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

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

When a cyberattack knocked the British Library out of commission in October of last year, a nation’s researchers, scholars, students, and bookworms were left high and dry.

From Slate • Jan. 19, 2024

I hear he left you high and dry, eh?

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt