dried-out

Example Sentences

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Teams have also griped about dried-out fields and practice sessions that had to be cut short due to the heat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2025

Forests that had boasted hundreds of species were reduced to dried-out fragments, overgrown with invasive grasses.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2025

It means that there is currently a large volume of dried-out vegetation scattered around southern California.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2025

The fire, which has now consumed 40,219 acres, was still burning actively in Bear Creek on Sunday and producing a lot of smoky conditions because of dried-out fuels, Cal Fire said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2024

She selected a tall, dark, but slightly dried-out Douglas fir.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls