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
The picture built up, line by line, until with enormous relief we saw the footpad sitting high and dry above the Martian surface.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
