How to Use run dry in a Sentence

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• This means that even a small city would run dry after just a decade or so.
  — Martin Elvis, Space.com, 14 Sep. 2026
• The big question is if the well will run dry sooner rather than later.
  — Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
• Running on fumes But after more than four years of war, that well is running dry.
  — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 2 July 2026
• These machines need gallons of gas to operate and nearby gas stations in two states ran dry.
  — Jerry Shnay, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
• Because our airports need capital, and the old ways of raising it are running dry.
  — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
• Others worry that wells and aquifers could run dry or electricity bills will skyrocket.
  — Marc Levy, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
• While federal pandemic aid has boosted the state budget for years, that funding is running dry.
  — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
• However, by 2033, when the trust runs dry, this increases to $705 a month.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
• While there is no solid evidence that psychics can solve crimes, some law enforcement agencies use them when traditional leads run dry.
  — Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
• California water agencies may get a new defense in lawsuits over hydrants running dry in wildfires.
  — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
• His taconite mine in Virginia paused operations more than a year ago, which means unemployment benefits have run dry.
  — Erin Hassanzadeh, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
• The district has felt the strain more acutely in recent years after billions in federal pandemic relief dollars ran dry.
  — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
• Bears coach Ben Johnson believes in Caleb Williams to make late-game plays, but that well runs dry eventually.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
• Eventually, the market for new factories in China will run dry, as did the market for property.
  — Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026
• Medicare’s Hospital Insurance fund is estimated to run dry around the same time.
  — Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 27 Aug. 2026
• At the 2024 Le Mans, a nighttime safety car period lasted four hours, and tanks began to run dry.
  — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 11 July 2026
• The trust fund the program relies on to pay retirement benefits is expected to run dry in six years, at which point those monthly checks would be funded only by payroll taxes.
  — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
• Hillside tanks ran out of water, and many hydrants, particularly in higher-elevation areas, lost pressure and ran dry.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
• What happens to Social Security beneficiaries if the trust fund runs dry?
  — Medora Lee, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
• As businesses reopened almost overnight, inventories at every level of the supply chain had run dry, demand surged, and freight rates spiked to record levels at a moment when there were simply not enough trucks on the road.
  — Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
• The Forbes Five-Star spa there runs dry saunas lined with Himalayan salt walls, steam rooms and both hot and cold plunge pools, the kind of setup built for exactly the aches a ski day leaves behind.
  — Winston Ross, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
• Restaurants that had gotten regular deliveries from its Charlotte facility to feed hungry breakfast customers had also run dry.
  — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 4 Aug. 2026
• The well of initiation ran dry, and Wilson desperately created offense out of necessity.
  — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 11 July 2026
• Experts don’t currently believe there is a risk of people’s taps running dry; the Colorado River is a slow-moving crisis and many water managers have taken steps to prepare.
  — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
• San Diego County will pay $3 million to the widow of a diabetic man who died in jail when his insulin pump ran dry and medical workers failed to resupply it for more than 19 hours.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2026
• The Pentagon is already limiting training as its funding runs dry, The Washington Post reported.
  — Max Tani, semafor.com, 22 July 2026
• Senators elected in November will be part of the class that either lets Social Security's trust fund run dry or reform the program, analysts noted.
  — Medora Lee, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026
• By the end of the sales phase this week, more than 40 of the 50-plus sports had run dry; fewer than 10 still had tickets listed, according to several fans who were randomly selected for the opportunity to purchase.
  — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
• The wreck of a steam tugboat dating from the early 1900s is the latest relic to emerge from shrinking waters in Serbia as Europe's rivers run dry, with the continent engulfed in prolonged, extreme heat and drought.
  — CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
• The trust fund that supplements incoming payroll taxes to pay monthly Social Security benefits is expected to run dry by the end of 2032, according to the program's trustees.
  — Medora Lee, USA Today, 16 July 2026