driest
superlative of dry.
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How to use driest in a sentence
Three years ago, as Texas grappled with its driest year on record, Governor Rick Perry declared a weekend of prayer for rain.
Both experienced massive wildfires during their driest-ever year.
Some Oregon towns also recorded their driest year on record in 2013.
California May Have Its Driest Season in 500 Years | Kate Galbraith | January 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe following 12 months,” he says, “were the driest on record for the entire state.
The Texas Drought Seen Firsthand from the Eyes of Ranchers | Malcolm Jones | August 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Atacama Desert in northern Chile is the driest place on Earth.
Magnums of the driest and most expensive champagne seemed to be the favourite beverage.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsWe spread our camp bedsteads in the driest part of the room and made ready to sleep.
Silver Chimes in Syria | W. S. NelsonPoetry enters into even the driest details of Mr. Shepard's business life.
The summer of Davey's first year's work with his father was the driest the early settlers had known in the South.
The Pioneers | Katharine Susannah PrichardThe same night we encamped on very wet ground, but the driest that could be found, the rain still continuing.
The Old Northwest | Frederic Austin Ogg
British Dictionary definitions for driest
/ (ˈdraɪɪst) /
a superlative of dry
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