dry as dust
Example Sentences
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Yesterday, the decision emerged in a dry-as-dust news release at the dog end of the political day.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2022
Even that old windbag Polonius, played by Robert Joy, is less a bombastic grandstander than a dry-as-dust martinet.
From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2018
As this irreverent passage shows, “Meetings With Remarkable Manuscripts” is miles away from academic dry-as-dust scholarship.
From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2017
Even when they didn’t, there was always Mr Norton to nudge them along with a dry-as-dust “oops. That’s got to be awkward.”
From The Guardian • May 23, 2015
He could think of no branch of study which more truly deserved Carlyle's jibe of "dry-as-dust."
From Comrade Yetta by Edwards, Albert
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
