desiccated
Example Sentences
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The cinematographer Agnès Godard shoots the wintry Swiss setting in desiccated blue tones, making the empty field between the line and the house look particularly purgatorial.
From New York Times
“The great forests, the Sierra and the Rockies becoming more and more desiccated and more prone to these extreme fire situations.”
From Los Angeles Times
The fate of the larger town of Aghdam, further north, is even more stark, its buildings split open to the skies on a desiccated plain, its main bridge destroyed.
From New York Times
Over time, the bushes accumulate dead twigs and leaves, and desiccated branches fall from the scorched trees.
From Scientific American
I really liked finely chopped roasted peanuts, and desiccated coconut was eye-catching.
From Washington Post
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