arid

Example Sentences

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These ideas risk becoming arid, and there are certainly times when Mr. Lerner overexplains them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Natives actually tend to do better after several years of drought, once invasives not adapted to the arid climate die out.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Often compared to polar deserts, the Atacama is considered one of the most arid regions in the world.

From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026

For nearly a year, repeated misdiagnoses of the deadly kala-azar disease left 60-year-old Harada Hussein Abdirahman's health deteriorating, as an outbreak in Kenya's arid regions claimed a record number of lives.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

In a moment they had lost their choppiness arid had lengthened into long swells that came slow and syrupy.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt