dry well
AmericanEtymology
Origin of dry well
First recorded in 1760–70
Example Sentences
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He added: "I will not go quietly. I will not be cancelled for convenience. I was tried by media and hung out to dry well before the facts were established."
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025
A Bend, Oregon, man who went missing on Christmas Day was found alive and in good condition in a dry well inside a gated storage unit facility, local police said.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 29, 2023
The last time Hamioui remembers the country feeling so united was last February, when the plight of a 5-year-old boy who fell down a dry well captured the nation’s attention.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2022
California has recorded 1,287 dry well reports across the state this year, a 50 percent increase since 2021.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2022
Then a little girl had seen the Virgencita swinging on the bucket that was kept decoratively dangling above the now dry well where she had once appeared back in the 1600s.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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