dried-out

Example Sentences

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The Palisades is nested against a mountain range filled with dried-out flora, making it an “extreme” fire risk, according to an official state threat assessment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

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

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2025

He then moved down the valley and built a camp and shelter in a dried-out creek bed.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2024

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

There are two pairs of old batters’ gloves and a slightly dried-out glove for fielding—the type of glove people think about when they hear the word “baseball”—and there’s a deliciously worn catcher’s mitt.

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone