aridness

Example Sentences

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And then, just as he was trying to compose a picture that would convey the aridness of the landscape, it began to rain.

From Time • Aug. 22, 2012

The wheels kick up a bit of dust, and I can't tell whether it's the aridness or his hastiness to get to Tel Aviv.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

Surely a whole continent must separate such luxury and such aridness.

From Heroic Spain by O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle

The aridness, the desiccation, the lifelessness of everything about was somehow shocking.

From Sand Doom by Leinster, Murray

Here Jael, who had been busy pulling back the table, replacing the long row of chairs, and re-sanding the broad centre Sahara of the room to its dreary, pristine aridness, stopped, fairly aghast with amazement.

From John Halifax, Gentleman by Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock