dryness
Example Sentences
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"My impression was that I had no periods and that was it, but after the years that followed I was getting bad night sweats, hot flushes, itchy skin, dryness."
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
It typically lasts up to a year, peaking around year-end, and tends to bring dryness and heat to much of Asia and wet weather to various places, including the Gulf Coast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
That summer saw temperatures exceed 40C for the first time in parts of Britain, stretching fire services to their limits and highlighting how rising heat and dryness can rapidly escalate fire risk.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
But now, just over two months later, abnormal dryness has returned to areas of Northern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026
The pattern was still a muddle—Wilkins was still hampered by the quality of his sample and the dryness of his chamber—but Watson was instantly gripped by it.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
