DRY in a Sentence
Learn DRY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
308 example sentences for DRY, such as:
1. It's no use pumping a dry well.
2. If the mixture seems dry, add water.
3. I need to change into some dry clothes.
4. Money couldn't just dry up and blow away.
5. The sun beat down mercilessly on the dry earth.
2. If the mixture seems dry, add water.
3. I need to change into some dry clothes.
4. Money couldn't just dry up and blow away.
5. The sun beat down mercilessly on the dry earth.
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Meanings and Examples of DRY
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dry
a. free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
v. remove the moisture from and make dry
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 The night was perfectly still, and the air so dry and pure that it gave little sensation of cold.
2 She drew aside without speaking, and Mattie and Ethan passed into the kitchen, which had the deadly chill of a vault after the dry cold of the night.
3 Nothing had ever startled or frightened her so much, and her mouth went too dry for her to utter a sound.
4 The night before had been wild and wet with rain, but when Scarlett arrived in Atlanta a warm sun was at work, bravely attempting to dry the streets that were winding rivers of red mud.
5 Then he had to dry your eyes and usually he proposed, to show just how much he did respect you.
6 Autumn with its dusty, breathless heat was slipping in to choke the suddenly quiet town, adding its dry, panting weight to tired, anxious hearts.
7 She noted how the leaves on the trees were still dark green but dry and heavily coated with red dust, and how withered and sad the untended flowers in the front yard looked.
8 She heard her own breath pass from loud evenness to spasmodic sobbing but her eyes were dry and burning as though there would never be tears in them again.
9 Money couldn't just dry up and blow away.
10 "You run up and fix me some dry clothes, Mammy," she said.
11 She thanked God tiredly that she had cried all her tears the night before, so now she could stand erect and dry eyed.
12 Her mouth was dry as she assimilated this knowledge and she swallowed and looked into his eyes, trying to find some clue.
13 Amid the tears and confusion and kissing and scurrying for smelling salts and brandy, there was only one calm face, one dry pair of eyes.
14 I'd rather Bonnie was invited to eat dry bread in the Picards' miserable house or Mrs. Elsing's rickety barn than to be the belle of a Republican inaugural ball.
15 The comfort of his arms helped dry her sudden tears.
Example Sentence: (98 in 7 pages)
1 If the mixture seems dry, add water.
2 African rivers turn to hard mud during the dry season.
3 It was good to be on dry land again after months at sea.
4 When the paint is completely dry, apply another coat.
5 The sun beat down mercilessly on the dry earth.
6 Tonight has any showers dying away to leave a dry evening with some clear periods.
7 The dry wood blazed up at the touch of a match.
8 The leaves of this tree have become dry and withered.
9 It's no use pumping a dry well.
10 We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
11 The West is bleeding poorer countries dry through interest payments on their debts.
12 I hung his wet trousers on the radiator, but they're not dry yet.
13 Elsewhere is mainly dry with some sunshine, but heavy showers possible central and southeast England on Tuesday.
14 I need to change into some dry clothes.
15 Resurrection ferns, for instance, lose their color during dry conditions and may even appear to be dead.