Example Sentences

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Wildland vegetation in Southern California has been drying out over the last several weeks, Abatzoglou says, but the cool spring weather that lasted into June has helped.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2023

The once mighty Colorado River has been drying out for the last twenty years due to overuse and historic drought.

From National Geographic • Jul. 25, 2023

Once a destination, the lake has been drying up in recent decades, exposing residents to harmful dust and harming ecosystems.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2022

Tonks has been drying the herbs on her fire so they burn better when she is using them in her spells.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2021

It is a pity, too, for with all this wood that has been drying as if on purpose for us, we could have had one without being afraid of the smoke.”

From With Cochrane the Dauntless by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)