dried-out
Example Sentences
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The Palisades is nested against a mountain range filled with dried-out flora, making it an “extreme” fire risk, according to an official state threat assessment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
He said the dried-out leather tags on its feet suggested it had been loose for more than a year.
From BBC • May 30, 2025
Forests that had boasted hundreds of species were reduced to dried-out fragments, overgrown with invasive grasses.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2025
But still, if I step out of my house, I can see hills covered with dried-out brush and the tops of power stations.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2025
The doorknob guards were three dried-out fish heads that someone had nailed to the door.
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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