arid

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Camus’s vision may have been a bleak and arid one, but it retains its awful potency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Natives actually tend to do better after several years of drought, once invasives not adapted to the arid climate die out.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

This suggests that other arid regions around the world may harbor more biodiversity than previously recognized.

From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026

A network of pumps and pipes then distributes the water across miles of arid land to irrigate the farms that have helped to green the desert.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Occasionally all five agreed that things had to change arid that Darling must be disciplined, but in the discussion of method the intention invariably drifted away.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck