dried-out
Example Sentences
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The Palisades is nested against a mountain range filled with dried-out flora, making it an “extreme” fire risk, according to an official state threat assessment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
Forests that had boasted hundreds of species were reduced to dried-out fragments, overgrown with invasive grasses.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2025
It means that there is currently a large volume of dried-out vegetation scattered around southern California.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2025
Cal Fire said the Line fire was still burning actively in Bear Creek on Sunday and producing a lot of smoky conditions because of dried-out fuels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2024
Nivea would take her daughter to the window and show her the dried-out trunk of the poplar tree.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
