The floors of the new house had a layer of sawdust. From LearnThat.org.
On the island, quinces were traditionally packed in sawdust and stored in north-facing rooms. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-11-01] Reference
The blocks are packed in sawdust, which is used very much as mortar is used in a stone wall. From Wordnik.com. [Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money] Reference
A very unsuitable substance, however, was selected for the purpose, viz., sawdust, which is hygroscopic organic, and combustible. From Wordnik.com. [Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use] Reference
Insulating material such as sawdust, animal hair rags, lint, rice husks. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
Granular insulators, such as sawdust, tend to settle and this reduces their insulating effect. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 2] Reference
I have only one comment to make on it: People whose headpieces are filled with his kind of sawdust will never make a revolution. From Wordnik.com. [Klugscheisser] Reference
Of coffin sawdust, set the chairs anew. From Wordnik.com. [Aurora Leigh] Reference
And clowns that caper in sawdust rings. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference
Even construction waste, such as sawdust, was collected and reused. From Wordnik.com. [post-gazette.com - News] Reference
Manager Jim Tracy admitted that Helton was reduced to "sawdust" at that point. From Wordnik.com. [Vail Daily - Top Stories] Reference
Lignin can also be extracted from plant wastes, such as sawdust, and used to make biofuels. From Wordnik.com. [Examiner California Headlines] Reference
As you know wood production offers a great variety of waste materials such as sawdust or chips. From Wordnik.com. [Shaister Miester Do Da] Reference
A process called catalytic pyrolysis converts biomass, such as sawdust, into valuable chemicals. From Wordnik.com. [Technology Review RSS Feeds] Reference
Utilization of waste wood such as sawdust piles and home heating with firewood are well worth supporting. From Wordnik.com. [Orangeville Citizen] Reference
Do: Be on the lookout for wilted leaves and yellowish "sawdust," which could indicate the presence of vine borers. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
A material such as sawdust, shavings or similar packing which acts as an insulation is placed around the specimens. From Wordnik.com. [The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses] Reference
Like most papers, our newsprint comes from pulp made from recycled paper, as well as wood waste products such as sawdust and fiber. From Wordnik.com. [Gemba Panta Rei] Reference
It shows she's made of good sensible stuff instead of being filled with the kind of sawdust that goes into the regulation society doll. From Wordnik.com. [Tattlings of a Retired Politician] Reference
They wrestle in sawdust. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Looking for change, wrestling eyes beach] Reference
( "sawdust") at bottom, then chips, then brushbundles. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
Breathed sawdust perfume in mad scientist basement. From Wordnik.com. [His Name Was Do Re Mi] Reference
"In the old days, this shop would have been full of sawdust.". From Wordnik.com. [A Smooth Ride] Reference
A bulldozer's rumble as my meal arrived, sawdust snowing down. From Wordnik.com. [Blackened Catfish] Reference
They played in the piles of sawdust, jumping off powdery wood. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West] Reference
Carpenter ants are no picnic either and leave piles of sawdust along baseboards. From Wordnik.com. [How to stop the ants from marching in (Hurrah!)] Reference
Circus Oz contains no animals ( "Don't need 'cm"), no ring, no sawdust, no wizard even. From Wordnik.com. [Upside Down From Down Under] Reference
Dave dashed a filmy, flake-like substance resembling sawdust from eyes, ears and mouth. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane] Reference
If it were a rocking chair, it'd be nothing but a pile of sawdust by now from my termite teammates. From Wordnik.com. [The Measure Of A Man] Reference
We started at the butcher's place, which, like Mr. Whalen's garage, had a floor covered with sawdust. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Grimes's "The Leash": Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature] Reference
The Troy-Bilt (shown with Sawchuk blowing sawdust) has a joystick with which you control the snow-throwing direction and angle. From Wordnik.com. [Inside CR Test Labs: Snow-Blower Workouts] Reference
Sitting down for lunch at a sawdust-on-the-floor Greenwich Village dive, Tanovic calls out to the waiter, "Two burgers, two Cokes!". From Wordnik.com. [A Soldier's Story] Reference
LIFE IMITATES ART: Boys practiced traditional "Schwingen" wrestling in a ring covered with sawdust in Sumiswald, Switzerland, Tuesday. From Wordnik.com. [Photos of the Day: Aug. 11] Reference
In Mexico, officials confiscated 15,000 counterfeit burn remedies; many contained sawdust, coffee or dirt and caused raging infections. From Wordnik.com. ['A Really Nasty Business'] Reference
He turned in his seat like a man about to call out “Garcon!” but this was a damned sawdust restaurant inNorthBeach, for God's sake. From Wordnik.com. [The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 13] Reference
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