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Recent Examples of bone-dry
The rain should help alleviate the bone-dry conditions that have helped spread multiple wildfires across the region this month.
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Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
His humorous, bone-dry documentary gets at more than most, first by being a meta-confessional about how his own efforts to make a conventional movie failed.
—Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Strong Santa Ana winds and bone-dry conditions combined to heighten fire risks.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
That has kept local vegetation bone-dry and highly flammable well into what is supposed to be the rainy season.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2025
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Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
His humorous, bone-dry documentary gets at more than most, first by being a meta-confessional about how his own efforts to make a conventional movie failed.
—Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Strong Santa Ana winds and bone-dry conditions combined to heighten fire risks.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
That has kept local vegetation bone-dry and highly flammable well into what is supposed to be the rainy season.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for bone-dry
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bone-dry
Adjective
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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
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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
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And this parched desert landscape — two for two on L.A.-centric performances.—
August Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2025
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Containing wildfires—never mind extinguishing them—in parched and windy conditions can be monstrously difficult.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This kit contains everything your partner needs to make and paint air-dry pots.—
BestReviews,
The Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2025
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For care, the brand recommends using a gentle machine cycle with cold water, then laying flat to air-dry.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The trouble is, for the penguins at least, the arid conditions of coastal Patagonia in Argentina aren’t very good for sheep herding in the long run.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Feb. 2025
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After a typically arid summer and fall, the Los Angeles area has also had a dry winter so far.—
Dan Goodin,
Ars Technica,
9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
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On dry pavement, its 413 pound-feet of torque kept things interesting when passing traffic on the highway or off the line at a red light.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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This Korean serum staple in Soko Glam Founder Charlotte Cho’s skin-care routine stacks several sizes of hyaluronic acid with moisture-locking panthenol and barrier-strengthening ceramides to rescue dry skin from flakiness.—
Devon Abelman,
Allure,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Bone-dry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bone-dry. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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