bone-dry

adjective

Definition of bone-drynext
as in sunbaked

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Recent Examples of bone-dry Barely 65,000 people live in the vast, bone-dry region about the size of Spain. — Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026 Think bright whites, bone-dry Vouvray secs, trendy blouges and dark-and-rounded reds – wines that are affordable, approachable and most of all delicious. — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026 And as always, Reacher’s bone-dry and hyper-literal wit continues to charm in this new adventure from showrunner Nick Santora (this time adapting author Lee Child’s Gone Tomorrow). — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026 Winds gusting beyond 50 miles per hour at times howled over bone-dry fuels itching to ignite. — Murphy Woodhouse, NPR, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bone-dry
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bone-dry
  1. sunbaked
  2. parched
  3. dehydrated
  4. air-dry
  5. arid
  6. waterless
  7. dry
Adjective
  • French Press Coffee sits alongside deep, mossy greens, nuanced neutrals, warm sunbaked tones, and a handful of more expressive accents, all working together to create spaces that feel personal and restorative.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The wind had completely died down, and there were fewer passersby on the sunbaked streets.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of sunbaked
Adjective
  • There are many routes that can take you east from the 395 and deep into the parched heart of these landscapes, but there is one route that stands above the rest.
    — Josh Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
  • After a few parched years Arizona was bailed out by the federal government, which built a reservoir so the people of the Salt River Valley would never again experience privation.
    — Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of parched
Adjective
  • The experience of eating it is even more shocking … the electric crunch of passionfruit seeds giving way to exploding citrus vesicles, glimmering like wayward teardrop gems … and … was that a dehydrated banana?
    — Cooking Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • The masks are made from hydrogel, which, Dixneuf says, is particularly well-suited for dehydrated, puffy, and tired eyes.
    — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025
Definition of dehydrated
Adjective
  • Tumble dry on the low or air-dry setting if the care tag calls for it.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2026
  • To get the look, use an air-dry product like Odele Air Dry Styler, then hit it with a diffuser when your hair is mostly dry.
    — Lindy Segal, Glamour, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of air-dry
Adjective
  • The study’s authors suggested that maintaining these longer molecules may reflect the importance of dehydration resistance in arid environments, possibly helping their survival in extreme conditions.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
  • For starters, Lanai has more Cook pine trees than palms, and looks almost arid in many places, with red dirt roads and scrubby brush.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of arid
Adjective
  • While urban areas like Los Angeles are under mandatory drought restrictions to reduce strain on state reservoirs, many rural residents reliant on groundwater wells are waterless.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Other eco-friendly measures include a solid waste incinerator to turn waste into non-toxic ash and a waterless urinal to reduce unnecessary usage.
    — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2022
Definition of waterless
Adjective
  • Inland, Sidi Bouzid offers about 5 minutes, 33 seconds beneath typically dry skies, while the spectacular Roman amphitheater at El Jem gets 4 minutes, 23 seconds.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Fresco painting involves laying dry powdered pigment onto the wet plaster so that the pigment is absorbed into the plaster and becomes one with it.
    — Artforum, Artforum, 4 Nov. 2026
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“Bone-dry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bone-dry. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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