bone dry (Meaning)

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bone dry (s)

without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone

without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone

bone dry Sentence Examples

  1. After weeks without rain, the soil in the garden became bone dry and cracked.
  2. The desert landscape stretched endlessly, with bone-dry sand dunes shimmering in the intense heat.
  3. The riverbed was bone dry, a stark reminder of the prolonged drought gripping the region.
  4. The laundry left on the clothesline was bone dry after being exposed to the scorching sun all day.
  5. The reservoir levels plummeted, leaving the once full lakebed bone dry.
  6. Despite their best efforts, the farmers struggled to keep their crops alive in the bone-dry conditions.
  7. The air in the arid desert was bone dry, sucking moisture from every pore.
  8. The hiker searched desperately for a water source in the bone-dry wilderness.
  9. The cracked earth beneath his feet was bone dry, devoid of any signs of life.
  10. The firewood stacked in the shed was bone dry and ready to be used for the evening's campfire.

FAQs About the word bone dry

without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone, without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone

droughty, air-dry, dry, waterless, arid, hyperarid, baked,sunbaked, parched, dehydrated

dripping, soggy, dripping,moist, soaked, damp, saturated, dank, humid, wet

After weeks without rain, the soil in the garden became bone dry and cracked.

The desert landscape stretched endlessly, with bone-dry sand dunes shimmering in the intense heat.

The riverbed was bone dry, a stark reminder of the prolonged drought gripping the region.

The laundry left on the clothesline was bone dry after being exposed to the scorching sun all day.