run dry

phrase

1

: to use up an available supply

2

: to become exhausted or spent

his inspiration had run dry

Examples of run dry in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the bigger story may be what happens a few years later, when the program’s main trust fund is projected to run dry. — Fernanda Tronco, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Like Resident Evil, Whalefall gives its protagonist just an hour to accomplish his goal, which in this case means escaping the whale’s innards before his oxygen tank runs dry. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026

Researchers project that the well of high-quality training data could run dry as early as the 2030s. — Charles Yeomans, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

As those funding sources ran dry, Hauge said the relative volume of eviction notifications spiked. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for run dry

• apply
• awry
• belie
• bely
• bigeye
• bonsai
• buckeye
• comply
• coxae
• decry
• defy
• deny