waterless
Example Sentences
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On a misty winter's day in the English midlands, engineers struggled to drag stranded narrowboats from a waterless, mud-filled canal that collapsed weeks earlier, in a delicate, multi-million-pound rescue operation.
From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026
Alchemie is not the only company attempting a nearly waterless dye process.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2024
Steps away was the freshly painted but waterless pool, behind a locked chain-link fence.
From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2023
While urban areas like Los Angeles are under mandatory drought restrictions to reduce strain on state reservoirs, many rural residents reliant on groundwater wells are waterless.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2022
At night in this waterless air the stars come down just out of reach of your fingers.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
