How to Use dry out in a Sentence

dry out

verb
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  • Allowing your baby to go without a shirt will let the skin dry out naturally.
    — Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 15 July 2024
  • Anything growing in containers will also need close attention, since pots dry out and heat up faster than soil in the ground.
    — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2024
  • These holes help dry out the mat and keep mold growth away.
    — Danielle Zoellner, Verywell Health, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The tabs were left to sit overnight to dry out, then popped out of the mold and added to a jar.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The hot steam will help the rice dry out and turn fluffy instead of sticky.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2023
  • When the ponds dried out, winds picked up their spores and spread them for miles.
    — Jeff Goodell, Time, 6 July 2023
  • The nursery will wrap the plant roots in plastic, so the roots don’t dry out.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2023
  • The Bullwhip leather will not dry out or shrink when washed.
    — Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Plus, too hot of a shower can dry out your skin and hair.
    — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2023
  • But the type of ink in a laser printer is less prone to drying out.
    — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 18 July 2023
  • Repeat two to three times a day until the sores dry out.
    — Christa Sgobba, Men's Health, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The weekend clears up and dries out but is downright chilly.
    — David Streit, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
  • In the summer of 2022 a heat wave in London dried out the lakes in Crystal Palace Park.
    — Rebecca Giggs, The New York Review of Books, 30 Nov. 2023
  • To use loofa as bath sponges, leave the fruits on the vine until the entire vine — and fruits — turn brown and dry out.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Lack of moisture in your hair can dry out and damage it.
    — Akili King, Essence, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The rainfall deficit has also dried out soils across the region.
    — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 15 June 2023
  • The mine dried out, and the miners and their families dispersed.
    — John Hanc, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Allow the soil to just dry out to the touch before watering again.
    — oregonlive, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Let seeds dry out for a few more days before storing them.
    — Lauren David, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
  • As a result, the weather dried out the soil where crawfish burrow to lay eggs.
    — Sara Cline, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The skin on your lips is thinner than the skin on the rest of your body, and therefore, your lips are often the first part of your body to dry out.
    — Talia Ergas, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2023
  • If the lime has fully hardened, looks dull, and/or feels light for its size, the pearls inside may have dried out.
    — Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appétit, 12 Jan. 2024
  • To prevent a tree from drying out, keep it out of heated rooms and the stand filled with water.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Barely four months remain before the ground begins to dry out from the spring thaw.
    — David A. Andelman, CNN, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Only trim your beans when ready to cook, because the end can dry out if trimmed too far in advance.
    — Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 21 June 2023
  • Rather than being tucked beneath a sheath of plastic wrap and placed in a 0°C room, a fan had blown on the fish all night and dried out the skin.
    — Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 10 May 2024
  • That said, some heavy wool items may require the heat of a dryer to dry out thoroughly.
    — Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The heat and drought put a major stress on trees and the summer sun scorches moisture from soil, burns leaves and dries out roots.
    — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Water regularly so the soil around the seeds does not dry out.
    — Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 11 June 2024
  • Yet farmers might dry out their peatland or harvest the peat.
    — Ashoka, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023

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