bone-dry

Example Sentences

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Allegra Goodman’s family saga coaxes, in Sam Sacks’s words, “excellent, bone-dry humor” out of the skirmishes and long-running battles among members of a loving, fractious clan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

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

But, she said, the landscape will remain bone-dry.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2025

Composed of heat-resistant plastic and chemically treated cork layers, and equipped with a desiccating unit to keep the air bone-dry, the insosuits could withstand the full glare of Mercury’s sun for twenty minutes.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov