Sentence examples for were arid from inspiring English sources

In possession, they were arid, barren, sterile... anything, in fact, but productive.

The prospects of retrieving Owen, as it were, or of assuaging his condition in any substantial way, were arid.

Slower growth rates, and wider and thicker leaves with higher dry matter content, was consistent with earlier inferences that upland plants were arid adapted, and supported their recognition as a distinct ecotype.

They were arid and completely unhelpful.

The available reading materials in English were arid editions of Chinese propaganda.

It's arid.

Otherwise, the trek from breadbasket to dessert was arid.

"Right now," the supervisor said, "the reservoir of good will is arid".

The landscape is arid and stripped bare, but so beautiful, particularly in the cooler evenings.

All of Peru's coast is arid, but south of Lima it becomes profound.

Much of its soil was arid, and its agriculture was undeveloped.