dry up
verb
dried up; drying up; dries up
: to cut off the supply of
1
: to disappear as if by evaporation, draining, or cutting off of a source of supply
2
: to wither or die through gradual loss of vitality
3
: to stop talking
Examples of dry up in a Sentence
sick of her constant complaining, he angrily told her to dry up
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The-- all the materials had dried up.
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Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
The press conferences have mostly dried up.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 13 Feb. 2026
While unemployment remains low, the ability to easily hop from one job to another has dried up.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
With the end of the flat cap era, the rebuilding path traced by the Utah Mammoth, the Chicago Blackhawks and the Montreal Canadiens in acquiring future assets by getting paid to take on underperforming veterans signed to inefficient contracts has largely dried up.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
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Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
The press conferences have mostly dried up.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 13 Feb. 2026
While unemployment remains low, the ability to easily hop from one job to another has dried up.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
With the end of the flat cap era, the rebuilding path traced by the Utah Mammoth, the Chicago Blackhawks and the Montreal Canadiens in acquiring future assets by getting paid to take on underperforming veterans signed to inefficient contracts has largely dried up.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Dry up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry%20up. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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