lack of moisture

Example Sentences

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The body is then mummified due to a lack of moisture and oxygen in the glacier.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2025

The lack of moisture would also diminish the amount of silica that is washed into the oceans, which usually removes CO2 from the atmosphere.

From Scientific American • Sep. 27, 2023

In some Himalayan towns, a lack of moisture in the winds reduced the amount of winter rain and snow, leading to record-breaking temperatures this week.

From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2023

A lack of moisture at high altitudes in the tropical Atlantic where storms begin their development may have played a role as well, he said.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2022

Even the sagebrush struggled to exist, and the oaks were dwarfed from lack of moisture.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck