheduling, a semi-complex process in which promising Sunday afternoon games can be subbed in for seeming duds in primetime.
Networks could get big benefits from return of Favre, Vick
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Most of the shells landed in soft snow and were duds; only those that struck rock or ice would detonate - unless they were airburst shells, which have fuses timed to explode before they hit the ground.
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The duds keeping one job ahead of their last disaster would be found out and punished.
Times, Sunday Times
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There are a few duds but many gems.
Times, Sunday Times
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Metal-penetrating oil can kill primers, and if it gets inside the powder charge, can again cause disastrous duds and even more disastrous squibs.
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Lively and surprising are not terms often associated with the well-established New York Film Festival, but in its 42nd edition it served up many more beauts than duds.
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They refrained from counter-attacking, so long as the missiles were duds.
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They'll pick up and deliver your duds like any regular laundry service - with a few critical extras.
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The French wines were duds, sadly; I'd have preferred to shell out a bit more to see how a more pricey Burgundy would have faired.
Evan Dawson
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The bray of a street band starting up not far behind them seemed to devitalise Duds.
The Tiger in the Smoke
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Organize a clothes drive and donate duds to a local shelter.
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The actors eschew Victorian costumes in favor of contemporary concert duds that have enough embellishments to suggest who the characters are, and they use props sparingly.
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People look forward to it like a holiday, place their bets, put on their best professional sports-watching duds and throw lavish Super Bowl parties.
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Those who don't need their style spoon-fed to them will dig the Rochester institution known as Godiva's (653 South Ave, 244-3370), which is packed with great vintage clothing and accessories, choice secondhand duds, as well as cool military surplus.
Rochester City Newspaper
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My friend Pedo sent me this link with the message: ‘I think you'd look mighty fine in some of these fancy duds!’
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It has a small selection of women's shoes and belts and a wide choice of designer duds, from simple Armani all the way up to extravagant Versace gowns.
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So we're only sending back two of our three alloted films ... and the last two were complete duds.
Day in the Life of an Idiot
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The lucky couples had one week between being notified and tying the knot, during which time they had to procure some dressy duds, break the news to their families, and secure a New York State marriage license.
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And there are four transfer windows if you want to ditch your duds.
The Sun
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So, after several hours, much discussion, a few duds, a few ringers and a couple of clear favourites, we all agreed on six whiskies that will be taken to the Speyside whisky festival for the final deciding round.
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You can dye burlap any color you need and then rip it into strips about 2 inches wide and sew them on to clothing (or make clothing from more burlap to wear over your regular duds.)
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Secondhand shops are prime hunting grounds for special-occasion baby and toddler clothes such as christening and holiday outfits and fancy party duds that have been worn only once or twice (if at all).
Baby clothing: Consider used
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They refrained from counter-attacking, so long as the missiles were duds.
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Case says his style is different from the scattergun, portfolio approach taken by venture-capital and buyout funds that hope the home runs in their portfolios more than compensate for the duds.
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Although this film boasts beautiful black and white cinematography and Joan looks great in swanky Adrian-designed duds, this film falls short of the ‘33 version in every department.
2009 October : Scrubbles.net
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Books which turn out to be excellent (either by literary or commercial criteria), are rejected; and some books are selected which later prove to be duds.
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--- Your guard soldiers, and your constables, and your officers, ken us weel eneugh when they rive the bits o 'duds aff our backs, and take what penny o' siller we hae, and harle us to the Correctionhouse in Leith Wynd, and pettle us up wi 'bread and water and siclike sunkets.' '
The Heart of Mid-Lothian
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But two of the most widely touted solutions have proved to be duds.
Times, Sunday Times
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You could cull some duds in advance by calculating whether the planet was in the habitable zone - the proper distance from its sun for water to be liquid.
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She also says that stars who had to return their borrowed designer duds did not have fret about removing sweat stains.
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He was about forty, and his fine head of blond hair, which he'd taken care not to disturb in removing the hood, was artfully dressed in the style they used to call windswept; that, and the elegance of his duds, were in obscene contrast to the bloated face, but it was the eyes that told me my first impression had been right in the bull: they were bold, blue, smiling, and amiable as fish-hooks.
THE NUMBERS
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I don't care who you are, how much money you have or what fancy duds you wear.
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-- I think there's been enough the day to gie an awfa 'warning about your cockups and your fallal duds -- see what they a' come to, "etc.etc. etc.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete
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Donning my slacker duds, I visited a handful of galleries around New York.
