dry as a bone
Example Sentences
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The deadpan Val is dry as a bone, juxtaposed against the tightly coiled live-wire Kevin.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2022
Set it out in the sun and allow it to become dry as a bone.
From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2020
The production is dry as a bone, all finger-click beats, big lazy bass drops and strange vocal samples that fade in and out.
From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2012
His road, you might say, has gone dry as a bone.
From Slate • Mar. 7, 2012
It was early January, and the winter chill sucked the air as dry as a bone.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
