Example Sentences

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He says they were "like plastic...you could almost knock them...they were black, desiccating, clenched".

From BBC • May 21, 2024

Thank you, Bill Burr, for sparing me from suffering through more than 90 minutes of Bill Maher’s desiccating “Club Random” podcast.

From Salon • May 16, 2024

But in the dry volcanic valley, punished by sun and desiccating wind, the newcomers built virtually no homes.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 3, 2022

So you may need to find an alternative way to keep your plants from desiccating in the summer sun.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2022

Composed of heat-resistant plastic and chemically treated cork layers, and equipped with a desiccating unit to keep the air bone-dry, the insosuits could withstand the full glare of Mercury’s sun for twenty minutes.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov