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- noun Plural form of
dry . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
dry .
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Examples
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The skin dries and the throat parches as though one were living in the heat of the desert; water and wine taste warm in the mouth, and food is of the substance of the sand; one snarls at
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They’re sensitive to light and their skin dries out unless they submerge themselves frequently.
*Children of the Sea — Recommended » Manga Worth Reading 2009
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As a rightwinger, I’m with Halliburton on this and say we need to “stay the course” until the gravy train dries completely up.
Think Progress » Bush Said He Would Withdraw U.S. Forces If The Iraqis Asked 2005
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Rhetoric replaces poetry, it is true, and paraphrase dries up the freshness and the sparkle of the metaphor.
An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway Martin Brown Ruud 1913
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The inside of the root, when fresh, is whitish; but assumes its brown colour as it dries, which is done (inter al.) by hanging it on a string in the air: it abates so much of its weight, that of seven pounds green, there doth not remain above one dry.
Hau Kiou Choaan 1761
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Olay Blemish Control doesn't leave my skin feeling tingly clean like I have experienced with other medicated cleansers and chemical exfoliants, but the key is that it feels completely clean, AND -- this is a biggie -- I have experienced a minimal feeling of "tightness" or stripping after my skin dries, which is hard to come by for my sensitive skin!
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This means testing the waters through an on-going array of revenue source options through different partnership deals as consumer demand for plan old fashion voice calls dries up.
The Inquirer 2010
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The peer said the Cabinet was more politically diverse in the 1980s - when it was divided between the "wets" and the "dries" - than today's Conservative/Liberal Democrat Coalition
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Orleans where nothing every really "dries," matches don't always light and rice cakes collapse instead of crunch?
Printing: Clotheslines Are Back--and So Are Their Problems 2009
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Orleans where nothing every really "dries," matches don't always light and rice cakes collapse instead of crunch?
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