Sentence examples for practically dry from inspiring English sources

The courts are practically dry, you know, after the rain stops.

And although I'd heard rumours they come out of the washing machine practically dry, I did not believe it, but now I have witnessed it for myself?

Practically dry!" And: "No more hanging wool jumpers all over the radiators!", and then I talked them through its reversible qualities, as everyone should know about those... See? See? See what you've done?

A woman in Queens gets almost complete relief by inhaling the fumes from a piece of brown paper soaked in vinegar and heated in the oven until practically dry.

You're standing at the bus stop minding your own business when you notice a couple sucking face and they're going at it, practically dry humping.

Social housing vacancies had practically dried up.

Government money for military research and development has practically dried up.

In response, leisure travel has picked up since Thanksgiving (after practically drying up after Sept. 11), although it is nowhere near the volume of a year ago.

His work remodeling homes practically dried up — "the joke was we were all burning furniture to keep warm"— and there were times he and his wife and two kids were just a paycheck away from desperation.

By the time I had achieved it, though, I was in about two inches of water, practically on dry land.

Letter was read at meeting from prominent Judge saying Buckner had practically made New York dry, which struck lawyers as priceless.