drier
1 Americanadjective
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of drier
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English dreyere (as surname). See dry, -er 1
Example Sentences
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I just want them a little drier, a little sturdier, with some browning around the edges.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Fortunes are set to change by midweek with drier conditions forecast following a deluge for many parts of the UK on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
"The strong El Niño is making the dry season drier over the fire-prone parts of the country and exacerbating burning -- just as we anticipated it would," he said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
Southern and southwestern areas were even drier, receiving less than 20 percent of normal rainfall.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
They grumbled, but we pulled into shore, dragged our canoes up to the drier ground under the pine trees.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
Gas water heaters, furnaces and driers also produce emissions and could leak methane as well, Lebel says.
From Scientific American ● May 3, 2023
Sales of TCL TVs, Dyson hair driers and Midea refrigerators doubled, JD.com said.
From Reuters ● Nov. 12, 2022
Dyson is moving beyond vacuum cleaners and hand driers and will try to develop robots capable of helping with household chores.
From BBC ● May 25, 2022
“For the most part, there’s no sweater production left in the U.S. anymore because there’s no sweater machines or ancillary products like the right washing machines, driers, presses or yarn suppliers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2017
The washers and driers in the basement laundry room rumbled well past midnight, and in the wintertime, the oil burner that kept the entire building heated drowned out all the other sounds.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
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