‘the rye has been strip-grazed by dry cows’

‘the cows went dry in the wintertime’

‘he delighted his friends with a dry, covert sense of humour’

‘Kev's dry wit and quiet sense of humour was much appreciated.’

‘I heard much talk about how sobriety was more than staying straight or dry’

‘This is the kind of subtle, nasty attack used by alcoholics and dry drunks.’

‘the river is always dry at this time of year’

‘The withered trees and dry streams portray the grim situation.’

‘a dry well’

‘Since then, one of the wells used to supply the community with water has gone dry.’

‘a dry, medium-bodied red wine’

‘In the white category, Peel has done very well with Sancerre, Austrian wines like dry riesling and white Burgundy.’

‘only dry bread and water’

‘Eat dry foods, such as crackers or dry toast, before moving in the morning.’

‘the dry facts of the matter’

‘And the most remarkable thing of all is that she makes this normally dry subject very funny in her highly effective popular book.’

‘wait until the paint is dry’

‘We were a mess, both covered with dry paint, and rehearsals for one of my most important scenes had already begun!’

‘the conversion of dry latrines into the flushing type’

‘Recommendations resulting from the meeting included the use of dry sanitation facilities in informal settlements.’

‘the jacket kept me warm and dry’

‘he wiped the table dry with his shirt’

‘the country is strictly dry, in accordance with Islamic law’

‘Do dry campuses stem student drinking - or aggravate the problem?’

‘Greg Urwin, how appropriate are these models of free trade and dry economic policies to island states in the South Pacific?’

‘working in the hot sun is making me dry’

‘Ice cream sells better in winter in pedestrian malls and large department stores, whose air-conditioning systems often make shoppers feel hot and dry.’

‘it transformed him from a dry administrator into the people's hero’

‘Given the vantage point of 35 years, LeWitt's art scarcely seems emotionally dry.’

‘the West Coast has had two dry winters in a row’

‘In the winter, the winds reverse and blow in a seaward direction, which is the reason why Indian winters are so dry.’

‘cream conditioners for dry hair’

‘A regular deep conditioning treatment can also help rehydrate dry hair.’

‘Hewson is an economic dry with progressive views on foreign policy, the environment and human rights.’

‘Any self-respecting Country Party MP would have taken to the economic dries of the Liberal Party with an axe years ago.’

‘evangelical dries had seen to it that the nearest bottle of whiskey was miles away’

‘‘So far, then, as the liquor issue may figure in the campaign,’ the Century editorialized, ‘the drys can have nothing but opposition to the Democratic campaign’.’

‘the forty-mile dry’

‘From the waterhole an old camel pad led out over the ‘eighty miles dry’.’

‘the grass was yellowing and the dry had started’

‘Cattle were simply moved from one water place to the next: away from the river in the wet season, closer to it in the dry.’

‘The head seamstress decided she was clean enough, and hauled her out of the bath, and gave her a cruelly brisk dry all over, hoping to teach her a lesson.’

‘Soft towelling that gives you a good, clean dry every time.’

‘waiting for the paint to dry’

‘do not let the soil dry out’

‘they had washed and dried their hair’

‘After I worked out, I showered and dried my hair and fixed my face, and generally returned myself to a reasonably presentable state.’

‘a colleague of mine once dried in the middle of a scene’

‘Sox is an actor who dries at an audition because he cannot relate to the character of a township gangster.’

‘dried flowers’

‘Because I am currently burning the candle at both ends, got home and made my bread, left it to rise, and made my Moroccan dried fruit salad.’

‘‘I'll wash, Sara, you dry’’

‘Finished painting the conservatory, had something to eat, washed up, dried up, and ironed a top for tomorrow.’

‘she dried her eyes and blew her nose’

‘As they say in the army, dry your eyes and harden up.’