Sentence examples for virtually dried from inspiring English sources

Bank loans have virtually dried up.

Sales of his books had virtually dried up.

But in the last few months, new orders have virtually dried up, almost overnight.

Figures released last month show that credit from China's shadow banks has virtually dried up.

But during the Israeli occupation of Gaza from 1967 to 1973, business virtually dried up.

The outlets available to a young writer that I benefited from in the 1980s have virtually dried up.

Syria comes next, at around 26 per cent, by virtually drying up the Yarmouk, the Jordan's main tributary, with around 70 dams; and Jordan, third at 23 per cent, thanks to the King Abdullah Canal, its own dams, and huge water subsidies for water which mean that "half the farmers in Jordan flood their fields" because there is no incentive to drip-irrigate.

Experts have argued that the Dam, when completed, would cause colossal disasters to Bangladesh and India, with the former being vastly affected: the Dam would virtually dry up the Surma and Kushiara, two important rivers for Bangladesh.

By the time he reaches a blistering Editions Of You, the usually ice-cool singer is enjoying himself so much he virtually dry humps the electric piano.

As a fruit-wine nosher, I expected Red Raspberry to be sweet, opening it after dinner, only to find it virtually dry.

But so much water is used up that the Indus, one of Asia's greatest rivers, runs virtually dry before reaching the delta, where the river empties into the Arabian Sea.