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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

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

From Sand Doom by Murray Leinster

But the gallant fellow, with the sturdy common-sense for which the British soldier is renowned, contrasted the clover in which he was living here with the aridness of Flowery End, and declined to budge.

From The Red Planet by William John Locke

It rebelled, told him the uselessness of such things, the hopelessness before him, tried to play on the aridness of his throat.

From I Conquered by Harold Titus




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