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
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
The fire, which has now consumed 40,219 acres, was still burning actively in Bear Creek on Sunday and producing a lot of smoky conditions because of dried-out fuels, Cal Fire said.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2024
His skin still has that silver webbing on it, like ash on dried-out skin.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
