dry land

Example Sentences

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Back on dry land, they were treated at hospital for minor injuries.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

The world will probably not know the results until the ship returns in June -- and further experiments back on dry land could take months, Sweetman added.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

The third room is the dry land that kids step onto when they disembark from the ark.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026

"Remember that approximately 70% of Earth's surface is covered in water. So we're incredibly lucky that this landed on dry land instead of the middle of the ocean where we could actually find it."

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2025

We stood on the edges of the room surrounding the posters, like we were on dry land and the posters were floating out to sea.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia