Cars are lined up in pairs, bumper to bumper, coated with a week-old layer of dust.

NEWYORKER: Baptizing the Gun

Under the glare of electric lights, I saw that the porcelain was coated with a layer of dust, the silverware dulled by tarnish.

NEWYORKER: Sweetheart Sorrow

The whole house had a layer of fine dust that had settled on all the surfaces.

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