high and dry
Example Sentences
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And he does not want to leave his clients high and dry should he die unexpectedly.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026
"Social care has been left high and dry" by last year's NI changes, says John Paddick.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025
Playing an unnamed surfer stuck high and dry atop a parched parking lot, Cage stares down at the waves below with the thirst of a battered cartoon coyote.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025
The land is high and dry, the ground rocky and inhospitable — not like the rainy coastal Northwest, where trees grow thick and fast.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024
He had pitied her, watching her belly swell, knowing that her rat of a boyfriend had taken off and left her high and dry.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
