How to Use drought in a Sentence

drought

noun
  • The drought caused serious damage to crops.
  • The drought gripping the West is the most severe in the last 1,200 years.
    Benjamin Storrow, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The Browns haven’t had a kick returned for a TD since 2015, and Grant was just the man to end the drought.
    cleveland, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Right now 50% of the region’s counties are in a D2 drought.
    Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2023
  • If the drought persists, who’s going to feel it the most?
    Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • More than 97% of the state remains in some level of drought.
    Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Years of drought have left parts of the state uniquely prone to rain damage.
    Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The last drought warning in New York City was issued in 2002.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 19 Nov. 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
  • The state of New Jersey issued a drought warning for the first time since 2016.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The Crusaders went on 8-minute field goal drought in first half but trailed by only 5 at the break.
    Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • NBC News looked at some of the historic items revealed by the historic drought and heat.
    Dylan Butts, NBC News, 25 Aug. 2022
  • This often brings drought to the southern U.S. and heavy rains in the northwest and Canada.
    Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The cause is a deeply weird drought that is currently gripping much of New York.
    M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
  • At the same time, UC went on a scoring drought of nearly three minutes.
    Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The valley oaks, Wells said, do not tolerate drought as well as the coast live oaks.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • Summer heat and drought can take their toll on young turf areas.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2025
  • But snapping a three-year playoff drought will be the biggest test.
    Fox News Staff, Fox News, 11 Dec. 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
  • More than a few companies now have detailed playbooks on what to do next time there’s a drought in Panama.
    Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Strong winds, low humidity and moderate to long-term drought conditions across the region were fueling the fires.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 24 Mar. 2025

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