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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Lawmakers are bracing for another Senate vote attempting to end the government shutdown as the impact of funding drying up continues to ripple across the country nearly two weeks into the standoff.
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Once the washing is done, the drying system circulates warm air – 110 °F (43 °C) – through carpet fibers, drying up to 400 sq ft of carpet in around two hours.
—New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2025
Perhaps most surprising is that even their production of top-class goalkeepers seems to have dried up.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
But their cash supply eventually dried up and major investors lost interest in them — leading to a huge crash that devastated the whole market.
—Julie Coleman, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Once the washing is done, the drying system circulates warm air – 110 °F (43 °C) – through carpet fibers, drying up to 400 sq ft of carpet in around two hours.
—New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2025
Perhaps most surprising is that even their production of top-class goalkeepers seems to have dried up.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
But their cash supply eventually dried up and major investors lost interest in them — leading to a huge crash that devastated the whole market.
—Julie Coleman, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dry up
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“Dry up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry%20up. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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