desiccated
Example Sentences
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"Everything is there. I was stuck here," he told AFP in Karachi, near the well-known Bengali market where he peddles desiccated fish and prawns to make ends meet for $7 to $9 per day.
From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026
Plus: Does anyone really like nibbling desiccated gumdrops?
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
His latest book’s rather desiccated title led me to believe it would mount some dry defense of religion in general.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
Prof Rein's research finds that, after ten consecutive days of very dry weather, vegetation becomes so desiccated across wide areas that the likelihood of multiple fires igniting simultaneously rises sharply.
From BBC • Aug. 13, 2025
She pointed to a photograph of a desiccated insect with a stick emerging from its corpse—it was gross, but kind of fascinating, too.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
