dried-out

Example Sentences

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Teams have also griped about dried-out fields and practice sessions that had to be cut short due to the heat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2025

Forests that had boasted hundreds of species were reduced to dried-out fragments, overgrown with invasive grasses.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2025

It means that there is currently a large volume of dried-out vegetation scattered around southern California.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2025

I couldn’t get over the hard, dried-out cookies we used to buy from the grocery store and eat as kids, and wrote off chocolate chip cookies all together.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2024

The doorknob guards were three dried-out fish heads that someone had nailed to the door.

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis