How to Use dry up in a Sentence

dry up

verb
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  • Then Covid-19 gripped the globe, and all their gigs dried up.
    — Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024
  • But the calls stopped and leads dried up three years ago.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Oct. 2023
  • There was water on the ground, but the seedlings had dried up.
    — The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2024
  • As for the other two-thirds of glaciers, many are on track to dry up by 2100.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Nov. 2022
  • In the short term, Musk can ill-afford sales in a key market to dry up.
    — Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune Europe, 24 Nov. 2023
  • When the water of the Paluxy River that runs through the park began to dry up, the tracks appeared.
    — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Toothpaste—the opaque kind, not gel—can be used to dry up pimples.
    — Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The mass on the ground in the photo looks like dog vomit slime mold that is starting to dry up.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The new research shows that crucial aquifers around the world are drying up.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2024
  • After the blossoms fade, the stems dry up, and bright green, strappy leaves emerge.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Worse yet, the revenue stream at the ticket window had dried up.
    — Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Once Nico Collins and Robert Woods are fully healthy, the targets could dry up.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Did session work dry up in the Nineties once the industry changed?
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2023
  • If the lake continues to dry up, the repercussions would be many.
    — Jacob Freeman and McCaulee Blackburn, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Nov. 2022
  • But the pipeline of these cases from the jungles of Colombia to North Texas may soon dry up.
    — Dallas News, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The first downs have all dried up, as has Marcus Jones’s ability to call for a fair catch.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
  • We aren’t done with rain yet, but things look to start drying up the second half of the weekend.
    — Mike Rose, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The remains began appearing as the lake dried up amid the recent drought.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Without nurses to take care of the young or foragers to collect food, the eggs dry up and the queen goes hungry.
    — Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The mat is also very absorbent and dries up any drop of water quickly.
    — Michelle Pugle, Health, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Now the lake is only a few inches deep and may dry up within a few weeks, according to the NPS.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The overlapping strikes dried up crew members’ jobs, drained their savings and drowned them in debt.
    — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024
  • His support from House Democrats’ campaign arm dried up.
    — David Mark, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The hype around esports is fading as investors and sponsors dry up.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022
  • When the stock market isn’t looking so hot, these cash injections tend to dry up.
    — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Earlier this year, historic low tides dried up some of the city’s smaller canals.
    — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Yes, the Euphrates River is drying up due to a complex set of factors.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Showers may linger into early Saturday, but then dry up for the bulk of the day.
    — oregonlive, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Amazon Prime Day 2023 might be over but that doesn't mean all of the Korean skin-care and makeup deals have dried up.
    — Sarah Han, Allure, 13 July 2023
  • In the meantime, one of the West’s most important water sources will continue to dry up.
    — Ella Nilsen, CNN, 30 Jan. 2023

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