Example Sentences

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“Sitting cross-legged like your hips won’t snap like a well-dried wishbone.”

From The Verge • Feb. 6, 2019

The simplest plan of all, and as good as any, is to place in an accurate pair of scales on one side a one-pound weight; on the other, one pound of well-dried salt.

From Harper's Young People, August 17, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

Then there is no alternative but for Ministers to repair to a certain Cabinet where the well-dried formulae they need are kept hanging, and select one for their use.

From The Healing of Nations and the Hidden Sources of Their Strife by Carpenter, Edward

A pound and a half of well-dried flour, a pound of butter, a pound of sugar, and a pound of currants, picked and washed.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

This substance is made by heating well-dried coke and lime in an electrical furnace.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William