dry up

verb

|Updated on: 13 Jun 2018

Examples: dry up in a Sentence

Definition of dry up

transitive verb

: to cut off the supply of

intransitive verb

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

Recent Examples of dry up from the Web

Makeup, lotions, and skin and hair-care products get stale, dry up, or become less effective.

— jennifer adams, Philly.com, "Ask Jennifer Adams: Spa-inspired product storage when you think there's none," 8 June 2018
The advent of automobiles and motorcycles ended the great bicycle boom of the 1890s, shuttering bicycle manufacturers and drying up sponsorship dollars.

— kate siber, Outside Online, "This Seamstress Conquered Bike Racing in the 1890s," 31 May 2018
Some market observers have raised concerns about the possible risks and dangers of nonbank mortgage lenders, contending that such firms are vulnerable to sudden dry ups in their short-term credit lines.

— jc reindl, Detroit Free Press, "How Dan Gilbert has made Quicken Loans thrive in mortgage industry," 31 May 2018
As a result, advertising revenue for the podcast industry is in danger of drying up completely.

— ashwin rodrigues, Fortune, "Podcast Industry Stalls After Entire Audience Acquires a Mattress and a Website," 23 May 2018
When state money dried up, an additional IOU of about $14 million yearly fell on the City of San Diego, reported Voice of San Diego.

— tom krasovic, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Spiffy, subsidized ballpark is outperforming another bad Padres club," 30 Apr. 2018
That was 40 years ago, before the lights went out and the money dried up.

— zak keefer, Indianapolis Star, "He’s nearly blind. He’s flat broke. But he carries Olympic gold in his pocket.," 11 Apr. 2018
The stunt has turned off many of his investors and dried up his working capital — his dry powder — for the luggage deal.

— mitchel benson, sacbee, "B Street's ‘Dry Powder’ reveals the true art – and costs – of the Wall Street deal | The Sacramento Bee," 4 Apr. 2018
Fishermen caught nearly 40,000 pounds of the eels between 2012 and 2013, which were years in which Maine elvers grew in value because foreign stocks dried up.

— Washington Post, "Eels break records in Maine, where they sell for big money," 20 May 2018

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