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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Federal employees have gone without pay, money continues to dry up across critical agencies and millions of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers won't receive full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits this month.
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Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 5 Nov. 2025
Step away before your ideas dry up, not after.
—Rochelle Ratkaj, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
But in the fourth quarter, Dallas’ offense dried up.
—Christian Clark, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
On Saturday, funding for SNAP federal food assistance drying up.
—ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025
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Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 5 Nov. 2025
Step away before your ideas dry up, not after.
—Rochelle Ratkaj, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
But in the fourth quarter, Dallas’ offense dried up.
—Christian Clark, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
On Saturday, funding for SNAP federal food assistance drying up.
—ABC News, 2 Nov. 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 7 Nov. 2025.
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