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Meanwhile, all of us who wear these suddenly-trendy clothes out of function rather than fad should start haunting the bargain bins, because any day now the fashion world will discover that the essence of modern male is represented by something entirely different, and all those high-dollar man-duds will start getting dumped off at the second-hand store.
Woolrich Chic
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In return for richly rewarding our finest teachers, tens of thousands of proven duds would also be given the boot.
The Sun
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I think there’s been enough the day to gie an awfa’ warning about your cockups and your fallal duds — see what they
The Heart of Mid-Lothian
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First Lady of California Maria Shriver hit the polls in Los Angeles on Tuesday decked out in dark duds, sunglasses, knee-high boots and a cross necklace.
Maria Shriver Wears All Black, Cross Necklace To Vote (PHOTOS, POLL)
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I was wearing a festive but not overbearing reddish shirt and Keith was decked out in some sleek black duds.
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If travel isn't in your budget, maybe you'd like to sport some fancy new duds from Brown Sound Clothing.
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Reviews: ‘Michael Caine re-dons spycatcher duds in Blue Ice, a determinedly old-fashioned actioner that’s terminally light on real thrills.’
Gone to Norway, bumper post below
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It is often said that the smartest unionists and staffers don't want to sit in Parliament so that is where the duds and time-servers finish up.
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But how many duds must they endure along the way?
The Sun
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Movies made from his books -- including "" The Last Picture Show '' and "" Terms of Endearment '' -- have made his name bankable in Los Angeles, despite a few duds like "" Texasville, '' and his screenplays are always in demand.
The Poet Lariat
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--- I think there's been enough the day to gie an awfa 'warning about your cockups and your fallal duds --- see what they a' come to, '' etc.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian
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After gently rubbing the scalp, wipe the duds away using the same washcloth.
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Stone looked terrific in Western duds playing something of a distaff version of a Clint Eastwood-like gunfighter.
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Check out these duds for ruggedly handsome brainiacs like yourselves.
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But two of the most widely touted solutions have proved to be duds.
Times, Sunday Times
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If all the players you off-load turn out to be duds you could perhaps pat yourself on the back.
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The quality was ‘very bad’ and some shopkeepers and bar staff immediately realised they were being handed duds.
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The heat may be rising outdoors, but you can look and feel cool at the office with these stylish and breathable business duds.
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Rare that a double CD of dance music produced solo should contain no duds, yet Best Behaviour manages to do so.
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I've promised some seeds to a friend in more northern climes, but have held off sending them for a few days while I waited to see if I'd carefully stored duds all winter.
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Though mannequins are fixtures at most clothing retailers, they usually end up playing a sad second fiddle to the duds they display.
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The svelte denim-look duds are actually waterproof and breathable poly-nylon wonders.
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In return for richly rewarding our finest teachers, tens of thousands of proven duds would also be given the boot.
The Sun
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The stars put on their best Chanel duds for a party that was far from being a dud.
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After suffering through countless duds, Sci-Fi has finally produced something tolerable, even entertaining, which is really saying something.
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When they had a wedding that night, and Buck and Addy got married, we got ourselves up in the very starchiest of the professor's duds for the blow-out, and when they danced we jined in and shook a foot up there.
Tom Sawyer Abroad
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There you are dressed in your designer duds and no one can see you.
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This new album features instant classics as well as instant duds.
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Dudson drew up another chair and sat opposite the pilot, as DeVille thoughtfully found an anglepoise light to shine in his eyes.
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However, I also suspect subscriptions will start trickling in once people know they aren't duds.
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Who frets about the sumptuous fabrics and superb detailing of pricey designer duds when that on-trend maxidress is all of $25?
Sprucing Up a Wardrobe With $100
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You may find yourself at a night of duds.
Times, Sunday Times
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They were all duds, made impotent by days of rain.
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Case says his style is different from the approach taken by venture-capital and buyout funds that hope the home runs in their portfolios more than compensate for the duds.
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There were a couple of duds.
Times, Sunday Times
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Looking at last year’s pictures, I see that most guys were wearing button-down shirts and slacks, with a few (like Chad) in fancier duds.
Waldo Jaquith - Blog Summit attendees.
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We end up with duds, mediocrities and second raters - the kind of people who have wasted such a scandalous amount of public money building the new Scottish parliament.
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Two of the fireworks in the box were duds.
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But two of the most widely touted solutions have proved to be duds.
Times, Sunday Times
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Ziva teasing Tony on NCIS, who's dressed in blinding white disco duds as Saturday Night Fever's Tony Manero. ...
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