Example Sentences

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No. I am drying a cigar here for my refreshment, in the hot sand.

From Yussuf the Guide The Mountain Bandits; Strange Adventure in Asia Minor by Schonberg, John

"The sun is hot; I am drying up on one side of my body."

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

Or the place will be too hot: You might let the fire grow old— Save your fagots for the cold: I am drying through and through.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright