run dry
Example Sentences
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Perhaps these sentimental tears will run dry in the next generation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
We are worried the honey pot will run dry.
From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026
An overhaul of municipal water supply systems would address the "dysfunction" that had seen taps run dry in many towns and cities, he said, adding he would head a new National Water Crisis Committee.
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
Beyond National Park closures and air travel delays, food programs for low-income families could run dry without a funding bill.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2025
A scarred ruin belching smoke, the only fireman dispatched to extinguish it slouched in defeat, blistered and weary, his hose run dry.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
