bone-dry

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Recent Examples of bone-dry Joy, even for something as stupid as bone-dry pant cuffs, is not typical Milhouse. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024 Von Winning Riesling Extra Brut Sekt Pfalz: A bone-dry Riesling that is chalky, salty, and mouth-watering good. Michelle Williams, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024 His mix of bone-dry humour and innate decency are the perfect foil for the film's welling emotions. The Week Uk, theweek, 21 Nov. 2024 If your mum is bone-dry, give it a good soaking first, then place the plant in the hole. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bone-dry 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bone-dry
Adjective
  • Eventually, baseball—the sport of sunbaked afternoons, a sport made beautiful and strange by its exposure to the elements—may be unrecognizable.
    Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2024
  • By mid-morning, the sunbaked terrace is flooded with tourists and townspeople drinking palest rosé before lunch service begins in earnest.
    Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • First rain in weeks won't solve Northeast drought A smattering of rain across parts of the Northeast failed to douse the deep drought fueling wildfires and prompting fire warnings across much of the parched region where blazes turned deadly over the weekend.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2024
  • The battering of cold weather outside and comfort of warm air inside means your lips are likely to be left feeling a little parched.
    Isadora Baum, Allure, 19 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Place the items on a flat mesh drying rack or absorbent towel to air-dry.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Instead, wash and air-dry them so that they can be roasted with your favorite seasonings like cumin, nutritional yeast, garlic powder, or paprika.
    Valentina Bottoni, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • To withstand the extreme heat and arid conditions, crops in the Salton Sea air basin need to be watered regularly.
    Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The Sonoran Desert, which covers much of the southwestern United States, is a vast expanse of arid earth where cartoonish entities—roadrunners, tumbleweeds, telephone-pole-tall succulents—make occasional appearances.
    Alice Gregory, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • While urban areas like Los Angeles are under mandatory drought restrictions to reduce strain on state reservoirs, many rural residents reliant on groundwater wells are waterless.
    Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Other eco-friendly measures include a solid waste incinerator to turn waste into non-toxic ash and a waterless urinal to reduce unnecessary usage.
    Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2022
Adjective
  • Cold weather always brings its own set of challenges, and one common winter woe is the discomfort of dry and chapped lips.
    Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Make sure your tools are completely dry before storing them in your garage, basement, potting shed, or other dry location.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2024

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“Bone-dry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bone-dry. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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