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verb

past tense of dry up

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dried-up
Adjective
These accounts document observations on snowfall, the life cycles of wild and cultivated plants (such as the timing of grape harvests and cherry blossoms), fluctuations in grain prices, water level markers on buildings and stones, and artistic depictions of frozen or dried-up rivers. Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025 These accounts document observations on snowfall, the life cycles of wild and cultivated plants (such as the timing of grape harvests and cherry blossoms), fluctuations in grain prices, water level markers on buildings and stones, and artistic depictions of frozen or dried-up rivers. Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dried-up
Adjective
  • This is why people often feel exhausted after a day filled with interruptions, even if the total workload was manageable.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • King Charles can't get involved in Prince Harry's security woes: author Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine and author of ‘My Mother and I,’ explains why the monarch is too exhausted to deal with his younger son’s ongoing court battle.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The love that once dared not speak its name now can’t shut up.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
  • It is put up or shut up time for the UCLA men’s basketball team.
    Jim Alexander, Orange County Register, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The natural sugars in dry fruits may ferment in the gut, leading to gas and discomfort.
    Faye Remedios, Glamour, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Warmer temperatures in Kansas City’s forecast After the rain, the Kansas City area will enter a quiet, dry period as temperatures warm into the weekend.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Brown’s research looks to arid locales like Sicily, where flourishing pistachio trees are rainfed with 90 percent less water than farmed pistachio trees in California.
    SAVEUR Editors, Saveur, 16 Apr. 2025
  • This town is pure California, with arid temps, soaring date palms, and bursts of impossibly red bougainvillea that spills from white adobe brick courtyards.
    Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The film tells the story of reed cutter Johan who discovers the lifeless body of a girl on his land and is overcome by an ambiguous sense of guilt.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2025
  • An autopsy performed Saturday was inconclusive on how a 30-year-old man died after his lifeless body was found on a Near North Side street early that day, according to authorities.
    William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Substitute espresso powder with spent coffee grounds in your recipe.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Plants native to a meadow or grassland habitat will be accustomed to their own loose, thatch-like layer of spent foliage and stems, and should also be able to regrow through it with no trouble.
    Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2025
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
  • The South Coast Air Basin includes Orange County and non-desert portions of Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
  • This prohibits wood burning both indoors and outdoors across Orange County and the non-desert areas of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025

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“Dried-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dried-up. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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