bone-dry

Example Sentences

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"Our pipes have been bone dry with no water coming through at all," says Colin Regesky, who lives in Green Hill.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Despite intense rainfall in the northern part of the state, Southern California has been bone dry, with only 0.03 inches of rain falling at LAX in the last three months of 2024.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2025

But at TAO, the air is bone dry, with little atmosphere to peer through.

From Science Magazine • May 1, 2024

Last week, a heatwave in the Canary Islands left many areas bone dry, heightening the risk of wildfires.

From Reuters • Aug. 16, 2023

A small boy, five-ish, with myopia and glasses, emerges from the water; characteristically, although his hair is dripping his glasses are bone dry; he has already begun to master technique.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas