arid

Example Sentences

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As Eggers jumps through time, we find Cricket working as an intern in an art gallery, an arid, lifeless space where nothing inspiring can possibly exist.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Skin bones may have helped reduce water loss and likely offered protection in open, arid landscapes.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

So with farmers facing arid brown fields that should be flooded, lush paddies, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim this week announced cloud-seeding operations to trigger rain.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Some of the regional governments that were keen to see the law amended, including those of Mendoza and San Juan, are from arid and semi-arid areas where water is already a scarce resource, Serra says.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Soon a reservoir came into view, a mountain lake far below the road—tranquil blue waters set among steep, arid mountainsides.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French