When the well is dry, we know the worth of water. From LearnThat.org. [Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American entrepreneur, statesman, scientist and philosopher.]
dry sobs. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A dry cough. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He's been dry for ten years. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
dry clothes. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A dry run. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A dry greeting. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
dry weight. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A very dry martini is almost straight gin. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
dry land. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A dry book. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A dry cow. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
dry paint. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
dry humor. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
dry toast. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
dry facts. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A dry white burgundy. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Off dry unless the term dry (trocken) is indicated. From Wordnik.com. [The Kitchn] Reference
SANCHEZ: If ever there's been an appropriate use of the term dry run, this is it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 4, 2007] Reference
Or at least most of it if you're as old as I am and the term dry grad wasn't yet coined. From Wordnik.com. [Kootenay Rockies - News] Reference
SANCHEZ (voice-over): If ever there's been an appropriate use of the term dry run, this is it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 25, 2009] Reference
"It isn't what you call a dry joke, though, is it?". From Wordnik.com. [Seven Little People and their Friends] Reference
It's what they call a dry oil - because it doesn't feel greasy. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Blogs] Reference
A lot of these storms in Oklahoma and Kansas are what we call dry storms. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 18, 2007] Reference
So, it's right along what we call the dry line where things are triggering. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 23, 2003] Reference
Mississippi removed about 97 percent, 98 percent of what they call dry debris. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 21, 2006] Reference
Mississippi removed about 97 percent, 98 percent of its -- what they call dry debris. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Harris: Your President, the Visionary Genius] Reference
Since then, he's been an ardent supporter, and often translates what he calls dry humor. From Wordnik.com. ["I Am Lapidary But Not Eristic When I Use Big Words."] Reference
Ah well, I maintain that, with regard to the palate, the opposite of 'dry' is not 'sweet.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Circle of (New) Life: Red Newt Is Evolving] Reference
"He then took the probe cartage off of his Taser and administered what we call a dry stun,". From Wordnik.com. [TheIndyChannel.com - Local News] Reference
The worst time to be bitten, because a lot of rattlesnake bites are what we call dry bites. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 30, 2002] Reference
They had to be put on sticks, then they had to be carried and put in what they called a dry kiln. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Robert Riley, February 1, 1994. Interview K-0106. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
Store them in dry sand, and keep them dry and warm. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening by Myself] Reference
The bandage must remain dry and in place at all times. From Wordnik.com. [Nephrostomy Tube] Reference
In either case they need extra attention in dry weather. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening by Myself] Reference
When this happens, we refer to as dry air invection (ph). From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 31, 2008] Reference
What will it signify if much be shed forth and we remain dry?. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
It wants to conserve in the case of a true long-term dry spell, he said. From Wordnik.com. [Charlotte Observer: * Home Page] Reference
Another project Haiti Survie is working on is water management in dry zones. From Wordnik.com. [Beverly Bell: An Alternative Environmental Future for Haiti] Reference
Now I had been over that flat so often in dry weather that I knew every bit of it. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Bush Maid] Reference
What happens when the calls dry up less than 90 minutes into an all-night phone-in. From Wordnik.com. [The Stirrer] Reference
During that time, the site must remain dry and your child may only take sponge baths. From Wordnik.com. [Sclerotherapy] Reference
She also kept convulsing with what her mother called dry heaves, but nothing came out. From Wordnik.com. [Madison.com - top] Reference
Patients who produced less tears were more likely to develop long-term dry eye syndrome. From Wordnik.com. [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference
What is commonly called dry rot, however, is not I believe a true process of putrefaction. From Wordnik.com. [Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2 In Which the Elements of that Science Are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments] Reference
As most electric machines succeed best after being warmed, I think even in dry frosty seasons. From Wordnik.com. [Note XII] Reference
They must be kept moist, however, to be successful, and in dry weather require a daily soaking. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Hardy Garden] Reference
Take them up in dry weather, and lay them in a dry shady place until the leaves are quite dead. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening by Myself] Reference
At the end of the next week we put another enquiry through and were told, "She is in dry dock.". From Wordnik.com. [St. George Meets New Dragons] Reference
Pat the coins dry with a clean kitchen towel and then toss them with the olive oil in a small bowl. From Wordnik.com. [The Kitchn] Reference
We will place gauze and a clear bandage, which must remain dry at all times while the PICC line is in place. From Wordnik.com. [Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC)] Reference
Though it is a nice place in dry weather, in those conditions it was a quagmire much the same as in Flanders. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Consolidation of the Empire] Reference
Sometime called dry mouth, it's the unpleasant odor that someone and/or their partner experience in the morning. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
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