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
Ms Rowe said that her family had been "left high and dry".
From BBC • Nov. 17, 2024
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
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
