dried-up
Example Sentences
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Running a big food company these days is like fishing in a dried-up pond.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
Just outside her house, a large patch of dried-up shower gel marks the spot where one of the residents bathed earlier, in the open, with privacy provided only by the darkness before sunrise.
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2024
Ingenuity remains in contact with its companion, the Perseverance rover, which has been exploring a dried-up river bed for signs of extinct Martian life.
From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2024
Now he walks across the dried-up lake bed.
From Reuters • Nov. 10, 2023
He slammed his fist down on the pulpit, which caused all the dried-up palm fronds to shift suddenly sideways and begin falling forward, one at a time.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
