Sentence examples for bit of a dry from inspiring English sources

In case other directors find themselves in a bit of a dry spell, here are some possible plan B careers for them to consider.

Fortunately this is a bit of a dry run: you have time, madam, to muster your dignity for the Oscars... We look forward to it.

The word 'depression' has a bit of a dry, clinical ring to it these days, but this book is infinitely larger than any contemporary debate over serotonin — it's really a history of human sadness.

We are in a bit of a dry spell for sweeps, much to the N.H.L.'s delight, not having had one since the Red Wings shoved Washington out of the 1998 finals in four.

The decisions by the two owners have created what Mr. Ramirez described as "a bit of a dry mile on Fifth Avenue" for drinkers in search of a six-pack.

The movie star is having a bit of a dry spell.

"The rain is supposed to go through today and we should have a bit of a drier time tomorrow, but we'll just have to wait and see.

A bit of fizz, something dry, a hint of sweetness, a sharp kick – as drinks writer Henry Jeffreys puts it, "it's the pick-me-up that makes you mellow".

In "Piano," Echenoz abandons the detective genre and, without losing a bit of his dry humor, nods instead to Dante, Sartre and the legend of Orpheus.

So I went down to the raised bed, making holes every foot or so, dropping in a bit of light, dry compost first.

A bird, snake, or other enemy is attracted by the struggles of the reflex tail, whilst the lizard itself escapes, moving, like my blindworm did, swiftly but without squirms and curves; all the enemy secures is a bit of rather dry latter end.