How to Use dry spell in a Sentence

dry spell

noun
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  • Mercury’s alignment with Chiron delivers good medicine for overcoming a creative dry spell.
    — USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
  • The Western United States is still reeling from a multi-decade drought, the worst dry spell in at least 1,200 years.
    — Umair Irfan, Vox, 29 May 2024
  • The jackpot has grown enormous due to a long dry spell.
    — Jim Salter, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Next came the dry spell that has impacted all of France, along with parts of Italy and Spain.
    — Rick Noack, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2023
  • But internal strife led to a dry spell and a disbanding in 1968.
    — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
  • No big deal—unless that dry spell morphs into more of a, well, severe drought.
    — Women's Health, 8 May 2023
  • The Wolverines took advantage of that dry spell by scoring 11 of the final 13 points in the quarter.
    — Erick Taylor, arkansasonline.com, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Once that system moves past the region, McCorkle said, there are signs that a long-term dry spell may be in the offing.
    — Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Hip-hop is in a bit of a dry spell and most of pop’s A-listers are either dormant or touring right now.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 27 June 2023
  • This comedy thriller by Ira Levin finds a playwright struggling to overcome a dry spell.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2024
  • After a months-long dry spell, filled with lackluster debuts, Part Two marks a welcome change of pace for the box office.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Is your social life in the midst of a dry spell during Miami’s winter doldrums?
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The dry spell proved to be beneficial in Johnson’s opinion.
    — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The snow depth on April 2 was just 2.5 inches – part of a disastrous multiyear dry spell that triggered water cuts across the state.
    — Stephanie Elam, CNN, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Advertisement This type of dry spell can greatly increase the risk of wildfires.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2023
  • When a dry spell returns, farmers and urban centers can tap those subterranean lakes and pull up the water stashed there.
    — Time, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Otis had won Fat Bear Week three times, but starting that year hit a dry spell in which he was constantly outshined by younger bears who plumped up with a quickness.
    — Erin Berger, Outside Online, 7 Oct. 2021
  • First, if Spain's long dry spell ends, Fairén hopes to measure how Tirez's microbes respond to water reentering the lagoon.
    — Allison Gasparini, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Despite a near-record three-week dry spell in May and June without any rain, Cleveland is now well above normal for precipitation on the year.
    — Rich Exner, cleveland, 30 July 2023
  • Michigan is a tinderbox The fire came amid a significant dry spell, the Free Press reported Monday, with no relief in sight.
    — Randy Essex, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2023
  • In Philadelphia, more than 3 inches of snow finally fell after a long dry spell.
    — Carolyn Thompson, arkansasonline.com, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Trees also contribute to the sinking effect of foundations during a dry spell.
    — Noor Adatia, Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2023
  • According to the latest drought monitor, the dry spell has already taken a toll on the agricultural sector.
    — Melissa Alonso, CNN, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The dry spell is also threatening to disrupt the sowing of cereals, legumes and vegetables, with effects on animal feed too, the lobby group said.
    — Fox News, 8 Feb. 2024
  • How long Phoenix’s dry spell will last depends on a brewing stormy setup later this week across portions of the Southwest, including eastern and central Arizona.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The National Weather Service says this dry spell will continue under a ridge of high pressure through about Saturday.
    — oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Precipitation maps of the state show an abnormally wet winter, one that indeed broke the dry spell, albeit on a surface level.
    — Sean Greene, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023
  • After a pandemic-era frenzy, IPOs and major mergers and acquisitions entered a lengthy dry spell last year.
    — WSJ, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Woods had been going through a dry spell during the Augusta, Georgia, competition, clearly struggling in the opening holes of his third round and walking with a visible limp.
    — Justin Klawans, The Week, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Nearly 100 people have been working on the Burlington — a mix of managers, union members and subcontractors — after yet another months-long dry spell.
    — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023

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