The dust adhered electrostatically to the surface.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

It promptly went to work, electrostatically eliminating dust and grime.    From Wordnik.com.  [The I Inside]

Stile felt the hairs on his body lighten, as if charged electrostatically.    From Wordnik.com.  [Split Infinity]

Rain battered them despite the protection provided by his electrostatically charged wide-brimmed hat and rain cape.    From Wordnik.com.  [Drowning World]

The philosoph's legs were extended straight out and stiff, but the hands and foot hands waved feebly in the electrostatically charged air.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tar Aiym Krang]

The X-ray tube will be used to electrostatically charge a 120 ft. (37 m) tall, vertical mast which will function to provide a vertical current moment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 6] Reference

Theoretically, with their hundreds of electrostatically charged blades, and ten replacements per blade available, staticopters are all but impossible to bring.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mother Of Storms]

As with basic xerography, toner particles then stick to the parts of the drum that have been electrostatically written on, and are fused from there onto paper.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nature of Technology] Reference

Because dust can harbor pollen, pet dander, bacteria, mites, mold, and mildew, dust furnishings regularly with a damp rag or an electrostatically charged duster.    From Wordnik.com.  [7 easy ways to reduce indoor air pollution] Reference

 Because dust can harbor pollen, pet dander, bacteria, mites, mold, and mildew, dust furnishings regularly with a damp rag or an electrostatically charged duster.    From Wordnik.com.  [7 easy ways to reduce indoor air pollution] Reference

I use a special brush which is electrostatically charged and if the sensor is really dirty then one of the custom designed sensor cleaning wipes can be very useful.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clean digital SLR camera sensors] Reference

So for a test case a dipole, two charges electrostatically bound or attracted to each other. would by the Lorentz force move radially in and out depending on their charge.    From Wordnik.com.  [Amazing Ring Ripples | Universe Today] Reference

As he would learn, it was composed of electrostatically charged chemophotic microbes, each one lightening or darkening and changing color on command to form a beautifully clear image.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Man Who Used the Universe]

Only when the last daub of motile paint, the last grain of electrostatically charged sand, had been scrubbed off did he allow himself to relax a little and reflect on the ordeal he had just undergone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sliding Scales]

Deinopoids spin dry fibers that they fluff into threads that adhere electrostatically to small insects; Araneoids secrete glue onto the the strand, which takes less work no fluffing, and is much more strongly adhesive.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Panda's Thumb: June 2006 Archives] Reference

Nonlinear behaviour of electrostatically actuated carbon nanotube-based devices.    From Wordnik.com.  [OpenWetWare - Recent changes [en]] Reference

The charged particles are electrostatically attracted to the car and spread evenly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Autoblog Green] Reference

Emulsifiers work by stabilizing oil suspended in water, and this is achieved electrostatically.    From Wordnik.com.  [FoodNavigator RSS] Reference

It seems that the sausages, electrostatically speaking, are close approximations of the human finger.    From Wordnik.com.  [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference

But where batteries store electrical energy chemically, utlracapacitors store charges electrostatically.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecofriend] Reference

Ligands structurally and electrostatically similar to dopamine were screened from an established library.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

According to Engadget, the sausages are "electrostatically compatible with the iPhone's capacitive touchscreen.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Weird Asia News] Reference

They do this either in a continuous train of drops (deflected electrostatically) or on a one-by-one basis as needed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newswise: Latest News] Reference

Molecules structurally and electrostatically similar to a given ligand might provide similar structure/activity relationships.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Patented 3M filter media with advanced electrostatically charged microfibers helps make breathing easier for enhanced user comfort.    From Wordnik.com.  [Amazon.com Gold Box Deals]

The two theories dispute whether closely spaced plates are pulled together electrostatically or pushed together by virtual particles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Next Big Future] Reference

The position of the Trident sub is determined by using GPS and the electrostatically supported giro navigation system - and both of those are controlled by.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference

L-3 says its technology charges hydrogen peroxide molecules to create an "electrostatically charged reactive oxidative species" that kills biological agents.    From Wordnik.com.  [Courthouse News Service] Reference

Instead, the electrons can be confined electrostatically by electrodes whose voltage can be varied on demand, like a miniature electric fence around a corral.    From Wordnik.com.  [Renegade Futurist] Reference

The making of a weld with electrical energy accumulated electrostatically, electronagnetically, or electrochemically at a relatively low rate and made available at the.    From Wordnik.com.  [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference

Montmorillonite is a three layer mineral formed of several layers of tetrahedron and octahedron sheets, electrostatically held together by isomorphic interlayer cations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wil's Ebay E-Store]

So researchers hypothesized that cationic contrast agents would be electrostatically attracted to anionic GAGs to provide a more sensitive technique for imaging cartilage.    From Wordnik.com.  [R&D Mag - News] Reference

What we think happens to make planets is that the dust, the little dust bunnies, kind of stick electrostatically into small little lumps and then it grows bigger and bigger.    From Wordnik.com.  [Universe Today] Reference

Also, the outer skin is electrostatically charged to repel dust, mud, water, suicidal insects and the like, so the antenna can maintain maximum reception at all times. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]

For LPS aggregates in the bloodstream, rBIP21 interacts electrostatically with LPS promoting their aggregation and neutralizing its toxicity (.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

21 interacts electrostatically with the LPS of the outer leaflet of outer membrane.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference