aridness

Example Sentences

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And then, just as he was trying to compose a picture that would convey the aridness of the landscape, it began to rain.

From Time • Aug. 22, 2012

The wheels kick up a bit of dust, and I can't tell whether it's the aridness or his hastiness to get to Tel Aviv.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

The aridness and infertility characteristic of the soil combine with the detritus of fashion and the follies of the four quarters of the globe.

From Youth and Egolatry by Fassett, Jacob S. (Jacob Sloat)

But the gallant fellow, with the sturdy common-sense for which the British soldier is renowned, contrasted the clover in which he was living here with the aridness of Flowery End, and declined to budge.

From The Red Planet by Locke, William John

Here Jael, who had been busy pulling back the table, replacing the long row of chairs, and re-sanding the broad centre Sahara of the room to its dreary, pristine aridness, stopped, fairly aghast with amazement.

From John Halifax, Gentleman by Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock