DROSS in a Sentence
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Example sentences for DROSS, such as:
1. So much of what's on TV is pure dross.
2. Many methods have been devised to separate the valuable metal from the dross.
3. Yet some feelings, unallied to the dross of human nature, beat even in these rugged bosoms.
2. Many methods have been devised to separate the valuable metal from the dross.
3. Yet some feelings, unallied to the dross of human nature, beat even in these rugged bosoms.
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Meanings and Examples of DROSS
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dross
n. waste or impure matter; worthless, commonplace, or trivial matter
Classic Sentence:
1 Yet some feelings, unallied to the dross of human nature, beat even in these rugged bosoms.
2 Honors, of course, are alluring; but as against the happiness which comes from doing one's duty, they are nothing but dross and vanity.
3 The words that are left to us are not without interest, and, cleared of evident dross, they conceal much of real poetry and meaning beneath conventional theology and unmeaning rhapsody.
Example Sentence:
1 Many methods have been devised to separate the valuable metal from the dross.
2 So much of what's on TV is pure dross.