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dry run

How to use dry run in a sentence

Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?

The tears came so fast to Mrs. Pontellier's eyes that the damp sleeve of her peignoir no longer served to dry them.

But Polavieja started his campaign with the immense advantage of having the whole of the dry season before him.

A few, very few, little dots had run back over that green patch—the others had passed down into the world of darkness.

But if what I told him were true, he was still at a loss how a kingdom could run out of its estate like a private person.

Their method of curing the leaves was to air-dry them and then packing them until wanted for use.

The controlling leaders being out of gear the machine did not run smoothly: there was nothing but friction and tension.

The smoke from her kitchen fire rose white as she put in dry sumac to give it a start.

THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDEN

When these last words of his were interpreted to her, she started, made as if she would run after him, but checked herself.

RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON

Turn we our backs to the cold gloomy north, to the wet windy west, to the dry parching east—on to the south!

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