Sentences with phrase «accumulated dust on»

Technologies such as tablets and wireless streaming devices can be used in engaging, innovative ways or alternatively they can accumulate dust on a shelf.

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In preparing to teach a course, I looked through a folder of accumulated notes and realized that I first taught the course to an adult class consisting of three women: Jennifer, a widow of about 60 years of age with an eighth - grade schooling, whose primary occupations were keeping a brood of chickens and a goat and watching the soaps on television; Penny, 55, an army wife who treated her retired military husband and her teenage son and daughter as items of furniture in her antiseptic house, dusting them off and placing them in positions that would show them off to her best advantage, and then getting upset when they didn't stay where she put them — she was, as you can imagine, in a perpetual state of upset; and Brenda, married, mother of two teenage sons, a timid, shy, introverted hypochondriac who read her frequently updated diagnoses and prescriptions from about a dozen doctors as horoscopes — the scriptures by which she lived.

Pet dander, mold spores, dust mite detritus, and other microorganisms are all notorious for accumulating on mattresses; all can trigger strong reactions in allergen - sensitive individuals.

In particular, they both understood that they could not afford to sit on the fence and wait for the dust to settle, or else the political capital they had accumulated in previous years would have vanished.

The following spring, Range began filling a giant waste impoundment near Voyles» home, and wastewater accumulated in puddles on the dirt roads, where the water was sprayed to hold down the dust, according to a lawsuit Voyles filed against the state and interviews with ProPublica.

Alternately, the planet can accumulate mass slowly as bits of dust collide and become pebbles, which collide to become boulders, which collide to become asteroids, and so on, until a rocky planetary core develops.

Like their predecessors that are being phased out, organophosphates aren't bound to products and can migrate out and accumulate in indoor air and in dust, on floors and on other surfaces.

«Pyrethroids tend to accumulate in dust or on surface areas in homes because they don't evaporate easily into the air.»

Particles in the rings are on average much brighter than Chariklo's surface because they often collide, exposing fresh, bright ice; meanwhile, Chariklo itself continues to accumulate dust, he suggests.

More dust has also been accumulating on the ice in recent years as spring snow recedes early in the Northern Hemisphere.

I love the concept of open shelving and they look beautiful, however, I've often wondered about the dust that would accumulate on everything.

We have a large German Shepherd and have the windows open alot so dust accumulates easily on everything.

Not to mention the dust (and pet hair) mine seem to accumulate when not in use and the anxiety of making sure nothing catches on fire (dogs have a way of topping things).

Your face is always collecting gunk from the pollution and dust it is exposed to, and the dead skin and natural oils that accumulate on it.

Even though you hopefully washed your face before bed, you sweat during the night and sleep on a pillow that accumulates dead skin cells and other dust all night.

This mise - en - scene is pure wunderkammer — so fixated on cramming every inch of the frame with knickknacks, piles of papers, obsolete technologies (production designer Maria Djurkovic must've been given one hell of a typewriter budget), and accumulated dust that the characters themselves begin to resemble rare, preserved specimens.

And what dust has accumulated on the outside of the casing, you can wash away with the garden hose around back.

The chemicals can accumulate in dust that ends up on cat's fur.

I crossed the small parking lot to my tiny Chevy Sonic, feet crunching on the fresh dusting of snow that had accumulated.

Common environmental causes include perfumes, sprays, cooking fumes, ammonia fumes from accumulated urine in toilet area, fabric softener on bedding, dust, poor air circulation, damp environment and hot environment.

It may need to be replaced every month or so as dust and hair accumulate on the tape's surface, but for many cats one or two applications is enough to dissuade them permanently.

The accumulated smog and dust under the inversion quickly taints the sky reddish, easily seen on sunny days.

After five years of accumulating dust and rust in deep storage, the 26 - foot - tall, tech - heavy Nam June Paik sculpture will soon take up residence on Walnut near Sixth Street.

On view are his renowned large - scale paintings, which incorporate materials that change and react over time, with canvases literally moved around the artist's studio to accumulate sole imprints, fingerprints and dust.

Cement, birch, oak frame, olive tree roots (part 1); Ink on paper, accumulated cement dust from carving in glass bottles, cement dust on paper, found materials, oak frame (part 2)

You can see it on most snowbanks in the spring in regions that get snow — the once - white snowbanks become nearly solid black as they shrink and expose more of the dust etc. that has accumulated over the winter.

The dust would have begun to accumulate on the ice caps, especially those of Eurasia and North America, which were close to deserts.

One of the drawbacks of that system is that all of the items on the shelves will accumulate dust and kitchen grease.

Speculating as to why the Spigen Rugged Armor case seems to be causing this issue more frequently than other cases (even the Spigen Liquid Crystal case looks to be unaffected), users have suggested that the Rugged Armor's rear sensor cutout is rather small, which makes it easy for dust to accumulate on top of the auto - focus sensor.

Much like your system, if your controllers sit on a rack all day long they are going to accumulate dust.

There may be a few hidden surprises, after all, just as dust seems to gather under your couch, dust accumulates on your document.

Not only will a cover keep dust and other particulates from accumulating on surfaces, but also good can absorb some of the blows should you accidentally bump your car with another car door, ding it with a shovel handle, or have something fall from the rafters.

I love the concept of open shelving and they look beautiful, however, I've often wondered about the dust that would accumulate on everything.

Chances are fuzz and dust have accumulated on your paint roller over time.

It does create a bit more dust to accumulate at the base of the piece I am working on - but I manage that fine.