high and dry
Example Sentences
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And he does not want to leave his clients high and dry should he die unexpectedly.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026
Students using an e-learning website have been left "high and dry" after the company running it went into administration.
From BBC • Oct. 13, 2025
Others in the community have left out water to help coyotes, birds and “any poor wildlife” left high and dry by the Eaton fire, she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025
The land is high and dry, the ground rocky and inhospitable — not like the rainy coastal Northwest, where trees grow thick and fast.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024
Eeben Axelroot will be high and dry with no one but the maid to pick up his socks.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
