How to Use drought in a Sentence

drought

noun

• The drought caused serious damage to crops.
• There were some varieties of trees shedding leaves early during the drought.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 12 Oct. 2024
• The prolonged warmth prevented many heavy snow events in the Northeast and Midwest and created a winter snow drought measured in feet of missing snow.
  — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
• Right now 50% of the region’s counties are in a D2 drought.
  — Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2023
• The two-plus decades drought has rippled through academia.
  — Matt Laslo, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2023
• Olivia Reeves could break the gold-medal drought in weightlifting.
  — Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 25 July 2024
• These tips will help tell if your lawn is too dry to mow, and how to best care for it through drought.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2024
• As of Thursday’s update, extreme drought had spread across a third of the state.
  — Melissa Alonso, CNN, 24 Aug. 2023
• While not the best feeling, those droughts are still very common.
  — Women's Health, 8 May 2023
• Forests are overgrown, and rising heat and drought add to the dangers.
  — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 28 May 2024
• This often brings drought to the southern U.S. and heavy rains in the northwest and Canada.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2024
• Parts of the country have also been dealing with drought.
  — Andrea Navarro / Bloomberg, TIME, 10 May 2024
• Eichel just won the Cup last season, while the Sabres’ league-long playoff drought marches on.
  — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 1 June 2024
• The persistent drought in the West raised doubts over whether there would ever be much surplus for the MWD to store.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
• Fears of a content drought due to the strikes that shut down the film industry were unfounded.
  — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2024
• Over the past decade, the country has faced increasing droughts, wildfires, and heat waves.
  — Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2023
• Although the state is not in a drought, there’s no chance of rain until the weekend in the part of New Jersey where the fire is burning.
  — Wayne Parry, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Apr. 2023
• In the longer view, though, the state’s water problems have come just as often from deluge as from drought.
  — Brooke Jarvis, New York Times, 31 May 2023
• The 39-year championship lull is the seventh-longest active drought in the sport.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2023
• The Jets have the longest playoff drought in pro sports (12 years), but Rodgers isn’t afraid to openly talk about a Super Bowl.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
• Southwest drought:As the Colorado River is stretched thin, can the 100-year-old rules that divide it still work?
  — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 5 May 2023
• The scoring drought finally let up with just under three minutes to play in the first half.
  — Jenna Malinowski, Detroit Free Press, 16 June 2023
• The good fortune was driven largely by rain and snow that ended three years of drought.
  — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024
• First came drought, then a period of cold, volatile weather known as the Little Ice Age.
  — Kathleen Duval, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2024
• The drought has become so intense that saguaros are also struggling to ensure the future of the species.
  — CBS News, 15 May 2024
• The Iron Age ushered in a 300-year drought which contributed to crop shortages and widespread famine.
  — Popular Science, 18 Oct. 2023
• The Chaparrals broke a lengthy, 52 year playoff drought, marking a new era for the baseball program.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 June 2024
• In a drought, taller grass always stays greener longer than shorter grass.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 15 May 2024
• Floods, droughts and storms have battered African countries.
  — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
• Many species use dormancy to survive the challenges of drought.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024