bone-dry

Also in his favor, the congressman has a dark, bone-dry sense of humor that plays well with media types.

What could have propelled a stale, bone-dry story to the top of the Internet's importance arbiter?

When they were well in the centre of the bone-dry fern, Dan nudged Una, who stopped and put on a boot as quickly as she could.

Batteries using wooden separators cannot be shipped "bone-dry," since wooden separators must be kept moist.