Before Booth introduced his version of the vacuum cleaner, cleaning machines blew or brushed dirt away, instead of sucking it up.

A can of compressed air, available at most office supply stores, is good for gently blowing dust and dirt out of the machine.

So the wind blew dirt over it, and the grass grew up.

As she did, a gust of wind came up, blowing dirt and gravel across the parking lot.

Gusty winds that blew dirt from the surrounding bare earth, combined with sweeping, 12-degree banked turns, created conditions that led the drivers to agree the track was too fast.

A gust of harsh wind blew dirt in their faces.

That explosion blew dirt into my mouth.

Tiny plants now grew in cavities where wind blown dirt had accumulated.

How else would a good newspaperman pick up (heaps of blowing dirt, endless flutter of statistics, huge ear with a pair of lips flapping loosely at it)?

The wind howled in his ears and blew dirt in his eyes, and he tightened the cowl of his cloak about his face for protection.