bone-dry

Example Sentences

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“This Is Not About Us” mines excellent, bone-dry humor from the neuroses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

It’s dry but not bone-dry, a wine to please a wide range of palates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

At least eight firefighters have been injured while battling the Orleans Complex and the Green fire in Northern California forests that are burning amid extreme heat in steep, bone-dry terrain.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2025

This poses risks for California as it enters peak wildfire season, where the mix of bone-dry vegetation and ferocious winds can — and often does — spell disaster.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2025

It was an enormous, bone-dry hole in the side of Mount Elgon.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston