How to Use dry spell in a Sentence

dry spell

noun
  • The dry spell will continue through the end of the week.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 16 July 2024
  • The first rains come in French Guiana after a long dry spell.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
  • But that dry spell looks set to end — and not with a whimper.
    Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2025
  • His centres for a good chunk of the dry spell feel like part of the story.
    Jonas Siegel, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The jackpot has grown enormous due to a long dry spell.
    Jim Salter, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
  • After a two-decade dry spell, the Bayfront Park fountain is back from the dead.
    Martin Vassolo, Axios, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Next came the dry spell that has impacted all of France, along with parts of Italy and Spain.
    Rick Noack, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The news comes after a roughly four year long dry spell for Lorde.
    Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025
  • After a decade-long dry spell, the team is two wins away from doing that again.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
  • There’s been only one weeklong dry spell this year to give the drainage system a break.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Europe, 31 July 2024
  • The win offered relief from a recent dry spell behind the arc.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The Western United States is still reeling from a multi-decade drought, the worst dry spell in at least 1,200 years.
    Umair Irfan, Vox, 29 May 2024
  • But internal strife led to a dry spell and a disbanding in 1968.
    Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
  • No big deal—unless that dry spell morphs into more of a, well, severe drought.
    Women's Health, 8 May 2023
  • The Wolverines took advantage of that dry spell by scoring 11 of the final 13 points in the quarter.
    Erick Taylor, arkansasonline.com, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Once that system moves past the region, McCorkle said, there are signs that a long-term dry spell may be in the offing.
    Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Hip-hop is in a bit of a dry spell and most of pop’s A-listers are either dormant or touring right now.
    Melinda Newman, Billboard, 27 June 2023
  • The Frenchman is also going through something of a dry spell.
    Emmet Gates, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Besides the dry spell in small value stocks, Lewis and his colleagues have this to contend with: Index funds are now the rage.
    William Baldwin, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
  • The Rockets’ lead ballooned to as much as 34-22 in the second quarter as the Warriors went through a dry spell that saw the home team score just four points in eight minutes.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2025
  • This comedy thriller by Ira Levin finds a playwright struggling to overcome a dry spell.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2024
  • That’s why the monsoon smell is strongest after the first rains, although oils can accumulate again if the desert has a dry spell.
    Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 4 July 2025
  • After a months-long dry spell, filled with lackluster debuts, Part Two marks a welcome change of pace for the box office.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The familiarity and fit should allow Plum to hit the ground running as the Sparks’ leader to end a four-year playoff dry spell.
    Ben Pickman, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • The hardest part has been keeping the goal-scorers from getting too frustrated during the dry spell.
    John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Is your social life in the midst of a dry spell during Miami’s winter doldrums?
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The dry spell proved to be beneficial in Johnson’s opinion.
    Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The snow depth on April 2 was just 2.5 inches – part of a disastrous multiyear dry spell that triggered water cuts across the state.
    Stephanie Elam, CNN, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Rain was expected to return to the Sacramento area on Wednesday night after a brief dry spell early in the week.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Advertisement This type of dry spell can greatly increase the risk of wildfires.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2023

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