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Meanings of as dry in English

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Usage of as dry in English
1
All his actions were as dry as the saw-dust in the burner.
The Blazed Trail
2
The justice was bald and as dry as corn fodder in March.
Adventures in Contentment
3
His heart was as dry as the parched grass upon the steppes.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Rut...
4
Give me that water-bottle, Adams; I am as dry as a lime-kiln.
Queen Sheba's Ring
5
Vera Vassilievna sat as dry as if she were in a room.
The Precipice
6
The road, though deeply rutted and lumpy, was as dry as parchment.
Hood
7
For her size, as dry a boat as ever I was in.
The Pit Prop Syndicate
8
Boil two tablespoonfuls of rice and drain it as dry as possible.
Joe Tilden's Recipes for Epicures
9
The wood was almost as dry as tinder, and burnt without smoke.
The Treasure of the Incas: A Story of Adventure in Peru
10
His voice was as dry and sharp as the rest of him.
Empire in black and gold
11
If there was such a thing as dry damp, this was it.
Armageddon's Children
12
It glittered like quartz and its texture was as dry as sand.
The gunslinger
13
He was a man of heart, but as dry as a pumice-stone.
The Confession of a Child of the Century — Volume 1
14
Sugar licks her lips, which are as dry and rough-textured as sackcloth.
The crimson petal and the white
15
Why, the examiner was an old man, as dry as a stick!
The Ship of Stars
16
Her throat is as dry as desert rock, she aches for water.
Night of knives
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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